Who this is
Pauline Schmiechen studied computer science up to a master's degree and worked as a programmer for years. Straight after university she founded a "vanilla" startup, meaning one without explicit content: a kind of Twitter for voice messages, launched before Clubhouse, for which she successfully raised money as a first-time founder. Because the only topics that worked were love, dating and relationships, she pivoted into the adult industry. Today she runs three websites of her own as managing director together with her co-founder Florian, advises companies in adult, gambling and other taboo industries through Kotti Konsulting, and writes a newsletter that pitches new projects from the industry to investors. Ana Lingus has been a creator for five years. She started with live cam streams during the pandemic, moved to OnlyFans because her viewers kept asking for it, and is now active on around ten platforms. She performs wearing a mask and runs the business with her partner on the side: he works 40 hours a week, she is a university student.
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„Ich glaube, OnlyFans war sehr, sehr wichtig für unsere Industrie, weil OnlyFans hat den Creatern die Power zurückgegeben.““I think OnlyFans was hugely important for our industry, because OnlyFans gave the power back to the creators.”
„Also ich sage immer, wenn man 8 % abgeben muss, hat man richtig Glück für Payment.““I always say: if you only have to give up 8 percent for payments, you're really lucky.”
„Am Ende frage ich immer eine Frage und die ist, wie unterscheidet ihr euch von OnlyFans?““In the end I always ask one question: how are you different from OnlyFans?”
„… Fans wollen näher dran sein. Fans wollen eine Audionachricht, wollen eine Sprachnachricht, wollen wirklich One-on-One-Kontakt haben. Und das ist das, was am meisten monetarisiert auf OnlyFans.““Fans want to be closer. They want an audio message, a voice note, real one-on-one contact. And that's what monetises best on OnlyFans.”
„Was ich sagen kann, ist aber, dass vor allem Family Offices und Business Angels, also eher private Institutionen, investieren und sehr wenig VCs.““What I can say is that it's mostly family offices and business angels, so private investors, who invest, and very few VCs.”