FEBRUARY 2026
In our second issue we bring to you profiles from the new digital creator economy, online video, data & analytics, and biotech. Leading the issue is David Choi, the Korean-American singer-songwriter who has amassed over 125 million views without ever signing up to a major label. He talked about process, authenticity, and tools to help empower today’s creators.
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“There’s more opportunity now than when I started in 2006. Just make sure you’re building something that not only belongs to you, but is you.”
– David Choi
Read Neo’s story.
THE PROFILES Behind the Work. THE STORIES BEHIND THE BUILD.
THE CREATORS’ JOURNEYs.
A MULTITUDE OF TALENT. Read Neo Rivera’s story here.
NEO RIVERA: ONLINE AND OFFLINE
Meet Neo Rivera. Neo is a digital creator with strong followings on TikTok (332K), YouTube (19K), and Instagram (21K). Beyond digital, Neo paints, performs in theater, acts on screen, writes music, and hosts events. With Neo, multitasking is an understatement.
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“AI is not necessarily the biggest challenge, at least not yet. It’s a double-edged sword, it helps us, especially with localization.”
– Raffi Kamalian
Raffi Kamalian: Building Creator Economies
When we were brainstorming for profiles to feature in the second issue of dotSpotlight, Raffi Kamalian was one that came to mind. Raffi was an academician (with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley) who transitioned to entertainment, online video, and the digital creator space. He’s also an avid Wushu practitioner, and speaks Mandarin, Japanese, and English. Find out more about his journey from Web 1.0 to this golden age of the digital creator economy.
“Our algorithm predicts how to slightly modify the protein sequence so the host organism produces more of it. Better expression. Higher yield. Commercially scalable.”
– Dr Elena Brenvova
Dr Elena Brevnova:
Breaking Down Barriers and Plastics
Dr Elena Brevnova is a protein engineering and synthetic biology expert. She is a Co-Founder of Aise Bio and also serves as Head of Molecular Biology at Epoch Biodesign, leading strain engineering and enzyme production for AI-driven biocatalysis. In this conversation we talk to her about her cultural geography shift, life in general, and saving the world.
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Chase Farmer: From Unpredictable Contexts to Robust Systems
Meet Chase Farmer. Chase is the Founder of Meiwood, a consultancy that helps organisations solve complex business problems using data, technology, and clear thinking. In this dotSpotlight interview, Chase shared bits about growing up between cultures (he grew up in Zambia and South Africa), building things and planning flexibility, the AI hype, and optimising for the future.
“Zambia requires flexibility, it taught me to plan around it. I plan to enable flexibility with pragmatism.”
– Chase Farmer
DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE
FEATURED PROFILES IN THE DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE:
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dotSpotlight features conversations, stories, inspiration, and passion that drive global digital creators, creatives, founders, and tech builders. It is brought to you by Cheryl Fuerte and Stefan Janssens, the founders of 2nd.digital, a network of global independent agencies focusing on creative digital production, digital marketing, search, and data science.
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