Founder letter: why I'm launching Vidstew this year
I've spent four years running my own channel and helping clients run channels with millions of subs. The same problem kept coming up. Here's the tool I wish I'd had — now everyone can use it.
The problem I kept hitting
I run my own channel (@thatjasonhassett — long-form tech and culture documentaries, one of which crossed 1.2M views and got picked up for streaming distribution). I also work with creators running channels with millions of subscribers.
In every single one of those operations, the same problem comes up: the tools are the bottleneck, not the talent.
Notion for notes. Google Drive for footage. Frame.io for review. Sheets for thumbnails. A shared inbox for the editor. Nothing talks to anything, so the producer becomes the integration layer — by hand, every project, every time.
What Vidstew is
It's the dashboard that sits where that integration layer was. Topic brainstorm with audience-fit AI. Packaging analyzer. Live recording with timestamped notes. Editing handoff. QA with timecoded review. A/B testing vault. Performance dashboard. Lessons that flow back into the next project.
Not eleven tools. One.
What it isn't
It's not an algorithm-hack tool. It's not a "how to game the YouTube system" guide. It's not for creators chasing the next 30 days of views.
It's for creators trying to build something that lasts. If that's you, the trial is free for 30 days. Use it on the next video you'd be making anyway and decide for yourself.