Carving a new life path with a newsletter about Workspaces - Ryan Gilbert, Workspaces

Indie Bites

Ryan Gilbert is the creator of the Workspaces newsletter, which showcases the best workspaces in tech and beyond. He grew it to 6,000 subscribers and $2k per month with sponsors + affiliates, before being acquired by Loops (Founder Chris Frantz was on episode 61) and going on to be their first employee. In this episode we talk about how simplicity has been so important for growth of the newsletter, how he makes it appealing for guests to share and his reasoning for selling at such an early stage.

Timestamps

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:26 Life before Workspaces
• 03:37 Did you have any side projects before workspaces?
• 04:47 Growth of the Workspaces newsletter
• 06:40 How long did each edition take?
• 07:45 The best workspaces
• 08:25 Monetizing the newsletter
• 10:22 Selling the newsletter
• 13:08 Imposter syndrome
• 13:57 Recommendations

Recommendations

• Book - The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
• Podcast - Creator Science
• Indie Hacker - Brett Williams

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