I want to start a magazine. How did you start RELEVANT?
By spending 8 years, planning, revising and getting into a lot of debt before finally getting it off the ground. We definitely wouldn't recommend our path. What we do recommend is to read every book there is on the topic because they have a lot of specific (and important) information like how to write a business plan, develop a distribution strategy, generate advertising and learn the specifics of printing. Starting a magazine right takes a lot of time, effort and money. Definitely not an easy road. We've heard How to Start a Magazine by James Kobak is essential reading.