Episode 22: Emily Sheffield + Holly Beddingfield
Incubators, Positivity and Revolutionising The News
My brilliant guests this week are the team from This Much I Know - Founder Emily Sheffield and Head of Partnerships and Reporter, Holly Beddingfield.
In this episode, Emily tells us how she started This Much I Know, a news platform that puts genuine conversation at the heart of its delivery. Emily and Holly share the ups and downs of life in a startup incubator (Founders Factory), the fact that their brains constantly hurt and how they are building a sustainable media business in the free-information economy. With Emily’s 25 years experience as a journalist and editor (former deputy editor at Vogue) the team has big plans for This Much I Know and is on a mission to drive positive change. Enjoy!
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Chapters:
00:00 Episode Taster
01:34 Chapter 1: Our plan to revolutionise the news
07:50 Chapter 2: “I can literally feel the edges of my brain pressing against my skull”
15:03 Chapter 3: The business of media in 2020
18:15 Chapter 4: Driving positive change
25:02 Chapter 5: Smart, concise and digestible content
28:24 Chapter 6: Your pitch deck
Episode resources:
https://olioex.com
The Lean Startup by Eric Reis - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005PR422K/
https://www.manrepeller.com
https://www.vice.com/en_uk
https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb
https://www.buzzfeed.com
Find out more about This Much I Know:
https://www.thismuchiknow.news
https://www.instagram.com/thismuchiknow.news/
https://twitter.com/emilysheffield
https://foundersfactory.com
Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton:
https://twitter.com/frankiecotton_
https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_