Sahil Bloom

There was no strategy to it.

I just started writing it.

I just started writing it.

And by the end of that month, I had 15,000 or so subscribers.

And by the end of that month, I had 15,000 or so subscribers.

And I sent a text to a founder of a startup that I knew and asked if he would want to sponsor one.

And I sent a text to a founder of a startup that I knew and asked if he would want to sponsor one.

And he said, sure.

And he said, sure.

And I think he gave me $500 to put out the first sponsorship.

And I think he gave me $500 to put out the first sponsorship.

And that was this little bit of evidence that I created that I was like, oh, man.

And that was this little bit of evidence that I created that I was like, oh, man.

Okay, so I'm sending one a week and it's making me $500.

Okay, so I'm sending one a week and it's making me $500.

What if I send two a week?

What if I send two a week?

Now it's going to be $1,000 a week, $4,000 a month.

Now it's going to be $1,000 a week, $4,000 a month.

I was like, man, this newsletter could be like, if I scale it, if I grow the news, like I started to see a path.