The Ledger
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Barry: If AI could have written it, it is not worth publishing
“Especially with writing being done by AI right now, a filter that I like to use is if I'm writing something, could AI have written this? If yes, it's probably not worth me publishing.”
Barry: Adding entertainment value expands educational content reach
“Anything you're trying to teach. The more you can add an entertainment value to it, often the more people it's going to reach.”
Barry: 30k high-net-worth subscribers beat 300k food blog readers
“Like I'd much rather take 30,000 people interested in investing and buying businesses who are higher net worth people on that one side compared to like 300,000 who are reading a food blog and nothing against food blogs. It's just like the intent or the amount …”
Barry: ConvertKit began as a challenge whose initial revenue goals failed
“I said, I'm going to build a SaaS company to 5000 dollars a month in recurring revenue in six months with only 5000 dollars of my own money. And I called it the web app challenge. And that is what ultimately became ConvertKit. I didn't hit any of my goals.”