My guest today is Nathan Chan. He is the mastermind behind Foundr Magazine, which he started in 2013 with nothing but a laptop and a few dollars in his pocket. He created it as a digital magazine for young entrepreneurs, by young entrepreneurs, and delivering materials straight from the mouths of the world's greatest entrepreneurs where he's had some great ones.

Foundr quickly went from a business magazine with a few hundred readers to something that's a multi-faceted digital media business, spreading the love of entrepreneurship through its podcast, magazine, and training platform.

Foundr Magazine is now enjoyed by thousands upon thousands of entrepreneurs located all over the world. Nathan started Foundr dedicated to the mission of helping entrepreneurs build and grow successful businesses and that mission still hasn't changed.

On another note, Nathan is a beast on Instagram with over 750,000 followers as of today.

Topics We Discuss:

Breeding a culture and commitment to their community that they do whatever they say
Foundr Magazine being a content powerhouse
Leveraging on outsourcing and timezone
Stand Operating Procedures (SOPs) broken down into 27 steps
Being always 3-4 issues ahead by scheduling interviews ahead of time
The magazine as a repurposed content of the podcast
How one interview can be turned into multiple pieces of content
A walk-through of their podcast production process
Releasing a value-based, epic, in-depth blog post every Tuesday
The key is quality, consistent content at scale
Automating systems
Being intentional about picking the people to work with and how to motivate them

Books, People, & Resources:

Foundr Magazine
Manifesto for Foundr Magazine
Foundr Magazine on Instagram
Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million No Time Flat book by Michael Masterson
SweetProcess
Trello
Latergram
Edgar
Upwork