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TL;DR
-Newspapers are folding left and right
-Newsletters might fill the void
-COVID led to a huge subscription bump
-Large companies like Forbes & NYT are bullish
-Newsletters grow through 3 main phases
-Hiring goes Editorial > Technical > Revenue
-100k subs is a crucial time.
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"I originally wasn't going to go paid at all, but I kept hearing from people saying that what I was offering was too valuable."
So, around 950 subscribers he "flipped the switch," charging $200/yr and offering a 50% discount for early sign ups.
On Pricing:
"I was gonna charge $100... Because everyone was charging $100/yr...
[But] if someone takes 1 idea from me and applies it to their business that's worth a lot more than $100. So literally, I think the day before I launched, I changed the 1 to a 2, and that was it."