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More than 50 million people around the world consider themselves creators, despite the creator economy only being born a decade ago. It’s become the fastest-growing type of small business, and a survey found that more American kids want to be a YouTube star (29%) than an astronaut (11%) when they grow up. SignalFire has funded tools to help influencers operate and monetize like credit card Karat and led the seed round for YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley's new company GreenPark.