
Advice Line with Jonah Peretti of Buzzfeed
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Today’s callers: Anthony from Miami considers the best method to grow his pop-up outdoor movie theater business. Then Andrew in San Francisco asks how to set his cat wrestling toy apart from competitors. Finally, Melissa in Massachusetts seeks strategies for getting busy parents excited about her healthy frozen muffins.
Plus, Jonah shares what’s next for Buzzfeed as the company marks 20 years of business.
Thank you to the founders of Motion Flix, CATSUMO, and Unrefined Foods for joining us on the show.
If you’d like to be featured on a future Advice Line episode—where Guy and former show guests take questions from early-stage founders—leave us a one-minute message that tells us about your business and a specific question you’d like answered. Send a voice memo to [email protected] or call 1-800-433-1298.
And be sure to listen to Buzzfeed’s founding story as told by Jonah on the show in 2017.
This episode was produced by Katherine Sypher with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by Casey Herman. Our audio engineer was Kwesi Lee.
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