Featured founder tiers.
Paid placement covers production and editorial time. Coverage angle and tone remain the desk's decision. Refund window: seven days before publish.
Spotlight
$499/ 90 days
Placement on the founders index and a 1,200-word profile.
- ✓ Profile written by The Entrepreneur Story desk
- ✓ 90 days featured slot on /founders
- ✓ Cross-link in the next quarterly briefing
- ✓ Editorial review required before publish
Most chosen
Cover Path
$1,999/ feature
Full 4-act long-form profile (~4,000 words) with two original photographs.
- ✓ Long-form profile across 4 sections (journey · struggles · success · lessons)
- ✓ Original photography in-studio or remote
- ✓ Eligibility for the next issue's cover shortlist
- ✓ 180 days of homepage rail placement
- ✓ Editorial review and full author byline
Print Inclusion
$4,999/ issue
Long-form digital profile + 4-page spread in the printed quarterly.
- ✓ Everything in Cover Path
- ✓ 4-page printed spread in the next quarterly
- ✓ 1,000 author-copies of the print issue, mailed worldwide
- ✓ Featured on /issues/[slug] LEAD tier
Editorial firewall
What payment buys, and what it doesn't.
Payment buys candidacy and production time: scheduling a desk reporter, photography, layout. It does not buy coverage tone. Editors write what they see. Sales has no edit access. See our transparency policy.