Founder of Morgan James, the entrepreneurial publisher.

07/14/18 • 50 min

Entrepreneurs and publishers often clash. Publishers are looking to sell a mass-market commodity product, whereas entrepreneurs like to play in the sandbox. Then there's David Hancock, founder of a publishing house with an entrepreneurial approach to the business.

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