Nathan Chan created Foundr as a business magazine (available for both iOS and Android) to equip entrepreneurs with all the insight, tips, and tricks necessary to start their own businesses. Through interviews with world-changing entrepreneurs, he shares their stories to inspire readers on their path toward becoming successful businesspeople.
He also discusses how he manages to land interviews with successful entrepreneurs such as Richard Branson, Seth Godin, and Tim Ferriss.
Nathan Chan
Nathan Chan, an entrepreneur, created Foundr Magazine as a digital publication to profile entrepreneurs. To help others learn how to establish their businesses, Foundr is filled with interviews of top business leaders such as Mark Cuban, Tim Ferriss, Sophia Amoruso, and Gary Vaynerchuk, who all offer insights and share their secrets through interviews with rock star business leaders like them.
He specializes in growth hacking and digital marketing strategies for startups. He has experience with clients like Workify and Konvert. Furthermore, he is adept at mergers and acquisitions.
Nathan is both an entrepreneur and a cellist. He has performed with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Albany Symphony, Reno Philharmonic, and Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, working alongside conductors like Leonard Slatkin, James Gaffigan, Donato Cabrera Alexander Prior & Alasdair Neale, to name just a few. Additionally, he has played at several charity concerts for the American Alzheimer’s Association & Friends of Children with Special Needs.
Nathan Chan created Foundr with only a handful of dollars and has grown it into one of the top ten Business and Investing magazines on iTunes App Store. Nathan has interviewed world-changing entrepreneurs such as Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Mark Cuban, and Tim Ferriss – among many more!
Stanford graduate Kevin Systrom and co-founder Mike Krieger founded Instagram. Their prototype, known as Burbn, was inspired by popular check-in apps like Foursquare; however, soon after, realizing they wanted to focus on photos and mobile devices as their focus instead.
In 2012, Instagram founders sold it to Facebook for $1 billion; they still retain a portion of the company. Today, over one billion active users access Instagram every month; other areas, such as video streaming and shopping, have also been explored by this fast-growing tech company which currently stands at an estimated value of more than $3 billion and remains one of its fastest-growing tech businesses in history.
Podcast
Nathan Chan, founder of Foundr Magazine (available for iOS and Android), joins Luke Ferris to share his journey as an entrepreneur. Nathan discusses how his business began as a side gig while working full-time but has grown into an established publishing house offering multiple entrepreneurial resources.
He talks about how he has managed to secure interviews with some of the world’s foremost entrepreneurs, such as Richard Branson, Seth Godin, and Tim Ferriss – not to mention expanding his podcast audience and building community by creating engaging content people love sharing.
Nathan also discusses his plans for Foundr to expand its business and provide resources for entrepreneurs worldwide.
Subscriptions
Foundr Magazine provides a subscription-based digital publication featuring entrepreneurs. Their content has been featured in Apple’s App Store “Business & Investing,” ranking alongside publications like Forbes, Entrepreneur, and HBR. Founder Nathan Chan offers tips for starting and expanding profitable online businesses.
The company’s founder transforms these legendary leaders’ strategies and experiences into actionable content through magazines, podcasts, videos, articles, and online courses so their global community of entrepreneurs can begin creating successful companies from the ground up.
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