The first edition of newsletter² — a newsletter about newsletters — goes live tomorrow. In preparation for the launch, I’ve been thinking about 1000 True Fans, a 2008 essay from Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired Magazine. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend you do so now. Kevin perfectly captures the reason I’m launching newsletter² when he describes a new model of making a living as a creator of things:
Forget 1000 true fans. Start with 1.
Forget 1000 true fans. Start with 1.
Forget 1000 true fans. Start with 1.
The first edition of newsletter² — a newsletter about newsletters — goes live tomorrow. In preparation for the launch, I’ve been thinking about 1000 True Fans, a 2008 essay from Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired Magazine. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend you do so now. Kevin perfectly captures the reason I’m launching newsletter² when he describes a new model of making a living as a creator of things: