Hotel Bar Newsletter Ritual
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A story about a successful newsletter writer who, despite his success, humorously laments creating a job that requires him to write every day.
"We were hanging out at the hotel bar around midnight, and I asked him who on his team writes the newsletter. He says 'I write the letter. I gotta go right up to my room right after this to write that son of a bitch.'
He tells me 'I don't know why I did this. I created a job for myself.' He even told his son 'The best job in the world is investing - you should invest. Don't do what I did. I created a job for myself and I have to write this thing every day.'
The newsletter itself isn't fancy - it's just a PDF, not mobile friendly, 3,000 words with PowerPoint images. But the writing is great, and people genuinely get value from it. They're paying $1,000 a year, generating about $30-40 million in annual subscription revenue."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.