This is where I share 3 things every week with my friends and anyone else interested. — A picture from my life: Did you know the “Tres Comas” tequila from HBO’s Silicon Valley is now a real thing? 😂 Thing on my mind: There’s a lot of hype about Substack (the service that powers this email) and the creative economy in general. I think the idea is that if you can make things people want, you now have an easier time making a living just doing that. But a friend who interviewed at Substack told me that they were only doing $400k in revenue and most of that revenue comes from their top two paid newsletters. I suspect services like Patreon, OpenCollective, Gumroad, etc have similar top-heavy dynamics. Of course, anything that makes the long tail more viable makes a dramatic difference for the creative class, so I’m all for it. I’m wondering if anything else has really changed to unlock the creative economy.
Substack...what's the hype? (Ricky Weekly #33)
Substack...what's the hype? (Ricky Weekly…
Substack...what's the hype? (Ricky Weekly #33)
This is where I share 3 things every week with my friends and anyone else interested. — A picture from my life: Did you know the “Tres Comas” tequila from HBO’s Silicon Valley is now a real thing? 😂 Thing on my mind: There’s a lot of hype about Substack (the service that powers this email) and the creative economy in general. I think the idea is that if you can make things people want, you now have an easier time making a living just doing that. But a friend who interviewed at Substack told me that they were only doing $400k in revenue and most of that revenue comes from their top two paid newsletters. I suspect services like Patreon, OpenCollective, Gumroad, etc have similar top-heavy dynamics. Of course, anything that makes the long tail more viable makes a dramatic difference for the creative class, so I’m all for it. I’m wondering if anything else has really changed to unlock the creative economy.