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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: uncertainty
6 Dec 2022 Acquired Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)
“I think in many ways, Substack was, I don't know the exact history, but probably modeled after you.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 6 Dec 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)
Transcript context
…Six months. Again, the ROI wasn't there for me either. I couldn't charge that much. It was a big hassle and getting it arranged. Then also, there are a lot of complicating factors. Pushing people to email was not a good fit for that. I started Stratechery pretty clear that subscriptions would be the core model. I was going to try lots of things to monetize. Clue to you, though, but you pioneered that. There was no Substack. I think in many ways, Substack was, I don't know the exact history, but probably modeled after you. Substack's seed deck says Stratechery in a box. That was their pitch.…
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