Ep. 100: A $2.5M bet on quality food journalism ft. Caper

About this episode

In this episode, the co-founder and CEO of Caper, Max Tcheyan, discusses the challenges and opportunities in food journalism with founding journalists.

Caper is a new media company covering the people, money, ambition, power and chaos that fuels the food world. In this episode we speak to Max Tcheyan, the co-founder and CEO, as well as three of the founding journalists. Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/profiles __ Get 10,000 free monthly credits at Eleven Labs: https://elevenlabs.io/ __ Caper Newsletter Caper LinkedIn In this episode Max Emma Annie Chris __ Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Caper Media 01:00 The gap in the market 03:45 Who is the audience? 07:29 How equity changes journalism 15:46 Food journalism that makes a difference 23:46 Building a team of founders 26:30 The $2.5M bet 29:28 Doing something that matters

People in this episode

Host: Creator Spotlight

Guests: Max Tcheyan, Emma, Annie, Chris

Topics covered

• food journalism
• media company
• entrepreneurship
• investment
• team building

Keywords

• Caper
• food journalism
• Max Tcheyan
• media
• investment
• entrepreneurship
• journalism

Sponsors

Eleven Labs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Caper

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