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#7 - Georgina Wilson-Powell: building an ethical media brand, finding support structures, and overcoming fear
1 hour 25 minutes Posted Jan 26, 2021 at 7:00 am.
: The craft of editing
: The sudden end of Georgina’s first company
: Why magazines have such a strong allure
: Lost experiences post-failure, and the intertwined identity
: Coming back for round 2 of entrepreneurship
: Why not being an expert can be a positive
: Dealing with grief
: The differences being a solo founders vs. having multiple founders
: Communicating with life partners in different work situations
: Finding support structures
: Being a female founder of an ethical media business
: Why write a book
: Being everything to everyone, and the challenges of staying visible
: Bad advice
: The importance of knowing your own mind, and overcoming fear
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In 2003, a new magazine launched. It felt a little different to what else was on the shelves at the time. Covering music, literature, street art and fashion, it featured a new generation of talent, and had a focus on quality: not just the content, but on bespoke cover art and high-end paper stock.
The magazine was called Blowback and one its co-founders was a 21 year old called Georgina Wilson-Powell. After the London-based company folded in 2007, Georgina spent time at one of the world's largest publishing companies, traveling around the globe as a journalist.
It was these gas guzzling trips that in fact led her back to entrepreneurship - this time as founder of sustainable living magazine Pebble.
This time, Georgina is going it alone, building an ethical media business as a solo female founder.
In this deep dive conversation we get into why not being an expert can be freeing; the challenge of intertwined identities as an entrepreneur, using grief as fuel; and how build support structures when you're going it alone.
Oh and you'll hear Georgina’s dog Maggie in the background a couple of times... we just couldn't bring ourselves to edit her out...
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