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The Future of Substack
In the end, my reckon so far is that since there’s no physical or logistical reasons to wrap things together, a bundle must make a lot of sense content, deal, and revenue wise. All other combinations either fail or represent the first steps in becoming a more common publication.
sentiers.media • Bundles, One of the Futures of Newsletters
A more pessimistic prediction is that the current True Fan revolution will eventually go the way of the original Web 2.0 revolution, with creators increasingly ground in the gears of monetization. The Substack of today makes it easy for a writer to charge fans for a newsletter. The Substack of tomorrow might move toward a flat-fee subscription mode... See more
Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
To be a platform rather than just a tool, Substack needs to answer the following question: as another new creator joins the Substack, how does it become better for all the other creators as well?
Brian Balfour • Substack's Core Growth Loop — Brian Balfour
Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi started Substack in 2017, but their history dates back years before. Chris co-founded the anonymous posting app Kik during his third year at the University of Waterloo (2010). He spent the better part of eight years at the company where he met his soon-to-be co-founders. When Chris left Kik in early 201
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