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Nathan May

The Feed - Weekly newsletter on how founders build audiences of 100k+

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🔍 Deep dives on founders drove their CAC down to $0 via building a personal brand 📖 100% free and read by 15,000 creators + entrepreneurs ⭐ Previous deep dives include Alex Becker (Hyros - SaaS), Shaan Puri (Milk Road - Newsletters), and Alex Heiden (SaaS)

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Nathan May
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Hey guys! Pumped to be here. I'm Nathan, founder of The Feed. When I was 15 I had a niche company that made custom Minecraft maps for famous YouTubers. It blew through my expectations, cracking 6-figures, with a $0 customer acquisition cost. Why? We built a small but mighty audience that watched our YouTube 'let's build' videos. Now I'm watching founders like Sahil Bloom, Alex Becker, and Ryan Serhant do this at a scale WAY bigger than me, building audiences of 100k+ across Twitter, YouTube, IG, etc. Ultimately, these audiences become a flywheel for everything from investing and fundraising to building 7-8 figure businesses. And it's worked pretty well. 1) Sahil makes $1M+ between his newsletter, VC fund, and agency. 2) Alex Becker sold his SaaS company for $110M. 3) Ryan Serhant's brokerage has closed $1B+ in real estate; he's sold $10M houses just by posting a TikTok video about them. My conclusion was that the new competitive differentiator as a founder is your audience. How did they grow their audience? I deep dive into their Interviews, Posts, and Strategies so you don’t have to. Then deliver the TLDR straight to your inbox 1x per week. That's The Feed!
Daniel Zaitzow
@nathan_may1 Looks like the upvotes are frozen (an you're launching soon) Eager to support - Please reach out to my LinkedIn so we can connect (I was unable to find you) https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani...
Nathan May
Maker
@ilyagalushin Thank you man! Really appreciate you
Nathan May
Maker
@ryan_leone1 Thanks Ryan!!
Esus 🛡️
Very neat concept! Checked out some previous versions and it looks interesting and broad. Would be really neat to see something niche'd down to only focusing on how they got their first 10k/100k followers (First post they made, first viral post, etc) Maybe some fun room left in the newsletter market for that niche. Congrats on your launch! Looks very polished. Fitting with the theme - Would love to hear how YOU got your first 1000 subs to this newsletter? 😃
Nathan May
Maker
@esus These are great ideas! Each case study is a little different - Shaan Puri's focused on his biggest tweet (and his framework for all of his tweets). Codie Sanchez's started from 0 (and she rocked to like 700k+ in 2 months, it was insane!) Etc. - I have a lot of fun choosing a slightly different time period for each entrepreneur. My first 1,000 subs came from friends and facebook ads - nothing too fancy or growth hacky :)
Alex Chepovoi
It's awesome and great to know how other founders built their startups and brands! Congatulations on the launch!
Nathan May
Maker
@alex_chepovoi Thanks Alex! I've always been a sucker for case studies. But a lot of the ones on founders of 100M+ companies just seemed a bit out of reach. People doing $1-30M just seemed a bit more attainable and I don't feel like we take a closer look at people currently in the trenches enough
Darya Antonyuk
wow! seems like a must for checking it out! will add it to my must-read list! congrats on the launch, guys!
Nathan May
Maker
@darya_antonyuk Thanks Darya!!
Johan Steneros
Congrats. Signing up.
Nathan May
Maker
@jsteneros Thanks Johan, appreciate you chatting with me about the newsletter a few weeks ahead of the launch!
Asbjorn Holmlund
Building brand is crucial in distinguishing your start-up from the competition - I love how The Feed helps break down real founder stories in an actionable way!
Nathan May
Maker
@asbjorn_holmlund Totally agree - thanks for your support, Asbjorn!
Zack Brenner
Love what Nathan is doing with The Feed! Looking forward to learning from more deep dives!
Nathan May
Maker
@zackbrenner Thanks Zack!! Looked through the Floor product hunt launch quite a bit as I was thinking about my launch day :)
Satvik Jagannath
WOW! This is something that's really useful. As a fellow founder, we all want to learn from each other and grow together.
Nathan May
Maker
@bozzmob Thank you! I was thinking about the type of newsletter I've always wanted and people unpacking realistic founders (e.g., not a billionaire at age 16 tech-types) felt a lot more tactical / helpful to me.
Victoria sacchetti
I love this idea! This is exactly what I have been looking for. Your attitude and success truly inspire me to want to achieve bigger things.
Dan Cahana
Congrats on the launch! So many great stories and non-obvious lessons here
Nathan May
Maker
@dan_cahana1 Thanks Dan! Appreciate your support
Joel Goldberg
This is awesome! Can’t wait to really dig into this and learn.
Ishwar Jha
Hey Makers, I am happy to take note of your thoughtful work in helping other learn through real-world examples and inspiration to build their own tribe. I have been looking for great stuffs with insightful ideas and found you here at ProductHunt. I have already subscribed...
Nathan May
Maker
@ishwarjha Thanks Ishwarjha!
James Allen
Love this newsletter. Really tactical helpful insights
Tyler Alford-Getchell
Congratulations, Nathan! It’s great to see so many inspiring lessons from inspiring people. Can’t wait to read more!
Nathan May
Maker
@tyler_ag Thanks man!
Tilak Tamrakar
Congratulations on the launch🚀🚀🚀
Neel Patel
Some solid content right there. Made it on my weekend read list :)
Nathan May
Maker
@neelptl2602 Thanks Neel!
Nishant Modi
Weldone on writing looks simple. subscribed.
Nathan May
Maker
@nishant_modi We try to keep it concise! Thank you!
Vittori
Very interesting! Upvoted
Nathan May
Maker
@alighned79 Thanks Vittori!
Nick Telson
Good luck with the launch
Nathan May
Maker
@nick_telson2 Thanks for your support Nick!
Conor Brennan-Burke
This is great content, and really inspiring. Thanks for putting this together Nathan!
Nathan May
Maker
@conor_brennan_burke1 Appreciate you man!