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How Joe Budden Built A $20 Million Podcast Network Independently
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July 30, 2026
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58:27Now PlayingPodcaster and Entrepreneur Joe Budden and CEO of The Joe Budden Network, Ian Schwartzman, sat down with Forbes to discuss retaining creative and financial independence in the podcasting industry. Budden and Schwartzman also discussed early podcasting deal structures, their direct-to-consumer monetization strategy, and the development of their proprietary community platform, acommunity.com.
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