{"id":215259,"date":"2021-08-03T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/?p=215259"},"modified":"2021-08-18T19:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T23:20:57","slug":"it-was-laughably-simplistic-how-the-19th-learned-from-early-mistakes-and-revised-its-growth-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lionpublishers.com\/it-was-laughably-simplistic-how-the-19th-learned-from-early-mistakes-and-revised-its-growth-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was laughably simplistic\u201d: How The 19th* learned from early mistakes and revised its growth plan."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since launching last year during a global pandemic, The 19th*<\/a> has raised nearly $12 million, landed coveted interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, and attracted more than 10,400 paying members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But co-founder and publisher Amanda Zamora says the high-flying independent news startup has also made a few mistakes along the way<\/strong>, especially when it comes to to planning for and managing growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe came up with a three-year plan and I think it was laughably simplistic,\u201d she says. \u201c[I wish] we would have recognized how much the operational side of things needed some tending.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this episode of News Guest<\/a>, our host (and Outlier Media<\/a> executive director) Candice Fortman talks with Amanda about the idea behind The 19th* and the challenge of launching it during a pandemic, as well as what she\u2019d do differently if she could start again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the full episode below<\/strong>, or find it and subscribe on Spotify<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, or wherever you do your streaming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n