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Lawler: theSkimm Should Have Bootstrapped Instead of Raising VC
“I think that's a business that should have been bootstrapped to be honest because. Oh, I agree. They, they're, the way they make money is, is through ads. Like they could just hire an entire ads team and bring and become very wealthy off of that. And like even…”
Rief: Multi-million subscriber general news newsletters are unlikely to emerge
“And of course I say this and there will be, but I don't think there will be many more multimillion person reader general News, general business news, email newsletters that, you know, are standalone companies, whether they're bootstrapped or VC backed. I just,…”
Isenberg passed on theSkimm's seed round over unrealistic Oprah ambitions
“I actually met the two co-founders of The Skim in 2012, and they pitched me on investing. So this was their seed round, I believe. Yep. I passed, unfortunately, and I passed because I remember why I passed. I was like, this is a really good idea, makes total s…”