5 Newsletters Every Entrepreneur Should Read
There is a true wealth of resources out there for entrepreneurs, which is exactly the problem. How can you effectively manage your very limited time if you’re inundated with a sea of options, and worse, have to actively seek them out? We come up against this challenge all of the time, and we have learned that the easiest solution is by relying on a select handful of newsletters that deliver the exact information we need on a consistent basis. Here are our go-to’s.
Mattermark Daily
One of the best-known newsletters in the venture capital and startup communities, Mattermark Daily’s editors read every story posted on the entrepreneurial ecosystem from both investors and operators and handpicks the best to share. It’s true strength is in providing diverse stories on fundraising and managing investments, but one of its secondary benefits is quickly acquainting its readers with the thought-leaders driving market trends.
Distrosnack
If you’re short on time and just looking for a newsletter that will give you one piece of actionable advice, Distrosnack will do just that. Usually in three sentences or less, give or take an emoji and a gif, the uber short newsletter will lay out one tip for growing your recurring revenue, optimizing your content marketing strategy, building out your long tail, and so much more.
First Round Review
First Round Review’s long form articles on everything related to building successful startups based on the real life experiences of successful operators are the gold standard in entrepreneurial resources, but if you’re not on their newsletter, you can miss out on gems. Their newsletters deliver quick skims of their new stories, which fall into categories as diverse as management, product, and culture, which might lead you to go outside of your typical wheelhouse and try out some advice in areas you hadn’t thought of before.
Investor Letters
Investor Letters, which is put out by investment tracking startup Visible, is a weekly newsletter that highlights company leaders during key inflection points in the lives of their businesses. By providing visual data insights alongside the letters these leaders originally wrote to their investors, Visible surfaces clear patterns and new ideas about the companies themselves, how they got to their respective inflection points, and how they planned to move forward.
It’s a really interesting way to learn from leaders who have done it before, while also taking mental notes on how to communicate with investors as an entrepreneur.
Hustler’s Digest
Gary Vaynerchuk, the mind behind $100M media company VaynerMedia and investor in Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter (to name a few), puts out a regular digest of his own personal advice to entrepreneurs and growth marketers. Get the step-by-step scoop on how to perfectly capitalize on Snapchat filters or just take away key strategy nuggets like “content is king, but context is God.” Since he is one of the most media savvy technology personalities out there, except everything from custom memes and vlogs, to full-length articles.
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