Launching a newsletter - a16z

Podcasts · Personal Branding

Created by Rishabh Srivastava, Founder of Loki.ai

This summary was largely done for my own note-taking, sharing it just in case it adds more value to other people.

I have no affiliation whatsoever with anyone in this note. This is a summary largely taken for my own reference, and may contain errors :)

Context

Source URL:

https://overcast.fm/+BlzGc52rA

Why is it important: ...

Keywords

Newsletter, Media

Summary

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Highlights

4 people

• Impact of Covid-19 on the black community
• Impact of psychedelics on mental health
• Was doing morning cartoons and wanted to share them in a safe space
• Quit his job and started writing notes to himself which he then just started to share as a newsletter (Lenny’s letter)

Paid v unpaid

• If you're trying to get a source of income going, go paid. If you just want to get more opportunities and increase the surface area of serendipity, go unpaid

Create a slack group Or WhatsApp group for paid subscribers

Twitter is a really good acquisition channel. Really good flywheel there