Podcast Episodes

How Mission Local spun off from UC Berkeley and became a self-sustaining news outlet

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One of the great things about being a college journalism major today is that it's incredibly easy f…

1 year, 11 months ago

How Colossus built one of the largest investing-focused podcast networks

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When Patrick O'Shaughnessy launched his podcast Invest Like the Best in 2016, he had no intention o…

1 year, 11 months ago

How Gary Arndt built Everything Everywhere, a podcast with 1.5 million monthly downloads

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What does a professional travel photographer do when all international flights are shut down due to…

1 year, 11 months ago

How Jared Newman built Cord Cutter Weekly, a TV streaming newsletter with 32,000 subscribers

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When Jared Newman launched his Cord Cutter Weekly newsletter back in 2016, the streaming TV market …

2 years ago

How Philip Taylor built FinCon, the leading conference for personal finance creators

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Today, the personal finance content niche is absolutely ginormous. You can't open up YouTube, TikTo…

2 years, 1 month ago

The economics of ghostwriting books

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I'm sure just about everybody has had the experience of looking at a celebrity memoir and wondering…

2 years, 2 months ago

How Ben McCarthy built a Salesforce-focused media company with 400,000 monthly readers

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Ben McCarthy didn't set out to create a media company focused on Salesforce, he just began blogging…

2 years, 2 months ago

How Joe Pulizzi built and sold The Tilt, a newsletter and conference business geared toward creators

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When Joe Pulizzi launched The Ti…

2 years, 2 months ago

How Brad Hargreaves built Thesis Driven, a newsletter and data product focused on real estate

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When it comes to knowing all the intricacies of real estate investment, few are more knowledgeable …

2 years, 3 months ago

How Andreas Sator built one of the most popular podcasts in Austria

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I spend most of my time on this show interviewing entrepreneurs who founded English-language media …

2 years, 3 months ago