How a corporate soldier left behind a sexy job title to create a content platform

Shaul Olmert, Playbuzz, Customer Acquisition, European Founder, International Founders, Traffic

Joining me today is someone who’s built a successful company but how he got there is a little atypical. He was a corporate soldier at MTV and was really proud of his job and the title that came with it. But a mid-life crisis at age 37 caused him to cross over into entrepreneurship.

Shaul Olmert is the co-founder of Playbuzz, a storytelling platform used by publishers.

The old idea of publishing plain text on a website is old news. Quizzes are what turns traffic into engagement and engagement into something viral. I’ll ask him how he did and what happened when he was 37 that changed everything.

Shaul Olmert

Playbuzz

Shaul Olmert is the co-founder of Playbuzz, a storytelling platform used by publishers.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses, and I do it for an audience of real entrepreneurs. And I know they’re real entrepreneurs because, boy, I keep hearing about their successes via email, via tweets, via, frankly, scotch night at the office.

And joining me today is a guy who’s built an already successful company, lots of traffic, lots of businesses using it, and still I never heard of it, and I couldn’t figure it out with all the research that I had at my disposal before the interview started, and I’m starting to get it.

Here’s the idea, and Shaul Olmert is the founder’s name of Playbuzz. Shaul, tell me if I’m understanding this right. The old idea of just publishing straight up text on a website is okay. It’s still alive and well. But quizzes and other content that are more engaging do...

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