How Jon Steinberg Reached His First $50K In Revenue At BuzzFeed

In this video, former BuzzFeed President and founder of Cheddar.com, Jon Steinberg, talks about the advice BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti gave him when he first started out. This advice includes how you cannot look at the mountain - you must first reach each individual peak. From there, the goal - reaching the top of the mountain - is attainable.

Jon Steinberg is the former COO and president of Buzzfeed, the former CEO of Daily Mail North America, and currently the founder and CEO of Cheddar, a video-based media company launched in 2016 that caters to millennials. Fast Company named Cheddar one of “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” in spring 2017, around the same time the booming video brand received a valuation of $85 million. Having led or worked with many of the major brands shaping millennial content consumption, Steinberg is the content and trends expert to turn to when it comes to understanding the next generation of consumers. Steinberg discusses the challenges facing modern businesses, what it takes to retain a competitive edge, how to spot trends before they happen, and how to grow exponentially by accessing the millennial consumer. Now in the early stages of developing Cheddar, Steinberg is able to relate to audiences that are both established in and new to the digital space.