Eric Wei started the company Karat Financial to help creators with the financial side of their careers, but he didn’t stop there.
After spending some time working with a client roster that includes Ludwig, Alex Botez, and Wendover Productions, Wei decided to make content of his own. On The Karat Podcast, he interviews creators (many of whom work with Karat) about their journeys to making it, with guests ranging from the chess streamer (and grandmaster) akaNemsko to Patreon CEO Jack Conte. That didn’t keep him busy enough, so Wei started the podcast The Joy of Missing Out alongside friend and co-host Chloe Shih to talk about life in their 30s after spending so much time in their 20s working for other people — or in Wei’s words, to “just yap.”
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We caught up with him at VidCon 2025 to learn more about what he uses to create all this content, run Karat, and stay sane through it all.
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