I helped IPO this company and grew it from 70 to 1200 people. If I was smart I could have sold at $100. I quit in protest over censorship in China and fought with the billionaire owner who still has animosity for me.

Microstock disrupted studio photography and brought the price of a photo from hundreds to dollars. Good for buyers terrible for photographers. Now AI has collapsed that market.

I hope real photography can find a way back.