Hack The Entrepreneur - From Public Radio to a Groundbreaking Media Startup with Alex Blumberg

What it does

Alex Blumberg talks with Jon in this exclusive interview about Startup, seed funding, picking a co-founder, and what makes a podcast popular.

In 2014, Alex made the crazy decision to leave public radio and start a podcast company — Gimlet Media and their first podcast Startup. Later that year, Gimlet received $1.5 million in seed funding and went on to become a runaway podcasting success. In 2015, Gimlet received another round of funding, their Series A at an additional $6 million. Hey, I'm Jonny. My mission is to help you find your focus and do work that matters. To do this, I work as a consultant, bestselling author , and founder offrom hacktheentrepreneur.com

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