Podcast
Sam Parr on Launching and Growing Hampton
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: All right. Let’s jump right in and talk about your new project Hampton. What is it and where did…
Tim Hartman on GovExec’s Rapidly Growing Business
Jacob: For everyone who’s listening in a few weeks, it’s weird to talk about it that way, this is a live recording…
Chris Ferrell on The Incredible Growth at Endeavor Business Media
Jacob Donnelly: So it seems to me that you’ve been building towards today since 2004 when you were the publisher of Nashville…
Alexis Grant on Launching They Got Acquired
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: On your about page, you say that you launched They Got Acquired because you had gone through two exits…
Dan Runcie on Putting His CEO Hat on With Trapital
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: Let’s start this conversation at the very beginning. What is Trapital and why did you decide to launch this…
Scott Gerber on What Goes Into a Great Professional Community
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: I want to start at a very high level, and then we’ll move more tactical on your about Page@community.co.…
Arsalan Arif on Loving What He Does at Endpoints News
Jacob: According to your subscription page, you launched Endpoint News in 2016. How did you find your way to launch in a…
Adam Ryan on Building a Creator First Workweek
Jacob: Something you may not know about me, but for about 30 minutes, I thought about becoming a history teacher. It’s actually…
Naomi Shah on Building Meet Cute One 15-Minute Romcom Episode At a Time
Jacob: You were on the investment team at Union Square Ventures before becoming the founder and CEO of Meet Cute. What provoked…
Jesse Jacobs and Mike Kerns on Building The Chernin Group
Jacob:“I’d like to start a bit more personal and learn more about how you both found your way to not only working…
Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau on The Digital Transformation of MIT Technology Review
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: While I was looking at your LinkedIn preparing for this episode, I noticed that you started as an associate…
Jason Yanowitz on the Many Stages of Blockworks
Jacob: Let’s start at the genesis of it all. How did you find your way to launching a media company about crypto…
Scott Brodbeck on Building Hyperlocal Media Brands in the D.C. Area
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: I always like to hear the origin stories of how people got into media because I don’t think most…
Nick Friese on the 12 Years of Digiday Media
Jacob Cohen Donnelly: In 2015, you wrote a blog post called A Founder Story, 7 Lessons on Building a Modern Media Business.…
Sherrell Dorsey on Building The Plug
Jacob: I’ve been following you on Twitter now for a while, but this is the first chance that you and I are…
Mike Orren of The Dallas Morning News on The Pivotal Year for Local Media
We talked about why this is the pivotal year for local media, the perfect psychographic of a local subscriber and The Matchup.
John Yedinak on Running a Network of Aging-Related Publications
We talked about how he and his brother started Aging Media, their editorial principles, the diverse revenue streams and where they are going from here.
Julia Beizer on Building Product at Bloomberg Media
We talked about her transition to product, how product is different in media than in big tech and what companies should look for when hiring their first PM.