Joan’s Index

I write a bi-weekly newsletter, featuring essays on tech, humans and economics.

Founder / Writer

MODA DAO

Advisor

Flare

Director Of Communications

Fishburners

Head Of Marketing

Joan Westenberg is a seasoned writer focused on tech and economics. She was honoured as one of the top 100 innovators by the Australian. Joan has written for Wired, The Australian Financial Review, the SF Chronicle, The Saturday Paper, Chainsaw, Yahoo,  TIME, Inc, the ABC, Crikey and others. Beyond her writing, Joan is an advisor to Culture Vault and MODA DAO, fusing her technological expertise with her passion for cultural innovation. Joan has spoken at SXSW, NFTfest, Microsoft Ignite, Web Summit etc.

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Sam Hajighasem

Creative Director

Venture Media

We build content systems for companies and marketing teams that generate demand, grow your audience at scale, and drive real engagement, without adding to your workload.

Founder | Content To Client Funnel

Venture Podcasting

A leading full-service podcast agency focused on helping businesses become industry leaders by building branded, revenue-generating podcasts. 

We've been part of brands such as Nokia, Scaling With Systems, and Bear Bull Traders and helped them to build authority, and increase their leads, revenue, and brand awareness through podcasting. We'll use our proven system to help you engage and build your community for consistent lead generation. 

We do A-Z of podcasting from setting up your interviews to publishing your content, so all you need to do is just show up!

Founder | Podcast Expert

Self-Employed

During this time, I helped companies to tell their stories with the power of content creation. I supervised their creative team and helped them translate their marketing messaging into their day-to-day content.

Creative Marketing Director

Interface Media Group

In charge of producing podcasts and sound designing for animations, documentaries, and short films for organizations such as PBS, Department of Defense, National Geographic channel, and BBC.

Content Developer

Sputnik News

Responsible for Sound editing/mixing, operating the board, Live show, and podcast.

Content Producer

American University

Responsible for location sound, audio post-production (including sound editing, sound design, and mixing) and video editing.

Audio and Video Assistant (University Video Production)

Building Branded media that converts and scales | B2B podcast expert | Founder of venture podcasting

Most companies know they need content, but what they really need is a system.

A system that positions them as the trusted expert…
Shows up every day (without their team doing the work)…
And turns content into actual conversations, leads, and clients.

At Venture Media, we build content engines that help companies, marketing teams, and brands:

✔️ Grow their audience on autopilot
✔️ Drive real demand with relatable, strategic content
✔️ Convert viewers into clients through newsletters, funnels, and thought leadership

We’ve helped clients generate over $10M in revenue and more than 274M views organically — all while spending just 2–3 hours/month recording their ideas.

Most of our clients are too busy or burned out trying to do it all themselves (or manage 5 different freelancers). We make it simple:

➤ One strategy
➤ One system
➤ One team to handle everything — from recording to distribution to optimization

If you’re tired of being invisible online or stuck posting with no return…
I’d love to show you what a real content-to-client system can do for your brand.

📩 Message me here or reach out directly: sam@venturepodcasting.com

Founder | B2B Podcast Expert

Helping B2B companies (such as Nokia, Scaling With Systems, and Bear Bull Traders) to build authority, and increase their leads, revenue, and brand awareness through podcasting. We'll use our proven system to help you engage and build your community for consistent lead generation. 

We do A-Z of podcasting from setting up your interviews to publishing your content, so all you need to do is just show up!

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