# How an Influencer Built His Business, One Dog at a Time Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/how-an-influencer-built-his-business-one-dog-at-a-time Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/how-an-influencer-built-his-business-one-dog-at-a-time.md Podcast: [The Journal.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598) Published: 2026-07-19T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ1712997386.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/WSJ1712997386.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-journal-547598/episodes/how-an-influencer-built-his-business-one-dog-at-a-time Duration seconds: 1304 ## Resource Elias Weiss Friedman, better known on social media as The Dogist, has made a career out of shooting portraits of dogs. Ryan Knutson met up with Elias in a New York City park to talk about photography, social media pressures, and how The Dogist has evolved and expanded over the last decade. Further listening: - How to Keep Up with AI At Work (Without Losing Your Mind) - Financial Influencers on Wealth and Work - The Viral Band Trying to Sing Its Way to a U.S. Visa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-journal-547598/episodes/how-an-influencer-built-his-business-one-dog-at-a-time/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-journal-547598/how-an-influencer-built-his-business-one-dog-at-a-time.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.