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Tell HN: My newsletter for startup founders just hit 10k subscribers (solo-f)

Posted by jrbuilds on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @09:59AM
from the self-post dept.

Hey HN!I just crossed a MASSIVE milestone of 10,000 newsletter subscribers for my newsletter - Startups.fyi.It's now at 10,049 subscribers with a ~50% average open rate and 20% average click rate.What's worked for me:- Launching on Product Hunt, BetaList and other directories. - Posting on various sub-reddits - My personal Twitter (this is a big one) - Launching other side projects to promote...

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Re:Show HN: Collection of 2k+ Startup Incubators and Accelerators (glo... on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:56AM (#34958783)
Awesome, I'll update it right now

Edit: Oops, can't update links on this post anymore. Will make changes to the site.

Edit 2: Ok just updated the site - no longer need to enter your email to access the list. Hope this post gets restored to the Show HN page as can be very useful for first time founders :)

Re:Show HN: Collection of 2k+ Startup Incubators and Accelerators (glo... on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:47AM (#34958644)
Hey, did you actually look at the list? You can sort + search (https://www.startupmoney.co/2-000-startup-incubators-and-acc...) and even view it on Airtable if you prefer to use more filters (https://airtable.com/shrbeI8Uej0dHla7n)

Are you saying I shouldn't have it behind an email-wall?

Re:Tell HN: My tiny side-project now makes $3k-$5k/mo in 4 months (sol... on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:06PM (#34550258)
Most of my sponsors are inbound through the newsletter and from referrals, I haven't done any outreach so far but plan to do this in the future. Lots of resources for rates though, easiest is a flat rate or charge CPM per send.
Re:Tell HN: My tiny side-project now makes $3k-$5k/mo in 4 months (sol... on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:44PM (#34535370)
Link: https://www.startups.fyi

Link to original tweet: https://twitter.com/RatheeJaisal/status/1618585281569128448?...

Tell HN: My tiny side-project now makes $3k-$5k/mo in 4 months (solo-founder)

Posted by jrbuilds on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:39PM
from the self-post dept.

I started my newsletter (https://www.startups.fyi) as a side-project back around June 2022 but only started monetizing it via sponsors after a complete pivot in October.I had just sold another newsletter for mid five-figures and needed a new project to focus on.The newsletter/website are quite "passive" for me and I spend only a couple of hours per week curating content, handling submissions...

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Show HN: Internet Is Beautiful – I created a collection of useful websites

Posted by jrbuilds on Thursday January 26, 2023 @10:10AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.internetisbeautiful.co

Hey all!Super excited to share this! If you're familiar with the r/InternetIsBeautiful sub-reddit, then you'll enjoy this.I built the website as a fun side project project over the weekend, and it re-imagines what r/internetisbeautiful would be if it was a newsletter.It's meant to be a completely free and community generated resource of the most interesting, useful and awesome websites from the...

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Re:From $200/mo to $18k in 5 years as solo founder on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:21PM (#34521159)
This is super cool, congrats!

I run https://www.startups.fyi and feature profitable startups/side-projects along with revenue info (a lot of them are from solo-founders like yourself).

Would love to feature you if you're up for it?

Re:Show HN: Collection of profitable startups and side-projects to ins... on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @12:05PM (#34520899)
Done this but looks like my post has been hidden? :(
Re:Show HN: Collection of profitable startups and side-projects to ins... on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:43AM (#34519587)
I'm sorry I wasn't aware or I would've posted the link to the website (startups.fyi). Should I edit this submission or do you require me to re-submit?