Chris Forster

Tweeting about StreemPay and the rise of 'streaming payments'.

I share stuff I learn about startup life or life in general.

Steven Jobs runs throug my veins.

[Chris Forster @fozter]

This bot speaks to all founders 😅

[Roshan Patel @roshanpateI]

I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of startup pitch meetings and then asked it to re-create a startup pitch meeting of its own. Here is the first page.

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@DomSchiener Congrats, Dom, and welcome to AD. I was almost at ADFW (I work in one of the towers) and have been here 10 years. Happy to connect any time. DM me if any interest in a coffee.

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@mjwhansen Thanks! And thank you for all your guidance and wisdom in the early early days!

[Chris Forster @fozter]

And we're live!

If you have early access to StreemPay, now you can read TheStreet Smarts without a subscription!

Our consumption model totally upends the traditional access model that drives typical paywall media.

It's flexible. Affordable. And most of all fair!

[StreemPay: Read articles. No subscription. @StreemPay]

It's been a while, but time for a big update:

StreemPay has officially launched for early access users on TheStreet Smarts!

Exciting times. More to come!

[Chris Forster @fozter]

The revolution won't be paywalled!

Join us as an early access user and get your free StreemPay account before anyone else:

https://t.co/J8wqAsqsFM

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@DomSchiener Welcome back! Enjoy the Rotana 🏖️

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@DomSchiener Welcome! Been supporting IF since 2016. Enjoy Saadiyat!

[Chris Forster @fozter]

It's legit!

[FarFig @PooPooDooDoo15]

I hope this is legit bc I would definitely subscribe!

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@bweiner59 @PooPooDooDoo15 @Sulliview @NC5PhilWilliams @RickEdmonds @Poynter If you're interested, we have a wait-list for early access to just such a solution.

No upfront subscription cost. Read what you like. Pay at the end of the month for exactly what you consumed (read half an article, pay for half an article).

https://t.co/J8wqAsqsFM

[Chris Forster @fozter]

In short, we're on a mission to help make Norman Lear's vision of a world with more 'information funnels' come true.

Would love to talk more about this and explore ways to work together and make this happen.

DMs are open!

🙏🙏🙏

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@KatrinaNation - StreemPay exists to help news companies become more financially sustainable - in particular local news 👇

https://t.co/RbzFa6Lic6

[Chris Forster @fozter]

Casual readers are a gold mine, but publishers haven't been able to tap into their revenue potential.

Now they can.

And in the process (re)fund investigative journalism and traditional beats, avoid falling prey to predatory hedge funds, and reconnect our divided communities.

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@HustleFundVC Getting past the paywall...

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@ArchieMacmurchy @AsIfProds Agree! And that's the thing. It's not pay per view. It's free to open an article. You only pay for what you read as you scroll. If you read 10% you pay 10% of the article value. So if it's click bait then you just stop scrolling and only pay a few cents.

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@gursartaj @annkur Yes we are but imagine no need for plugins or prepaid wallets. No buy button. Just click and consume. A really seamless reading experience. Works like a dream... https://t.co/J8wqAsqsFM

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@DavidClinchNews @jeffjarvis @sfchronicle @StreemPay That's how we'd pitch it @StreemPay. But it'd be pay-as-you-read not pay-per-article. So even if the candy they enticed you with isn't to your liking you only pay for the bites you took, not the whole piñata! Opens up a publisher's top-of-funnel. Let's them 'see the whole board'.

[Chris Forster @fozter]

@AmCuriousNJ @lost_alise @latimes @StacyPerman As it happens, we do still exist! We had a successful beta test and are now onboarding our first publishers. Best thing to do in the meantime is join the waitlist. We'll let you know when we're launched! https://t.co/J8wqAsqsFM