#33 Pedestrian: How Chris Wirasinha Created Australia’s Largest Youth News Site That Sold For $100 Million
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You’re gonna love my next guest, Chris Wirasinha, Co-Founder of Pedestrian and Linkby. Pedestrian is a youth targeted news and entertainment website - if you’re in Australia, I’m sure you’ve read Pedestrian articles or seen their content on socials! Pedestrian hit $20m of revenue and $9m of profit in their final year of running the business, before selling it to Nine at a valuation of $100m. (Btw - those margins are incredible!) More recently in 2020, Chris co-founded Linkby which allows brands to get featured on news and lifestyle publications on a pay-for-performance model. In just over 3 years, they’ve grown to processing $30m of annualised revenue with net revenue of $9m. Strap in for an amazing episode, Chris is an OG from the Sydney entrepreneurs scene and is super insightful ⁠@thelazyceo_podcast⁠⁠⁠On another note - I’ve had the best time getting to know some of the best brains in business, hope you’ve been enjoying it too! But I’d love to know how I can make it even better! I've put together a little survey that will only take 2 minutes - so if you have time I'd love for you to share your thoughts! ⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczr5lNJL5S7UNKfG0Sv-YCZU3wIcCCrliGHx2XpsVOh38R5w/viewform --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelazyceopodcast/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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