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@_jacksmith @jason My intuition says people don't subscribe to newsletters just because it's on a topic they're interested in, but because they vibe with the unique perspective coming from the human(s) behind it.
If I were running this, I'd put a face and a name next to each newsletter and recruit an awesome person to "own" each newsletter. Each newsletter would also get it's own branding and voice. I'd basically build the Vox Media of newsletters.
Curious to hear what you think about this idea, @Jason!
@nbashaw @_jacksmith @jason I totally agree to that. I subscribe to newsletter above all because of the unique perspective of a person.
@nbashaw @_jacksmith that's on the roadmap... if we have 1,000 folks subscribed to the topic we can actually just ask them: 'who would you like to write this?' // or we could put 10 people on the page and say 'vote / nominate who should write this!' -- lots of potential to crowd source the editors!
@nbashaw @_jacksmith @jason Agreed. Purely topic based newsletters are not of interest to me. Unique perspective of a specific person is.
Brilliant pivot and I think you're really on to something - Curation hasn't reached it's peak yet I believe and it will only become more important in a world where the noise is increasing by the minute. Plus, email is surely not dead but people want to decide what they receive, so the voting on Inside is a great addition. Love it!
@justingough @lons the book is about investing in startups -- not my memoir or life story. just a simple book about what i learned investing in 150 companies
@jason can't wait for this one...the life story would be killer too. Would love to help as beta reader, as someone just starting my angel investing career.
@markoxvee for now you don't need to chase it more than 2-3 loads – when we have more newsletters we'll fix it. :)
Jason, love the product as I am always a fan of (carefully) curated newsletters! I see myself contributing to the product in some way, just proposed one! :)
Great idea. Are you going to open it to outsiders? If we want to test an audience for one of our own ideas, can we?
@sacbookreviewer we are letting folks suggest newsletters at the site -- but they don't go live immediately. If things go well we will let folks post ideas without us getting involved (maybe).,
Nice job. I voted for several. Hopefully you get the subscribers needed to make more. I have always enjoyed the Launch Ticker. Paid Subscriber for years. :)
hey everyone... if you have questions, let me know! really hoping that the crowd tells us not only which of these newsletters we should launch, but also what newsletters you would like to see us add to the page!
if we hit 5,000 subscribers we will launch anything.... well, I think almost anything! (is there a topic we would do if we got 5,000 subs?!).
@jason already the daily round up adds so much value. I'd love to see a digital health & wellness specific newsletter probably merged with breakthrough research. Your on to something I will continue to be a subscriber to all newsletters.
@jason congratulations 🍾🌠🎉and can't wait to consume, curate and be part of this awesome email network. "yum, yum" 🤗💡💸
@jason @LaunchTicker is superb. Just signed up for another. I like the crowdsourced newsletter concept and the UI. I'm not sure this will save journalism as per your Medium article since distribution and overhead costs are only a couple of their problems. However, it may well create another more effective distribution model that benefits from scale economies.
@jason This is great! I've basically replaced all my daily tech reading with LaunchTicker. I can't tell you how much love i've received from the folks i've turned on to it. Keep rocking!
Nice @jason! I signed up. Couple of things—my email address when I entered it from my iPhone defaulted to an initial capital letter. Also, is there a search feature to see what categories exist?
Love reading Inside News already, every day. Would be cool to have a version that is just intel on your competitors, daily.
@itamarw now... that would be hyperniche!! if we did a handcurated newsletter for someone, it would probably cost about $10k a month to make it worth it (i.e. if IBM or Disney wanted us to do an internal service, where we read about them and curated back to their 10-250k employees what we found).
@jason do you ever look back and wish you had a co-founder for the Mahalo/Inside journey?
@patrickedgett well... if i could have had Brian Alvey, who is my long-time partner, along I would have... but frankly, I don't think I'm at a place in life where my enjoyment of the startup is based on having a co-founder or not. What i really like having is a driven team that is candid and open with each other about the reality of the business, and relentless about growing it.
@jason This is a great way to source interest for new topics. How did you pick the threshold of 5K emails? Is that where the economics work out (Cost < LTV)? Or, is it just an arbitrary number to gauge engagement/value of a topic?
Very clean newsletters that provide a solid mix of must-read and unexpectedly-interesting content. A great way to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to being "in the know," and most notably, many of the articles are not the obvious ones that typically show up in a Google News feed or Facebook feed.
Love the idea/product. Been a paying subscriber for Launch ticker for awhile and love the high SnR ratio there. Huge kudos to Jason and team on the pivot to these live newsletters!
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