It stays in your own words
The interview runs as a straightforward Q&A. You answer as yourself, and you see the piece before it goes live — nothing is published that you have not read.
About Business Stories Magazine
Shining a light on the people building what matters
We publish long-form interviews with the founders, creatives and small business owners who are building something meaningful — in their own words, edited with care, and online for good.
Since 2018Publishing
Los AngelesWhere we are
Q&A, unedited voiceHow we publish
PermanentHow long it stays
Why we exist
There are a great many talented people doing remarkable work whose stories go unnoticed. Traditional press can feel intimidating, transactional, or simply out of reach if you are not already well known.
Inspiration comes in waves. Sometimes one thought or one conversation is what pushes a person to do something great. If a founder reads an interview here and recognises their own situation in it, the magazine has done its job.
How we work
Interviews run as a straightforward question and answer, so each feature stays in the subject’s own voice. Every one is reviewed and edited by our editor, and contributors get the chance to make sure their story reads accurately.
The goal is never to change someone’s voice. It is to give it a decent setting.
Who makes it
Michael HustonPublisher
Founded the magazine and still writes to founders himself. If you have heard from us, you have heard from Michael.
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Steve GladwellEditor
Reads and edits every interview before it goes out, and handles anything that needs correcting afterwards.
Yen AliciaResearch Assistant
Finds the founders worth approaching, and checks the facts in a draft before it reaches the editor.
Los Angeles, CaliforniaWhere we work
Made in Los Angeles, with founders featured from every part of the country.
What being interviewed involves
- We come to you. We read a founder’s work, or coverage they already have, and write to them directly. There is nothing to apply for.
- You answer when it suits you. Written questions, no call to prepare for, no camera. Skip any you would rather not answer.
- You have the final read. We edit for length and clarity, then you check it. Nothing goes live that you have not seen.
- It stays put. Published at a permanent address, and never taken down. Corrections are made on the page itself.
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Business Stories Magazine has become the place where readers discover new founders, brands, services, and creative work they would not have found otherwise. Because the focus is on authentic storytelling rather than hard selling.
Read the feature →Why founders work with us
It is genuinely easy
A set of questions, answered whenever it suits you. No camera crew, no calls you have to prepare for, no press training required.
A real editor reads it
Every interview is edited for length and clarity by our editor, so the finished piece reads like a magazine feature rather than a form submission.
It tells the story properly
A clear, credible account of how the business actually came about — the kind of thing that is genuinely hard to write about yourself.
It stands as press
A published feature to point customers, partners and investors to, with full use of our publication logo on your own site and materials.
It shapes what people find
A permanent, indexed page under your own name, so someone searching for you turns up your story rather than nothing at all.
It reaches our readers
Features are shared with our audience, including a post on our verified Instagram account, so the story does not just sit on a page.
It does not disappear
Interviews stay online at the same address, and corrections are made in place, so a link you shared last year still works today.
Two things we promise
We do not un-publish
Interviews stay online at the same address. A feature that quietly disappears is worth nothing to the person who sat for it.
Corrections are made in place
If something is wrong or has gone out of date, we fix it on the original page, so the link already shared with customers keeps working.
Who we are
Publishing since 2018. Business Stories Magazine is published by Michael Huston and edited by Steve Gladwell, in Los Angeles, California.
Full details, our editorial standards and how to reach the desk are on the masthead.
Want to be interviewed?
We are always glad to hear from founders, and from readers who think we got something wrong.
“Great stories deserve to be shared, and sharing your story helps others find theirs.”