I'm an investor in The Skimm and there were still aspects of the founding story here that were new to me. Maybe I need @pkafka to help us with due diligence!!!
Great story about an authentic team building an authentic product in a very tough space.
I listened to this this morning as I got ready for my day.
Love what @dmweisberg and @cbzakin are doing with theSkimm. Their story of how they got started is a great reminder of doing what you love and having the tenacity and drive to keep at it even when others might not fully believe in your idea. "An email list?!" ๐
Keep up the awesome work!
Really enjoyed listening to this on my commute this morning as a co-founder of a "newsletter" business myself; we were really inspired by theSkimm in the creation of our product, and the way they talk about being an "audience business" is on the money.
Also the idea of "email being dead" always reminds me of this post by our own @rrhoover about email-first startups: http://ryanhoover.me/post/439868...
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