Substack, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Substack comes up
Launching and growing a podcast | Chris Hutchins (All the Hacks, Wealthfront, Google)
- ▶ 50:48 Chris Hutchins Danny has a paid newsletter on sub stack where he actually breaks down all his downloads and all his tactics on how this is all working for him.
- ▶ 57:59 Lenny Rachitsky I, I host on sub stack is maybe one difference.
What it takes to become a top 1% PM | Ian McAllister (Uber, Amazon, Airbnb)
- ▶ 1:03:22 Lenny Rachitsky He's got a great newsletter, askgibs.substack.com, I think.
- ▶ 1:03:50 Ian McAllister Ian McAllister.substack.com.
Leaving big tech to build the #1 technology newsletter | Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
- ▶ 1:19 Lenny Rachitsky He's got the top engineering newsletter on Substack.
- ▶ 4:41 Lenny Rachitsky Your newsletter is the number one technology newsletter on Substack, called the Pragmatic Engineer, by the way. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:15 Gergely Orosz This one was when Substack introduced recommendations, which has been a massive growth engine.
Building Substack | Sachin Monga (Substack, Facebook)
- ▶ 0:16 Sachin Monga And in the early days of SubSec, there was a couple of these glimmers of hope where you'd have people like Matt Taibbi or Bill Bishop, some of the early writers on SubSec that were 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:14 Lenny Rachitsky Today, my guest is Sachin Manga, who is currently the head of product at Substack. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:42 Lenny Rachitsky Substack has changed my life in so many ways. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:12 Lenny Rachitsky I want to spend a little time on that, but coming back to Substack, I'm curious just how the product team runs. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:07 Sachin Monga Chris is the CEO of Substack and the person you're mentioning, um, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:40 Lenny Rachitsky I'm curious, what were you able to take from that experience about how Facebook and a massive company like that builds product to a smaller company like Substack? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:03 Lenny Rachitsky I know it's sub stack writers are like the beacon and the vision of making writers successful, helping people make a living writing. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:21 Lenny Rachitsky I feel like it's maybe the most underappreciated radical shift in Substack and just like platforms in general. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:35 Lenny Rachitsky Something else I'll mention that I've learned to do is I feel so fortunate being early on Substack and having this thing grow so much, especially from this recommendation feature that I'm, I'm actually getting pings from people regularly… 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:08 Sachin Monga We actually have now, we've set up something called the product lab, which I'm really excited about. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:02 Lenny Rachitsky Something else that always comes to mind with Substack is it's often in the news. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 36:39 Lenny Rachitsky I'm curious where you see Substack going as a product long-term. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:38 Lenny Rachitsky For, writers that are thinking about starting a newsletter, thinking about joining Substack, what sorts of 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:02 Sachin Monga One thing that's kind of interesting here that I think we have a big opportunity to improve in the product is that there's going to be obviously varying levels of intent that people have when they hit that start your sub stack button. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 54:43 Sachin Monga This is what we work on at Substack. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 59:13 Lenny Rachitsky As I've shared, Substack is very near and dear to my heart, and I'm really thankful that you spent time to dig into a lot of these things that have been on my mind, and I imagine will be helpful to a lot of other people. 5 times in the scene
How to build a powerful marketing machine | Emily Kramer (Asana, Carta, MKT1)
- ▶ 5:13 Emily Kramer My newsletter is, um, the letter is mktone.substack.com.
Overcome imposter syndrome and accelerate your career | Julie Zhuo (Sundial, Facebook)
- ▶ 1:13:24 Julie Zhuo I also have a newsletter, although I haven't actually been as active in it on Substack. 3 times in the scene