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Isenberg: Lenny Rachitsky makes $5M annually from his blog and newsletter
“Lenny Richardsky didn't have a blog and newsletter and now he's making five million dollars a year with his blog and newsletter.”
Phan: Former operators make better newsletter writers than trained journalists
“The best writers I know are not people that came up as journalists. The best writers are former industry people. Like, I mean, who's going to outright community stuff or what your expertise is, right? Like you're going to be the best about that. Like, A journa…”
Isenberg warns against building blog-first platforms to compete with Substack
“I'm not a big fan of like, okay, let's go and create the next sub stack, but like make it more blog first. Cause I think that's really hard and you're competing against people who've raised tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Cole: Substack writers miss massive upside by only selling subscriptions
“The missed opportunity is realizing that the recurring revenue is the beginning, not the end. So what you, what happens is you have all these creators that go, I started a paid newsletter, and then they reach success. You have paid newsletters on Substack doin…”
Diego Perez: Substack founders are committed to algorithm-free direct audience delivery
“In the past, like, three years, I've been really focusing on just building a newsletter and I've found a home on Substack because I've become friends with the people who have built Substack and have seen the depth of their commitment to how they're always goin…”