Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Entrepreneurship Award for Individual Achievement[1]
Nicole Vogel is an American magazine publisher and author. She is the cofounder and publisher of Portland Monthly, a regional magazine covering Portland, Oregon. She received the 2007 Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Entrepreneurship Award for Individual Achievement,[1] the second woman to receive the honor.[2]
Career
Vogel started her publishing career with a job at Leaders Magazine in New York.[1] In 2002, she got a job at Turner Broadcasting, and within three years was the vice president of strategy.[1] Vogel's work for Turner focused specifically on business development for CNN's interactive properties.[3]
In 2001, she and her brother Scott Vogel moved to Portland, Oregon, to be close to their sister Lori, whose husband had been killed in a car accident.[1] While there, they realized the city did not have a regional magazine despite being a large market, so she set out to raise funds to start the magazine. She faced difficulties both for being a woman entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry[2] as well as to start a print publication when circulation for print magazines was declining.[4]
Portland Monthly launched in 2003 along with its parent company Sagacity Media, also co-owned by Nicole Vogel and Scott Vogel, and was profitable by its second issue.[3] In March 2006, she launched Seattle, Washington local magazine Seattle Metropolitan, also under the Sagacity Media parent company.[1] In 2013, she and her brother started Houstonia, the city magazine for Houston, Texas.[5] Sagacity Media also owns titles in Colorado and Utah.[6]
Personal
Vogel is a native of Houston, Texas.[7] She graduated from American University with a degree in justice.[1]
