Hi friends,

It’s been a little over a year since I made the jump to working on The Profile full-time. I want to thank you for being on this journey with me, and I hope that you’ve gained value from being a free subscriber to The Profile.

As I promised you last March, I have continued adding value to free and premium members of The Profile, starting with more original content. I’ve published interviews with fascinating humans like James Clear, Sidra Qasim, Dennis Crowley, Lauren Johnson, Brandon Stanton, and more.

I’ve also been going down some amazing intellectual rabbit holes with the weekly Profile Dossier, which is a deep-dive on a prominent figure. I’ve unlocked two recent issues and made them free for 24 hours so you can check out the quality.

1. 🎬 Keanu Reeves, Hollywood's Most Gracious Actor

2. 👔 Brunello Cucinelli, the Philosopher King of Cashmere

I’ve published more than 50 Dossiers so far, and they are delivered to premium members every Wednesday morning.

👉 I explain the benefits of a subscription to The Profile below, but if you are ready to join us, you can subscribe here for $50 a year. (That comes out to $0.96 per week :) 👈

If you are a non-paying subscriber, you will continue receiving the weekly Sunday newsletter with the exact same format (column + article recommendations only).

If you become a premium member, you get a lot more. You receive the complete suite of profile recommendations along with these member-only benefits:

• 🎧 A curated list of audio + video recommendations, including podcasts, documentaries, and interviews in each Sunday newsletter

  💬 An invitation to our members-only Telegram group, where we discuss (and often heatedly debate) interesting articles, podcasts, documentaries, ideas and more. 

  🧗‍♂️ A weekly Profile Dossier, a comprehensive deep-dive on a prominent individual

  📚 Access to The Big Book of Profile Dossiers where you can access the full archive of every dossier ever published

  📝 Watch a recording of The Profile’s creativity seminar and learn how to harness your own creativity

  🎟 Invites to exclusive virtual events

  🤓 Full access to The Profile’s content archive

I have many more exciting things planned, but most importantly, I will continue to help improve your content diet by bringing you high-quality, well-reported journalism.

I hope I've earned your trust over the last 4 years, and I’d be elated if you join me to continue building The Profile together. You can subscribe today for $10/month or $50/year.

Still not convinced? Here’s what Profile members are saying:

Dwayne Johnson @TheRock

Big mahalo 🙏🏾🌺 to @polina_marinova for her Profile Dossier on my 56th favorite subject - myself. I really enjoyed this read and think you all will too - especially the parts about my arrests as a teen for theft, fighting and check fraud 🤦🏽‍♂️ Enjoy 👇🏾👇🏾 theprofile.substack.com/p/dwayne-the-r…The Profile Dossier: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, the Most Likable Person In the World“Blood, sweat, and respect. First two you give, last one you earn.”theprofile.substack.com

December 24th 2020

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Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 @alexisohanian

Loved the latest @ProfileRead on Sara Blakely The ProfileThe Profile features the best long-form stories on people and companies in business, tech, sports, entertainment, and more.theprofile.substack.com

May 22nd 2020

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Lola Wajskop @lolawajs

Not all business and life lessons can be distilled into equations or rules, some only make sense through stories. I love @ProfileRead because it offers such a human way of learning from other people's paths. The profiles are captivating, non-linear, diverse. Join the readership✨

Polina Marinova @polina_marinova

Friday is my last day at Fortune. I’m leaving to build my weekly newsletter @ProfileRead into a standalone business. It features profiles of the most successful people and companies. 👉 You can sign up here: https://t.co/4kaga9i6Vw

March 16th 2020

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Derrick S. Thomas @DT_32

I just subscribed to @ProfileRead by @polina_marinova Reason: investing in our health does not mean we neglect our content diet. Lots of junk food out there, looking for a new way to eat clean. The ProfileThe Profile features the best long-form stories on people and companies in business, tech, sports, entertainment, and more.theprofile.substack.com

May 22nd 2020

2 Retweets11 Likes

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The Profile community has evolved into tens of thousands of people who want to improve both personally and professionally. We do that by studying the wins and losses of the world’s most successful figures each week.