Tim Ferriss and Noah Kagan have a great discussion on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. They offer many examples of what they did when they were starting.

Big Ideas:
► Don't be afraid to ask for what you want. Try small challenges like asking for a discount on your coffee to get you in the habit of asking.
► Test your ideas before you invest a lot of time and money into them.
► Every successful entrepreneur has many failures. Try many things.

Nathan Barry of ConvertKit consults Tiago Forte on how to grow his Building A Second Brain business.

Big Ideas:
There are many great examples here of how to think about growing a creator business and why selling recurring products is key.

You probably heard about Noah Kagan's Million Dollar Weekend book a million times by now.

Blake Emal explains how Noah Kagan promoted it. This is a great case study into how to launch a new product.

Big Idea:
Who you know is critical. Always be working on your connections.

Growth in Reverse breaks down the business behind Rachel Karten's Link In Bio newsletter.

Big Ideas:
► The newsletter is targeted towards social media managers. (Great niche!)
► She makes money through paid subscriptions, a job board, sponsorships, and social media consulting.
► Members of the paid subscription get access to a Discord community.

Startup Idea:
Targeting a particular occupation is a great idea. It's a great way to connect with others doing the same job and a job board is a good revenue source.

"Baker is unusually prolific. He co-hosts, with Blair Ennis, a podcast on creative entrepreneurship called 2Bobs. He’s written six books, most recently “Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors.” He has his own publishing imprint, called RockBench. He leads big-ticket workshops, gives talks around the world, and runs a conference, called Mind Your Own Business."

Big Idea:
You don't need a big email list to have a highly successful business. Baker only has 13k Subscribers.

Tim Huelskamp of the daily news newsletter 1440 is interviewed on Newsletter Operator.

Big Ideas:
► An active reader is worth about $0.75 per month to them. (They send 25 emails per month with a 60% open rate.) Lifetime value per subscriber is about $20.
► For the first 10k subscribers, they did cross-promos, giveaways, and anything they could to grow.
► After 10k, they raised money and started using paid ads to grow. Two-thirds of their growth now is through paid.

Related Link:
1440 interviewed on Newsletter Circle