I’ve known who Mike was for quite some time, but we didn’t connect with each other until a year or two ago when he approached me to build a website for him. Little did I know, this idea would turn into a big digital publishing company. And by big, I don’t mean a massive office in Silicon Valley with hundreds of employees. He has assembled a team of freelancers and passionate individuals in the custom automotive scene from all over the world to crank out high quality content month after month.
Over the past year or so, Slam’d Magazine has built a huge following, and I know the recently launched Lift’d Trucks is setup to do the same in the coming months. It’s pretty cool to see it all evolve even though I was hired to build these sites, so I may be a little biased. But from the perspective of a custom automotive enthusiast (which I have been for over 15 years), something new like this is exactly what our scene needs. Someone to push the envelope, put quality before anything else, and make the content easily accessible to the entire world.
I ask all the typical business questions, but I dug deeper and really pulled out some inspiring thoughts from this publishing veteran, things he never thought we’d discuss. Not only is he a very genuine person, but you really get a sense for his desire to help other aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as pave the way for generations to come in the automotive space. Even if you’ve known Mike for years, I think you’re gonna learn a lot more about him here, and after you listen to the whole episode, you’ll be so motivated that you’ll probably reach out to him just to say thanks.
With that being said, let’s get on with the show. And I apologize in advance for any audio issues you might hear, we had some technical difficulties but I really didn’t want to lose all the value he adds, so I edited it the best I could. Enjoy!