228 - Ben Dobkin (Ode) On Unlocking Podcast Monetization for the Next 100,000 Creators

<p><strong>About this episode: </strong>Ben Dobkin is the cofounder and CEO of Ode. Ode helps podcasters mobilize their fans and turn listeners into new consumers.</p><p><strong>Listen to this episode if you:</strong></p><ul> <li>Are a podcaster looking to know who your listeners are in more details </li> <li>Are a brand looking to best understand a podcaster's audience before sponsoring </li> <li>Are curious to hear how Ben landed on solving this problem for podcasters.</li> <li>Want to understand the core challenge of attribution  in podcasting today</li> <li>Want to hear the big vision for Ode</li> </ul><p><strong>Introducing our June sponsor: Turing!<br></strong><a href="https://bit.ly/2MfFCJW">Turing</a> helps you find a remote development team in a fraction of the time it would take if you did it yourself. Having just raised a seed round from the likes of Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, and many prolific angels, Turing is aiming to help the world build engineering teams as strong as Facebook's or Google's, from anywhere in the world. If you want to try it out for 2 weeks, risk-free, then <a href="https://bit.ly/2MfFCJW">check out their website here</a>. Thanks to Turing for being a sponsor of the show!</p><p><strong>More Info on Forward Thinking Media<br></strong><em>Founder interviews(FIs) are a part of </em><a href="http://forwardthinking.substack.com/"><em>Forward Thinking Media</em></a><em>, a media brand for early-stage startup and subcreator content. If you want to be able to listen to this episode live on Zoom + ask questions for future guests on the record, then </em><a href="https://forwardthinking.substack.com/subscribe"><em>become a paid subscriber today</em></a><em>. As a paid subscriber of Forward Thinking Media, you also get access to all of our paywalled newsletter content, a private RSS feed, and our provide community. Have questions? </em><a href="https://twitter.com/Mat_Sherman"><em>DM me on Twitter</em></a><em> and let's talk!</em></p><p><a href="https://forwardthinking.substa