Inside.com - The network of email newsletters

@_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!

@jason @nbashaw it's probably easier to get an influencer for a topic once you have a 1k+ audience already

@nbashaw @_jacksmith @jason Agreed. Purely topic based newsletters are not of interest to me. Unique perspective of a specific person is.

@jason loved your product.. will soon create something there.. :)

@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.

@dvdrjo thanks pal!

@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.

@markoxvee for now you don't need to chase it more than 2-3 loads – when we have more newsletters we'll fix it. :)

@awwstn I understand that from your perspective but users have no clue this is only going to take them 2-3 loads. :D

@markoxvee @awwstn fair point

@rotemthegolfer thanks! we were trying to figure out how we would pick the next 50 newsletters to launch -- and how we would get the first 5,000 subscribers for each -- when it dawned on me: KICKSTARTER/TILT that sh2#$%t!!! whichever newsletter gets the most votes we invest in next... that simple! your vote counts!

@paul__walsh we could easily take these newsletters and deliver them to other messaging platforms, but to be honest I'm tired of building up other people's platforms for them. Right now I want to build a direct relationship with the 10,000 most important people in each of 250 important topics. If we can do that I'll have 2.5m emails and the ability to launch a new, 10,000 subscriber email newsletter anytime a new topic comes up. this isn't going to be the biggest cash cow or page view machine in the world -- but it will be very high-quality and something we can all be very proud we built!

@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 hyperniche for sure, but good for premium/enterprise option :)

@jason @itamarw Really interesting - do you mind breaking down what that $10K price tag consists of? I'm a huge (HUGE) fan of Launch Ticker and am curious what kind of work goes into it.

@webjoe we picked a number that would show clear demand and a path to at least breakeven. The key to success in the media business I've learned, is to not over spend and under monetize. 5,000 should keep us honest and profitable!

@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.

@trevin thanks pal... we think we've figured out a really hard, slow but important business we can build, that appeals to people who want to get smarter, faster and easier.

@eytanbuchman My following get my products -- & my angel investments -- their first 10,000 customers... But at the end of the day consumers are VERY sophisticated and the product must rise and fall on its own merits. My friends and followers will check out what I do, but the truth is they are so candid and honest with me that they will actually tell me something sucks -- we have that level of trust!