We saw a problem: our media diet is served by algorithms built and optimized for clicks, not quality. (this problem has only become more obvious since we started.
We thought people might like something different.
So we hired a team of smart, passionate writers to curate and synthesize the top ten stories each day across a range of topics.
So we hired a team of smart, passionate writers to curate and synthesize the top ten stories each day across a range of topics.
And it worked! Here's 9 quarters of subscription growth: 
The idea from the start was: real news, curated by real humans.
We publish human-curated news roundups 30 different topics via email (subscribe at inside.com if you're interested!) Each email includes ten updates, like this one from today's Inside Apple newsletter:
Here's how it's going:
💰 We're averaging $73K/mo. in revenue this year, and monthly revenue has grown 20% each month in 2018
📬 We delivered more than 10 million emails last month, which were opened at an industry-leading 38.8%
💰 We're averaging $73K/mo. in revenue this year, and monthly revenue has grown 20% each month in 2018
📬 We delivered more than 10 million emails last month, which were opened at an industry-leading 38.8%
Here's 2018 monthly revenue:
Today we have a team of more than 30 writers, editors, sales reps, and developers, and we're just getting started.
Starting today, we're raising money on SeedInvest so that anyone can own a piece of our business. If you're interested, check it out: insd.io/2tN7jA3
Starting today, we're raising money on SeedInvest so that anyone can own a piece of our business. If you're interested, check it out: insd.io/2tN7jA3
