Small business owners typically reach a threshold when they achieve a degree of success: How do they take their company to the next level, and how much should they risk in their growth plan? Sabina Manji is dealing with this issue as she charts the course for her small magazine company. She has set her sights on launching her title in Toronto, Canada's largest media market. But such a move won't Be cheap. Can she reach her goal while still protecting her core business?
Editor & Publisher Kathy Jentz magazine startup Q & A.
After working for 15 years in association publishing (both trade and professional organizations), I was looking for an opportunity to strike out on my own. In my previous jobs, I had revamped a few magazines, launched several newsletters (both print and online), and oversaw web site designs.
BeE Magazine was created when Celine Gumbiner, the CEO and Publisher of BeE Magazine discovered a lack of magazines addressing finance and politics for women. Gumbiner believed that if someone like her, who had a literary background and minor financial exposure, could learn basic financial skills, then other women could, too.