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Two cautionary tales about raising too much funding
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Two cautionary tales about raising too much funding

In this week’s Gobbledy Podcast, we talk about the sale of publisher The Skimm to Ziff Davis, Food52’s layoffs, and why the financial structures of those companies led them to make decisions that ultimately drove those businesses into decline.

Here’s the Workweek article I mentioned about the growth of Morning Brew and the shrinking of The Skimm:
https://workweek.com/2025/03/20/perpetual-my-take-on-theskimms-acquisition/

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