TechStars Series: Contently Founder On Creating A Publishing Machine – with Shane Snow

Shane Snow, Contently, Marketplace, Mental Game, System

How does a writer end up creating a publishing machine?

Shane Snow is the co-founder of Contently, which is a marketplace where publishers can find writers. They also create software that makes it really easy for publishers to coordinate the articles that they have written for them.

This is part of my series of interviews with founders I met through TechStars, the program where start ups like Shane’s get their funding, mentorship, and so much more.

Shane Snow

Contently

Shane Snow is the cofounder of Contently, which powers content creation for cutting-edge brands and forward-thinking media companies.

 

Andrew: Coming up, check out how today’s guests and I discover that we used to do business together, and find out why his mom shut that company down when it did business with me. Also, do you ever feel like you have to keep moving, building, growing, just to prove someone else wrong? Well, a positive thing happened to today’s guest when he had a little bit of that feeling. Be sure to catch that, too, because it will influence the way you think about negativity and all the challenges that come your way.

Also if you’re working hard on a really small business, and I mean working long nights, stressing, agonizing, putting in the time and energy, listen to today’s guest make a case of why you’re doing it wrong, and how changing his thought process allowed him to go bigger, and bigger, and bigger, and bigger with each of his businesses. You’re going to see it and hear it all, and so much more, coming up.

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