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Muthu Kumar & Aleksander Buczkowski: Building an Independent Media over the long term: Geoawesomeness - MBM #29
Manage episode 341286932 series 2913396
Muthu Kumar & Aleksander Buczkowski are the Editor-In-Chief & Managing Editor (and creators) of the Geoawesomeness website, which has been running as an independent geospatial media for the past 11 years.
More about Muthu & Aleks:
And of course find more on the Geoawesomeness website
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Episode Sponsor:
Element84
Dan Pilone’s appearance on the podcast
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Time stamps
00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - Muthu & Aleks describing each other
05:40 - What is Geoawesomeness
10:40 - Geoawesomeness's Early Days: 2011
14:40 - Impacts of Writing
15:45 - Muthu & Aleks’s story of meeting up
22:00 - Choosing Topics to Cover
28:01 - Ambitions & Thoughts being a Media Company
32:13 - Going Full Time
39:15 - Making money on the Internet
50:30 - Being Open about Business Models
57:40 - Privacy/ethics of geospatial data
1:07:26 - Finding the Right Partner
1:12:10 - The of social media (TikTok & YouTube)
1:18:45 - Advice for younger people
1:27:20 - Books & Podcasts recommendation
Shownotes
Books & Podcast Recommendations:
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
- Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg
- Rational Reminder
Feel free to reach out!
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Previous Newsletter: Why I want to do more interviews in person
- Sponsor the Podcast
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
76 episodes
Manage episode 341286932 series 2913396
Muthu Kumar & Aleksander Buczkowski are the Editor-In-Chief & Managing Editor (and creators) of the Geoawesomeness website, which has been running as an independent geospatial media for the past 11 years.
More about Muthu & Aleks:
And of course find more on the Geoawesomeness website
---
Episode Sponsor:
Element84
Dan Pilone’s appearance on the podcast
---
Time stamps
00:00 - Introduction
02:30 - Muthu & Aleks describing each other
05:40 - What is Geoawesomeness
10:40 - Geoawesomeness's Early Days: 2011
14:40 - Impacts of Writing
15:45 - Muthu & Aleks’s story of meeting up
22:00 - Choosing Topics to Cover
28:01 - Ambitions & Thoughts being a Media Company
32:13 - Going Full Time
39:15 - Making money on the Internet
50:30 - Being Open about Business Models
57:40 - Privacy/ethics of geospatial data
1:07:26 - Finding the Right Partner
1:12:10 - The of social media (TikTok & YouTube)
1:18:45 - Advice for younger people
1:27:20 - Books & Podcasts recommendation
Shownotes
Books & Podcast Recommendations:
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
- Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success by Brad Stulberg
- Rational Reminder
Feel free to reach out!
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Previous Newsletter: Why I want to do more interviews in person
- Sponsor the Podcast
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
76 episodes
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