School of Splice
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -Free lessons on building your viable media business, from Splice
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Full Stack Season 2 Ep 6: How to build a website for your startup
March 02, 2023 02:44 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBThis season, we're talking about issues that startup founders and creators in the School of Splice mentorship program faced on their journeys. This episode is about Duuya Baatar. Duuya runs the Nest Center for Journalism Innovation and Development, that helps you support media in Mongolia. How do you even begin building out a website for your startup? Don't just tell people what you do — tell them what you do for them. And how do you get your website to do that? By thinking of it a...
Full Stack Season 2 Ep 5: How to build a podcast festival
February 13, 2023 01:54 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThis season, we're talking about issues that startup founders and creators in the School of Splice mentorship program faced on their journeys. This episode features Bhrikuti Rai. Bhrikuti is one of two co-founders of Boju Bajai, a Nepali podcast about politics, media, and feminism in South Asia. Going into the School of Splice, Bhrikuti had a goal of wanting to connect podcasters across Nepal to help improve the local podcast industry, and to tap into an important growing community...
Full Stack Season 2 Ep 4: How to build a newsletter as a side hustle
January 19, 2023 02:45 - 19 minutes - 18 MBThis season, we're talking about the issues that founders in the School of Splice mentorship program have faced on their journeys. In this episode, we're focusing on Zurairi A. R., the news editor at Malay Mail, Malaysia's oldest newspaper. Zurairi wanted to figure out a way of explaining what was going on in parliament to Malaysians, and decided to fill that gap with a newsletter. He teamed up with his assigned School of Splice coach, Pankaj Mishra, to work through building it ou...
Full Stack Season 2 Ep 3: How to ask your community what they want from you
August 11, 2022 07:20 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBThis season, we're talking about the issues that founders in the School of Splice mentorship program have faced. Let's hear from Nabilah Said, who was editor of ArtsEquator in Singapore. She wanted to find out what her community wanted from their media organisation so they could serve them better. Nabilah's coach Jane Mahoney had some great advice around thinking about what products to build next. Most importantly, does it meet an audience need? (Hint: what your audience needs fro...
Full Stack Season 2 Ep 2: How to build a media product for your community
July 21, 2022 06:48 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBThis season, we're talking about the issues that founders in the program have faced. We hear from Jason Hendriks, who's trying to grow the Meld Community into a thriving non-profit media around international students in Melbourne. Jason and his coach Jane Mahoney discuss how to take a community-first approach to product development. Notes Meld Community Connect with Jason Hendriks Connect with Jane Mahoney School of Splice
How to raise money (Season 2, Ep 1)
June 20, 2022 04:16 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBWelcome to Season 2 of School of Splice. In this season, we're focusing on some of the issues that founders in the program have faced. We're learning from Annelis Putri, an entrepreneur and consultant who's putting together Indonesia Business Post, a media company that connects businesses around the world with investment opportunities in Indonesia. She talks with her coach Ross Settles about how to go about raising her first money. Notes Y Combinator's tips on how to build a see...
Full Stack Season 2 Ep 1: How to raise money
June 20, 2022 04:16 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBWelcome to Season 2 of School of Splice. In this season, we're focusing on some of the issues that founders in the program have faced. We're learning from Annelis Putri, an entrepreneur and consultant who's putting together Indonesia Business Post, a media company that connects businesses around the world with investment opportunities in Indonesia. She talks with her coach Ross Settles about how to go about raising her first money. Notes Y Combinator's tips on how to build a see...
A pivot for Season Two
November 05, 2021 06:42 - 6 minutes - 11.3 MBAt the School of Splice, we're being more specific with the training. Folks who've signed up have very specific needs, eg. listening to their community, branding the mission, or learning how to start something as simple as a newsletter. Your feedback told us we needed to do that better. Also, we've waived the fees — and we're putting all of this content out publicly. It'll allow us to get this into the hands (ears?) of more people so that we can then, in turn, learn from all of yo...
Foundation 5: How to hire, retain, and train the right people
October 11, 2021 11:27 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThere are no people problems — only process problems. If you have the right structure, right workflows, and the right processes in place, you'll be able to build a strong and effective team. In this School of Splice lesson, we'll talk about how to go about building a great team with the right hiring, retention and training strategies. Knowledge and insights from Kunda Dixit (Nepali Times), Ross Settles (University of Hong Kong), Padma Priya (Suno India), Roby Alampay (PumaPodcast)...
Foundation 4: How to plan and manage workflows and operations
September 23, 2021 06:48 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBThe whole point to operations is to create something. And to do it more efficiently, more accurately, and more consistently over and over again. Welcome to the fourth School of Splice foundation lesson. This one is all about building the right workflows for the outcome you're looking for. Knowledge and insights from Talha Ahad (The Centrum Media), Janie Octia (Facebook), Shubangha Pandey (Himal Southasian), and Darshini Kandasamy (Between The Lines). Hosted by Alan Soon and Rishad...
Foundation 3: How to build an audience with your 1,000 truest believers
September 07, 2021 08:34 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB2021 will require you to go deeper in building a direct relationship with your users or audiences, but with your true believers. Unless you’re able to capture attention and build a relationship, you can’t monetize, and therefore, you don’t have a business. Hosted by Alan Soon and Rishad Patel, and produced by the nice folks at Lawson Media. --- Find the transcript, worksheet, and related links here: www.splicemedia.com/school-of-splice/foundation Learn more about the Sc...
Foundation 2: How to create a product strategy that works
August 31, 2021 10:16 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBIf we’re going to be in media for the next 10 years, we need to understand how to give people what they want. Find out where the gaps are. Define the problem. Test a solution. Make it valuable. If you're not serving a need out there, what's the point? Hosted by Alan Soon and Rishad Patel, and produced by the nice folks at Lawson Media. --- Find the transcript, worksheet, and related links here: www.splicemedia.com/school-of-splice/foundation Learn more about the School o...
Foundation 1: How to think about building a viable media business
August 31, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBThis is the Golden Age of media. You're able to move quickly and cheaply, often by using the phone in your pocket — and that means you won't need a ton of cash to start. In our first Foundation lesson, we explain how to think about putting all of this together. Hint: Start with your user's need. Hosted by Alan Soon and Rishad Patel, and produced by the nice folks at Lawson Media. --- Find the transcript, worksheet, and related links here: www.splicemedia.com/school-of-sp...