Cutting advertising meant losing revenue in exchange for trust. For DailySocial, it was a worthy tradeoff, says founder Rama Mamuaya.

From media to technology, different phases of our journey will make us a different company. But what helps us navigate the journey is the ambition to unlock human potential, says co-founder Shobhit Banga.

It is really important to have a relationship between storytelling and design as people need stories to understand how the product relates to them, according to Juliana Proserpio at Echos.

“Fundraising is a series of habits. It’s not something you can do occasionally,” says Bridget Gallagher. “It needs to be the first thing on your mind when you wake up and last thing when you go to bed to have any success.”

“As democratic media spaces empty, undemocratic media actors occupy them… Funding media has a positive impact on its freedom and reduces misinformation,” according to Nishant Lalwani.

As a media company, if you're not serving your users, why do you exist? Grace Clapham at Facebook has some advice on how to build your community.

The rise of esports is just as much about a new world of gameplay as it is the birth of a new form of entertainment, explains What’s The Meta Today’s founder Mariah Ahmad.

While the podcast scene is growing in Indonesia, few are exploring journalistic storytelling podcasts like Citra Prastuti and her team at KBR Prime.

Your company’s vision is the big change you wish to bring about, while your strategy is how you plan to achieve it, says Henrik Keith Hansen at IMS.

“With crisis comes opportunity. We launched subscriptions after layoffs and were low on cash. There is nothing like survival to motivate us,” says TIA’s Terence Lee.

A sustainable commercial revenue business requires a list of clients and a means for communicating with them, says Ross Settles at HKU.

Kevin Brockland, senior investment officer at MDIF, offers practical tips what to do if you’re looking for investment in your media startup.

“Having kids and a family should not stop women from pursuing their goals.”

MDIF’s Koreel Lahiri has developed a collection of 150+ questions to help guide founders through the process of starting up a media venture.

When journalists focus on niche beats and not compete with the attention economy, the industry wins, says Substack’s McKenzie.

This is our third attempt at creating Splice Beta this year, thanks to Covid. But we have an amazing plan in place. This is how you can make the most of Beta.