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Lenny Rachitsky

11 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 16, 2021 by Lenny Rachitsky · across every show →

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Jan 16, 2021 positive
Insight
Rachitsky: A $150/year newsletter pays for itself if it drives one better decision
“The way I pitched it essentially was if you can make one better decision a year through this, that's worth a 150 bucks a year, especially if you can expense it to your company, which some folks do.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 17:05 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021
Disclosure
Rachitsky: Lenny's Newsletter has 45k free and 3.3k paid subscribers
“I'm at about 45,000 free and about 30 3300 paid at this point.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 2:14 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rachitsky: Lenny's Newsletter gained ~200 paid subscribers in days, ~400 in month one
“And so, yeah, I launched it and I got about 200 paid subscribers in the first couple of days. And then I got up to about 400 something in the first month and just kept growing.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 16:13 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021
Disclosure
Rachitsky rejects sponsorships, talks, and podcasts to protect newsletter quality
“I've gotten really good at saying no, because I find that I get constant requests to do sponsorships, to do talks, to write things, to guest posts and all these things. So basically I'm trying to turn down everything I can because creating something of value i…”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 24:55 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Rachitsky models his paid newsletter as a $15-a-month Lenny Prime bundle
“Someone on Twitter put it really well that I'm trying to create an Eleni Prime. You pay 15 bucks a month and you get all these incredible resources, a Slack community, the deals thing. I'm working on a curated guide and resources of just like the best Reads on…”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 23:43 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021
Disclosure
Rachitsky's lead investor hated the Airbnb acquisition because it was all-stock
“So at the time our investors, our lead investor thought it was a terrible, terrible deal because it was all stock and the value equated to not that much in their eyes.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 6:13 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021 bearish
What-if
Rachitsky: LocalMind would have failed regardless because check-ins died out
“But looking back, it's not the kind of company that would have worked really. There's no real business model and check-ins kind of died away. And so it wouldn't have worked no matter what path we took, I think.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 5:45 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021 positive
Insight
Rachitsky: Paying for content filters for helpful, high-quality community members
“If like you're the type of person that's paying for content, you're generally going to be helpful and kind and interesting. And so that creates a really cool community.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 18:59 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021
Disclosure
Rachitsky set aside $100K in savings as runway after leaving Airbnb
“So, so the way I did it is I just set aside a hundred K. Here's a hundred K that I can burn through both life expenses and also business expenses. And that was my investment in myself.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 9:52 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 16, 2021
Disclosure
Rachitsky: LocalMind raised $600,000 total before Airbnb acquisition
“Only about 600 K total.”
Lenny Rachitsky Jan 16, 2021 ▶ 5:38 LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future
Jan 22, 2021 positive
Opinion
Sherry: Lenny Rachitsky's Slack is one of the best-managed online communities
“Lenny Slack is, is a great one. It's probably, you know, one of the best managed, in my opinion, that I've been on.”
Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 11:24 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization
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