Mike Foss Won Big-time with For the Win

Mike Foss set Facebook abuzz when he was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list not just because of his relatively young age but also because of his homeschooling education until 12th grade. He was proof that homeschooling works but he will be the first to say that homeschooling is not all there is to his success.

Foss’ first job after college graduation was as senior social media editor at USA Today’s website. He started developing a sports-focused website, known as For The Win, designed to become the main website’s entry point, a project on which he spent a frenzied 8 months but he won big-time and that’s all that matters now.

According to the numbers gathered by USA Today, For The Win has 35 million unique views in the 3rd quarter of 2014 – and growing. Launched in 22 April 2013, it quickly became one of the fastest-growing mobile websites. His creative vision that continues to reel in visitors: A sports-focused website that combines aggregated articles and original sports articles, thus, creating a site that mixes the personal approach of a blog with the professional standards of a newspaper.