TikTok Redefined the Economics of Fame

Episode three of Foundering: The TikTok Story explains how the startup chooses who gets famous, which videos go viral and which trends blow up.

Flo Milli 

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From a young age, Flo Milli dreamed of music stardom. However, the 21-year-old rapper from Mobile, Alabama, could not have predicted that an app from China would be instrumental to her success.