E1097 Understanding the travel collapse & how media can thrive going forward with Skift's Rafat Ali

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Show Notes:

0:00 Start

0:33 Jason intros Skift Founder Rafat Ali & they discuss Jason hiring Rafat in the early 2000's, having younger Jason as a crazy boss

12:30 LinkedIn Jobs - Get a $50 credit toward your first job post at https://www.linkedin.com/twist

14:18 Skift's amazing capital efficiency, steady growth, "eating what you kill", Jason coming back to NY

20:41 COVID's impact on Skift, being 3 weeks away from going under & surviving

26:05 Squarespace - save 10% by using code TWIST at https://www.squarespace.com

27:59 Rafat done being feisty on Twitter & why he is writing more now

33:04 Taking a 1000+ person event fully virtual

40:15 What is the proper cadence for virtual events, is there a way to bundle it into a subscription?

42:43 Putting up a paywall, hiring researchers vs. journalists, finding meaning at work

51:35 Starting PaidContent.org while working for Jason, why blogs took off

56:46 Benefits of remote work & hiring from anywhere, which media companies will have an advantage going forward

1:09:43 Which areas of travel are prospering, Airbnb IPO & when travel will fully bounce back?

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