Carson Kohler

Carson Kohler

Reporter

Carson Kohler is a writer based in Arlington, Virginia.

She's branded content writer for Axios, a national news organization, and a former branded content writer for The Penny Hoarder, one of the nation's largest personal finance websites. She holds a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri.

When she's not tapping away on her keyboard, you can find her exploring the D.C. area with her husband and playing with her cats, Honey and Heinz.

Agency

They split their digital marketing agency into two pieces — and sold for 15% more

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Platform

Newsletter writers created ad platform Swapstack and grew to $25K/month in revenue

Marketplace

They bought newsletter marketplace Duuce, pivoted, and sold it 16 months later

Community

She quickly figured out how to sell their community as funding evaporated

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Content

She didn’t sell her subscription business at its peak — and looking back, wishes she had

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Content

VCs said it was too niche. But strength site BarBend attracted 31M users and a buyer

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Agency

“It was my wake-up call:” How this founder’s emergency led to his agency sale

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Content

How SlidesCarnival’s one-woman show generated 20K euros/month — and wowed Canva

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