Startup Sense Podcast

Ryan Harwood just realized the dream that many of us entrepreneurs strive for...he sold his company. Last week PureWow was acquired by a group run by Gary Vaynerchuk of Vayner Media and billionaire Stephen Ross of RSE Ventures. When I booked this interview with Ryan back in November I obviously had no insight that this deal was happening so it was a pleasant surprise we were able to add this exciting topic to the conversation.  PureWow is an online publisher of content for women focused around categories such as lifestyle, fashion, beauty, food, health and travel. Ryan started the company in 2010 after a career at Goldman Sachs. He knew very little about the publishing industry and he was certainly no expert in women's lifestyle topics but he believed their was a unique opportunity to create high-quality content and pair that up with native branded advertising. Fast forward 6 years and his assumptions have paid off big time with PureWow now attracting more than 15 million monthly visitors to their website and