Laurel Touby
Founder, mediabistro
In 1994, Laurel Touby, a Smith College graduate and then-freelance business writer and Glamour magazine contributor, decided to host a mixer for media people. About 20 editors, writers, and other content creators came to that original cocktail party at Jules Bistro in the East Village. The parties quickly grew, and soon Laurel had 4,000 of New York's top media talent on her email list. After creating a website in 1996 and adding features such as job listings, bulletin boards, classes, e-classes, media and a freelance marketplace, Touby's business began to take off. Today, mediabistro also includes news, events and "learn" emails, as well as media industry blogs. Last year, Touby sold mediabistro to Jupitermedia for $23 million.
Laurel Touby shares her advice on intelligent startup operations.
▸
5 min
—
with
mediabistro began as a social and professional network, then grew into an online community and business, says Laurel Touby.
▸
9 min
—
with
Laurel Touby discusses her role as a female CEO and the challenges of executive decisions.
▸
5 min
—
with
Laurel Touby discusses the value of on-the-job training and what the big guys are getting wrong.
▸
3 min
—
with
Laurel Touby discusses where she sees mediabistro in ten years and the future of online businesses.
▸
2 min
—
with