#LookingBackAt2024

Seth GoldsteinMy 2024 RecapSo many people are doing 2024 recaps, so I figured I’d write one too.2024 was a weird year. That’s even an understatement.At the beginning business was extremely slow. It rather sucked.Most of the business I had this year pushed off to the 2nd quarter or later. Thank goodness for ongoing maintenance and hosting business.Once the year picked up, it wasn’t as fruitful and I had hoped.But I did discover a new vertical to explore — podcast coaching. <a href="https://podcastmastery.coach" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Podcast Mastery</a> was born out this weird and rather sucky year. Unlike when I started Goldstein Media 17 years ago. The interest in podcast coaching is hot right now. To be honest podcasts in general are in their second or third renaissance.Enter Podcast Coaching ArenaWhat I found is that business people are realizing that having a brand-related show or sponsoring a relevant podcast makes sense for brand recognition and even some return on investment, though the latter takes time.So, hung up my podcast coaching shingle. I decided that the complete suite of podcasting wasn’t where I wanted to focus. I do my own production work for my Entrepreneur’s Enigma podcast and Digital Marketing Dive, but I’m better suited to help people get started with their shows and how to keep them going for the long haul, than doing the whole production process.What I work on with my current clients is how to structure the podcast, set expectations, and streamline the overall process to ensure success. This alone is quite a bit of coaching and fully in my area of expertise.I’ve been podcasting for 15 years, it’s hard to believe, and in that time I’ve learned so many things to do correctly from doing them the wrong way.So, with a few clients already signed up and more coming onboard this year, I’m really excited for where that’s going.Mentoring StartupsI’m worked though my 4th (or was it 5th) cohort as a mentor for the Founder Institute’s Keystone chapter. I really enjoy helping emerging startups with their digital marketing. I’m currently working with four startups in varying degrees as an advisor, and I’m finding what I can contribute to be really helpful and rewarding.HomelifeLast year was another year in the life of being a father to an amazingly smart (often too smart) son and an extremely lucky husband to the most amazing woman in the world.All I’m going to say about parenting is that it’s hard and add pre-teen moodiness and puberty to the mix, is a real trip.The kiddo turned 12 in November. Looking back I can’t believe how old he’s getting and did I mention how smart he is? He’s already surpassed my knowledge of math a long time ago and he’s coding Roblox experiences and types faster than I do. He’s getting all A’s in school. I’m proud of him.Looking Forward… 2025Man, this year’s going to be interesting. I’m hoping that what’s going on with WordPress and it’s co-founder Matt Mullenweg simmers down and the community takes over the project from the “BDFL”, who hasn’t been acting very benevolent and WordPress, which powers more than 40% of the websites on the interwebs continues to grow and evolve, with LESS DRAMA.I’m cautiously hopefully that something good will happen, but hopefully not going as far as a phoenix rising from the ashes. God, that’d be horrible.I’m really hoping the podcast coaching practice picks up and grows as it looks like it’s trending.Hey, it’s day two of 2025. Let’s buckle up and get going!<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/2024/" target="_blank">#2024</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/looking-back-at-2024/" target="_blank">#LookingBackAt2024</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/looking-forward-to-2025/" target="_blank">#LookingForwardTo2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://sethgoldstein.me/tag/retrospective/" target="_blank">#Retrospective</a>

fanf422024 was also the year I? Saw? Accepted? That our current social contract is our ban, that capitalism is the death of people, democracies, and our biome. Not that I didn't knew it for years theoretically, just that the realization is total and accepted. Also, capitalism is very good at what it does, extremely adaptable, and the asymmetry of power is huge. It won't end nicely. That was the hardest part to accept. Call it end of innocence or whatever. <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/lookingBackAt2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lookingBackAt2024</a>

fanf42So, 2024 was the year I finally win at the "entrepreneurship" game, with a company profitable enough to have a gathering of 19 good people in what looks like a sustainable, growing path, in a nice environment, with nice tech, and no external investors.I win in the sense that that place seems to be a safe haven for all these people for the coming years, if they choose to. And the next steps won't be bootstrapping a company anymore (even if that part took 15 years), but finding the right balance between lots of conflicting thongs liie growth, culture, change, stability, maintenance, innovation, and well, emancipation So I need to grow up, that step is over.<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/lookingBackAt2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lookingBackAt2024</a>

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