Hi all,

I’m one of three co-founders a media company start-up. It’s easy to call us a podcast network at the moment because that’s what the majority of our content is, however, we come from the web series world and have already expanded into short form video content.

I understand media companies take a significant amount of capital and that’s why we’ve started with podcasting - low cost and low barrier to entry. We’ve gained some traction on our shows and are just working on consistency, targeting sponsors, and growing our audience.

We see a lot of opportunity in the space, especially with the recent exclusivity and partnership deals happening. I think it’s easy to say we want to be the next Ringer or something similar. In doing research, I found a more comparable target and that’s Pineapple Street Media - less boisterous and flashy than say the Ringer but consistent, quality content and who got acquired by Entercom a couple years ago.

And so this is where we are right now and what I would love some insight on - How do we continue to grow? I’d love to bring on Digital Producer, someone who could help manage the content in a consistent message and grow our audience; and we believe we need a Business Development head, someone who can help drive additional (and bigger sponsorship partnership) and someone who knows the digital advertising world a bit better. The problem is, revenue is limited at the moment, and so we wouldn’t have much to offer from a salary perspective.

Ideally, we’d like to connect with investors. We believe we have a good business proposition and need the resources to continue to see it through.

So, I’m asking the community for any advice - how can we push this through? How can we attract some new talent and what we can offer? And what do we do next?

Thanks