Stephanie Kaplan Lewis Talks About Bootstrapping Her Campus Media Over the Last Decade

04/08/24 • 46 min

My guest this week is Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Her Campus Media, a network of brands that serve college students across thousands of colleges. In this conversation, we dug into the early days of the business, the various advertising products they take to market, how they think about the inevitable graduation of their audience, and where they see the business going from here. I hope you enjoy our discussion.

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