Annie Wang is co-founder, Chief Product Officer, and Creative Director at Her Campus. Annie co-founded Her Campus at Harvard University after she and her co-founders saw the potential of bringing a women’s college-focused lifestyle and fashion magazine online. Today, Her Campus has over 10,000 contributors and over 320 campus chapters. Annie has been named to Inc.’s 30 Under 30, BusinessWeek’s Top 25 Under 25, and Forbes’ All-Star Student Entrepreneurs. She has served as a National Women’s Health Week Ambassador, McDonald’s Education Workshop tour speaker, and MassChallenge alumna in residence.

 

In this episode, Annie talks about:

 

How the way people are consuming content affects design choices and content being published

 

How they have been able to run HerCampus profitably since day one

 

Biggest lessons taken away from MassChallenge

 

Links from today’s episode:

 

Annie Wang on Instagram

 

Annie Wang on Twiter

 

Her Campus

 

Her Conference

 

College Fashion Week

 

Drupal

 

VentureApp

 

Meldium

 

YouCanBook.Me

 

LevelUp

 

Smashing Magazine

 

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

 

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t stop Talking

 

Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

 

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