After a long break, WE ARE BACK! On this episode we will cover two key updates. The first being that the host, Eric Hughey started another entrepreneurial endeavor with Vessel Media. The second being that we are niching down the focus of the show to help those aspiring entrepreneurs go from employee to boss.

• What's the new business you may ask?
• • Vessel Media (vessel-media.com)
  • It's mission is to help keep small and mid-size media outlets or publishers afloat, and guide them to new revenue streams. 
  • Eric felt called to do this as the next step in his entrepreneurial journey. 
  • He had a light bulb moment when he could package his knowledge and experiences to deliver it to these types of businesses as a value proposition. This was a sweet spot of where he could add value because he collectively spent 3 years in corporate PR and media, 3 years at agencies, and most recently the last 3 years at a publisher. 
  • Podcasting is an interesting tie-in, because it is very much in line with the modern lean media model. Eric encourages you all with this -- to always reflect on your experiences and knowledge, because they can all snowball build momentum for big opportunities.  
  • If you know any businesses operating from advertiser or subscriber revenue, and needs help growing their business, please send them Eric’s way. You can reach him at [email protected], or go to vessel-media.com and find him there.
    
    
• What's the new focus of the show?
• • Not so much a new focus, just focusing further on a single niche.
  • Tried to treat this podcast as an open learning experience for me. Act, Assess, Adjust. Time to adjust because we are 75% the way to our 100 episode goal, and the numbers aren't where we want them to be. 
  • No surprise the last episode we published before going on pause also talked about this topic, “The riches are in the niches”.
  • Also received feedback from peers and mentors about the importance of doing this to better add value to a specific audience.
  • If you'd been a listener you know that we were focused on creating both millennial business leaders (within a corporation), and entrepreneurs.
  • But now, we're going to be solely focused on the entrepreneurship portion, and helping those who are aspiring to make the leap from having a job, to being their own boss.
  • We'll continue to interview people and learn from their successes and failures and provide you value as best as possible.