B2B businesses are at a big advantage if early employees have large Twitter followings

-There's no better place than Twitter to do B2B marketing at scale
-People care about people, not brands (and def not early B2B brands)
"Building in public" on Twitter will get early customers excited about what they're building.

These B2B brands make up their salaries 10x by having them build in public.
This doesn't mean you can't succeed without an audience.

Many can and will continue to do so. But having an audience and free access to decision makers is a huge advantage.
@PaulYacoubian got 4.4m in a month Twitter impressions by Tweeting about @copy_ai.

He also has grown his audience 40% MoM... Clearly people are becoming invested in his journey.

At some point in the future, employees with audiences who are the target audience will be able to charge a huge premium.
Chief Evangelist of @synthesischool, @anafabrega11 is another excellent example of this.

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Many critics (especially those in media) have been questioning Substack's $65m raise.

"Why raise so much capital??"

I think it's genius. Here is why:

[THREAD]
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1. Building the easiest way to start a newsletter
2. Building a brand

Substack is the Kleenex of ESPs. Many even use the terms "Substack" and "email newsletter" interchangeably.
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However, they take a % of revenue, whereas many competitors take a flat rate.

For example, Ghost is a much better economic alternative. Image
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1/ This is what so many smart investors got wrong about the newsletter space.

They only focused on CACs. Yes, newsletters acquire some subs via paid marketing.

But the ongoing relationship with your customer makes 10-100xing LTV over time very doable.
2/ At @MorningBrew, we had faith that if we could scale the list and keep our quality, our LTV growth would outpace our CAC growth.

And it did. We've launched:
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3m subs, and we are only getting bigger :)
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The zero sum progressive mindset is toxic - and this is coming from a progressive.
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It has been an incredible journey and I am even more excited for what is to come.

Here are 5 things I've learned so far about running a start-up:
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Learn to embrace being uncomfortable - it will make you better.

This goes for both personal and company growth.

If you don't feel uncomfortable from time to time, you probably aren't challenging yourself to grow fast enough.
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In the early days, you often don't have a wide choice of who you can hire, but that changes with time. Take advantage of it

I have never regretted waiting an extra week to find the right candidate, but I have regretted hiring too quickly
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Alright Alright Alright. Twitter is launching "Super Follow".

Who would pay for my tweets?
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Here is what that means, why it makes sense, and why it doesn't happen more often.
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- Penn x Barstool Sports
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