Margaret Brown

Everything Margaret Brown said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Margaret Brown Launched Shelf Media With Under $10,000 in Capital

“Probably to get started under 10,000 dollars.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 2:43 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Shelf Unbound Generates $20,000 in Ad Revenue Per Issue

“Right now we're doing about 20,000. Per issue of Shelf Unbound.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 13:53 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Shelf Media's Annual Self-Published Book Contest Generates $40,000 Yearly

“But the thing is that we charge a 40 dollar entry fee, and we get about a thousand entries per year, so that's another another good revenue source for us.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 14:55 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported

Shelf Unbound Won the 2015 Maggie Award for Best Digital Magazine

“It's a digital-only magazine and is actually the twenty-fifteen Maggie Award winner for Best Digital Magazine.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 2:09 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Shelf Unbound Reaches 125,000 Readers Across 75 Countries

“Our advertisers for Shelf Unbound are primarily self-published authors who are looking for an audience, and so we, Shelf Unbound reaches a 125,000 avid readers, and is read primarily in the United States, but we also have subscribers in 75 plus countries.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 3:14 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

Shelf Media Spent Only $5,000 on Advertising in Its First Year

“In the first year, we probably spent I didn't probably 5000 dollars. I didn't spend a lot of money on advertising.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 4:17 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Cold Emailing 60 Journalists Yielded One Published Article for Podster

“So where I was going with that is that I've reached out this week to about 60 people, and I've had three people interest. Two people. One person has already written something on us, and that got us some, has gotten us some subscriptions.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 6:28 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure

All Shelf Media Group Digital Magazines Are Free for Subscribers

“No Podster is free so subscriptions to all of our magazines are free.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 7:06 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Shelf Media Reaches Profitability at Just $4,000 in Monthly Revenue

“I would say four to be profitable.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 9:40 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

Shelf Media Leveraged Its 125,000-Subscriber List to Launch Podster

“We sent the first issue of Podster to The 125,000 audience of Shelf Unbound.”

Margaret Brown Mar 8, 2016 ▶ 11:31 $120k, Hustle, and a Hugely Successful Digital Magazine with Margaret Brown or Podster EP 195

The other half of the tape: Margaret Brown's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Nathan Latka 3

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Margaret's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Founder & Publisher, Shelf Media Group	1	10	100% 1/1	full record on Top Founders →