Diversify your revenue sources, estimate potential income, and launch new products.

How can your digital news startup find loyal audience members, become more sustainable and create meaningful impact? By adopting an experimentation mindset. GNI Boot Camp Leader Phillip Smith and real-life startup founders will help you understand how to create and run a successful growth experiment and how you can use the results to make better strategic decisions for your future.

This is your crash course on the legal, financial and operational details you need to know to get your startup running as soon as possible. Explore the different business models and financial implications to find the path that’s right for you, find resources to help you launch and grow your business idea, and join some recent startup founders for an extended Q&A to answer all of your burning questions.

So you are thinking about starting a news startup -- or you've already launched your idea and are on your way. The most successful news startups know who they are serving and what problems they are solving for their audience. Our veteran startup founders will share how to turn your mission into a successful business plan and help you think through ways you can serve your community and find your first readers.

Learn more about how to evolve your traditional publishing business, support your culture and embrace the digital newsroom. The session will cover: - How you could restructure roles and priorities to help you succeed in the online world. - Ways to approach and develop your digital product. - Emerging technologies and how they could help you become a successful publisher.

Understand the challenges and possible solutions to consider when launching a news business

Applications are currently being accepted for our second news startup boot camp. This is an eight-week fully-remote program starting in September 2021. We'll be accepting up to 24 solo founders or teams of aspiring entrepreneurs who have identified a community's need for better news and want guidance and coaching on how to launch, or continue to develop, a news offering that delivers a solution rooted in journalism.