Ron Stefanski – Co-founder of GoodNewsGum.com
Start. For years I worked in corporate America and was too hesitant. I made the leap to self-employment in 2014 and have never looked back. My biggest regret is I…
Media is in the middle of the biggest transformation in its history. Print is shrinking. Digital is expanding. Attention is fragmenting. And the founders in this section are building the companies trying to make sense of it all.
These interviews cover every corner of the media world. Digital publishing. Podcasting. Video production. News. Entertainment. Advertising. The business models that used to work, the ones that work now, and the ones that might work tomorrow. Nobody knows for sure, which makes every conversation here interesting.
The founders here are navigating real tension. How do you build a media company when the platforms control distribution? How do you monetize content when people expect everything for free? How do you maintain quality when the economics reward quantity? These aren’t easy questions, and the answers are different for everyone.
You’ll find insights on content strategy, audience building, advertising models, subscription revenue, and the challenge of creating media that matters in a world that’s overflowing with content. If you’re building in media, working in media, or just consuming media and wondering how any of it makes money, these conversations are illuminating.
Start. For years I worked in corporate America and was too hesitant. I made the leap to self-employment in 2014 and have never looked back. My biggest regret is I…
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Taking risks helps you grow, whereas playing it safe holds you back. Born and raised in Greece, Rafael went to school for business management in England. He worked for a…
The one thing that I do repeatedly is concentrate on how I could be wrong. Paul Mampilly joined Banyan Hill Publishing in 2016, and serves as a senior…
I would say do the things that you fear the most. That is one concept that will get you the farthest in life. Samantha Frontera is a lifestyle expert…
Meet Samantha Frontera – Founder & CEO of Exclusive Public Relations
There is nothing I do over and over again. I’m all for regiment and process when needed – I just don’t do well with it. Derek Riedle (pronounced reed-lee) is…
Ideas are interesting because they’re living, growing things. Some ideas are practical, some are fantastical. Each deserves to be nurtured. You never know how an idea will evolve. Daniel Green…
Hire people who think differently from you. Hernan Lopez is Founder and CEO of Wondery, a network of storytellers and a media company specializing in mobile and on-demand audio. Wondery creates…
Learn every single job at your company before you start delegating or outsourcing. J. J. Hebert started writing fiction in high school but got more serious about his writing career…
It’s important to acknowledge the hard work people put into the product they deliver and even the humblest people enjoy hearing their work is well received and appreciated. Marc Becker…