Why I Built BYCHANCE
A new magazine only makes sense if it has a reason to exist. Mine started with conversations.
A magazine should begin with a point of view
I did not want to create BYCHANCE simply because publishing is interesting to me. There are already more than enough publications, newsletters and feeds competing for attention. A new magazine only makes sense if it has a reason to exist.
The reason was the conversations
Over time, I kept finding myself in conversations with founders, business owners and people building things that were more interesting than the polished version usually presented online. The real story was often somewhere else: why they started, what nearly failed, what changed their thinking, and what they were still trying to understand.
I wanted to stay with the person behind the company
Business media can become too transactional. A funding round becomes a number. A founder becomes a title. A company becomes a valuation. Those things matter, but they are not the whole story. I am interested in the judgment behind the decisions — the moments when someone chose one path over another, the setbacks that shaped the next move, and the way people think when there is no obvious answer.
Print creates a different kind of attention
I still believe there is value in giving a story room. A magazine asks the reader to spend time rather than simply scroll past. It also asks the editor to make choices. You cannot publish everything, so the selection itself becomes part of the editorial point of view.
The first issue showed me what BYCHANCE could become
The Disruptors Issue brought together people from technology, aviation, private markets, real estate, fintech, artificial intelligence, luxury watchmaking and design. They were not connected by one industry. They were connected by movement — each was building, changing or rethinking something.
What I want BYCHANCE to become
I want the magazine to remain curious. I want it to feature founders and leaders because there is something worth understanding, not simply because a name is well known. I want readers to come away with a better sense of how people build, decide, recover and grow.
The bigger idea
BYCHANCE is part of The Work Link because stories can create relationships. A reader may discover a founder. A founder may meet a partner. A company may find a market. Sometimes a conversation simply leads to another good conversation. That is enough. The magazine is not there to manufacture connection, but to create the conditions where meaningful connection can happen.
The best opportunities often begin with a simple conversation.
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