Evernomic

A creator monetization platform with $730k revenue is on the market. It runs paywalls, signups, and renewals for paid Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp communities and takes a cut of whatever creators earn through them. Revenue is up 42% YoY, but the site’s traffic has been flat to slightly down all year. This likely means the existing creator base is growing. But paid Telegram, Discord, and WhatsApp communities lean toward trading and crypto signals, get-rich courses, and high-risk, high-chargeback sectors. Those relationships are what you’d be buying here, and it carries some risk. Comps are sitting at 2.2x to 3.4x. Full analysis is linked below.

A deep-dive into how Substack is building an email-first social media. https://lnkd.in/d5CewwGb

I've spent a good amount of time deciding where to host our various publications. For some, I landed on Substack. That decision turned into a full analysis of Substack as a business. So I wrote about it. - Substack's 10% model and where the $220M in funding is actually going - Why they're building an email-first social media, not a newsletter platform - The badge system and how gamification could reshape the platform's economics - Why multiple touchpoints matter more than email alone for non-standardized content - How paid subscription psychology actually works - Untapped revenue avenues most people aren't thinking about - Would I invest in Substack? To all Substack creators and the Substack team, I’d love to hear your feedback. https://lnkd.in/d6-5dAyp

We're curating the most complete list of venture capital firms and startup incubators in the Netherlands on Dutch Brief 🇳🇱 Here's who we have so far... > Venture Capital Firms 💼 Rockstart Curiosity VC Cottonwood Technology Fund Forbion M Ventures Gilde Healthcare Prosus Ventures Exor Ventures Inkef DFF Ventures Graduate Ventures Innovation Quarter Urban Impact Ventures > Startup Incubators and Accelerators 🚀 Startupbootcamp ScaleNL YES!Delft Techleap Climate KIC PortXL Innokite Philips HealthWorks ScaleUpNation UtrechtInc Collider Accelerator InnoEnergy Who are we missing? Drop a comment or DM us and we'll add them. P.S. Thanks to Roko Karanusic from The Venturist for helping us with the list. P.P.S. We have 15 other sectors we're curating on this directory. Link below to the full list.

Here's how Dutch Brief became the go-to English news source for internationals in the Netherlands. No newsroom. No funding. One editor, modern tools, and a community-first approach to distribution. It started as a passion project in Groningen. Now it reaches readers across 50+ countries. https://lnkd.in/eSWPzfVz

I wrote a piece on Evernomic about how we scaled Dutch Brief to one of the most popular outlets in the Netherlands with no funding. From building a proprietary video editor for short-form content to pop up pizza stands, this article covers it all... When I moved to the Netherlands, I couldn't follow the news. Everything was in Dutch and the English sources used Google Translate. So Lisa Vinogradova and I started curating the most relevant stories in English for people like ourselves. It began on Substack with one article a day, zero budget, and an Instagram page. No newsroom. No funding. We didn't even look for sponsors. It was just a problem I wanted to solve for myself and a bet that others felt the same way. Today, we have millions of monthly readers, a growing team, and partnerships with incredible brands like neno and Signaal who want to reach the international community in the Netherlands. Over 20% of our audience isn't even based here, which says something about the appetite for accessible, English coverage of European countries. We built this with modern tools, a community-first approach, and a lot of patience. Read the full piece in the comments.

Go Dutch 🇳🇱

I run newsletters on Substack, beehiiv and Ghost. All three, actively, right now. Each one earns its place for a different reason and each one frustrates me in its own way too. I wrote a full comparison of what I think about each of these platforms without picking favorites (ok maybe a little) It's around 2,500 words and covers growth, monetization, customization, deliverability, and the decisions we made across our portfolio. Link to the full version in the comments. Things like our signup conversions jumping 50% after switching one of our newsletters off Ghost (and why that doesn't mean Ghost is bad!!!) What beehiiv's ad network actually pays out. Why someone on Substack is making $400K a year with basically no processes. The short version: Substack is best if you want discovery and paid subscribers without thinking about much else. beehiiv is best if you're building a proper media business and need advanced growth and monetization tools built in. Ghost is best if your distribution is already strong and you care about web presence and deliverability as much as the numbers of subscribers. Hats off to Tyler Denk 🐝, John O'Nolan, Chris Best, and the rest of the teams at these platforms for pushing independent media forward. Would love to hear from anyone else who's used more than one of these. Curious if your experience lines up with mine. P.S. For anyone reading who works at one of these platforms, I left my suggestions and feedback on improvements that could be made too. Hope it helps!

A detailed comparison between Substack, beehiiv and Ghost based on our own experiences running newsletters on all three platforms. https://lnkd.in/ep3rWzjM