Jimmy's Jobs of the Future
Jeff Kofman: war correspondent to entrepreneur and how technology is changing journalism
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Episode notes
You might think running a startup is tough. But it pales in significance when compared to today’s guest who used to be a war correspondent. But what does it take to turn someone from a job like that into an entrepreneur?
Jeffrey Kofman is an Emmy award-winning journalist and now the CEO and founder of Trint, a speech-to-text platform that aims to solve the colossal problem of transcribing for audio, video and text productions. Believe us when we say it’s a hassle. It's now grown into something much more, as you'll hear about in the episode.
Given what is going on in Ukraine at present, this is a fascinating job to learn about- how do you get into it? What does it take? How has the job of war journalism changed with technology over the years?
Jimmy even learns a thing or two about interview technique!
In this episode we discuss:
- Jumping from being an Emmy award war correspondent to being a startup founder.
- Where did the name Trint come from?
- How to raise capital and being a non-stereotypical founder.
- Why Trint is more than just transcription.
- What does the future of the job of a Journalist look like?
- How can writers get in front of the right people?
- Why podcasts are an antidote to superficial media.
- His thoughts on Ukraine and how technology is transforming journalism.
- Does he miss being a reporter?
- What’s the one thing he wishes he could tell himself when he first founded Trint?
- Jeff’s interview tips for Jimmy.
- The best content Jeffrey has consumed that he found impactful.