Johnathan, is the Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Penji, an on-demand graphic design service. Penji’s goal is to provide an innovative solution by making essential tools and resources more accessible and affordable for entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders. Penji has been named as “top startup to watch” according to Philadelphia Magazine and mentioned in major publications like Huffington Post, Forbes, and Inc. Prior to Penji, Johnathan founded multiple marketing related startups and also worked for Apple.

Johnathan is also the host of Blind Entrepreneurship, a podcast that has been mentioned as a top business podcast on Apple Podcasts and downloaded over 100,000 times. 

During this interview we cover:

00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor) 01:02 - Intro + Announcement   02:27 - John’s Background, Past Positions & Ventures 04:45 - Idea Behind & Launching Penj 09:16 - On-Demand Unlimited Service & not a Per Project or Per Hour Rate  11:43 -  How Many Designers Working at Penji Right Now 14:42 - Pay Per Project or Full Time Employees  17:16 -  Designing Projects & Requests between Designers 20:10 - Getting to the Inc. 5000. & Penji’s Growth Stages 26:26 - Leveraging SEO for Lead Generation & Giving Back to the Community 30:15 - Marketing Channels for the Bets ROI 33:30 - Effectively Managing Remote Teams 34:56 - Marketing Efforts that not Worked 39:12 - Outsourcing your Life 44:01 - What does Success mean to John Today 45:02 - Advice John Would Tell his 25 Year old Self 46:12 - Biggest Challenges John is Facing Right Now 47:14 - Instrumental Resources for John 49:45 -Get in Touch with John

Mentions: https://penji.co/ (Penji)

Books: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Get-Real-Job-Business/dp/0470643862 (Never Get a Real job)

Get In Touch With John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grzybowskij/detail/recent-activity/posts/ (John’s Linkedin)

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