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Grow: How academic Rob Henderson spun a side hustle into a primary income by sharing his ideas

Rob Henderson is a faculty fellow at University of Austin who says Substack is a primary source of income and a testing ground for ideas and his…

May 3

Grow: How Perfectly Imperfect’s snowball growth started with word of mouth

By featuring the tastes of “if you know, you know” creatives in New York City, Perfectly Imperfect has built a community of tens of thousands.

Mar 14

Grow: How Melinda Wenner Moyer’s Substack helped sell 25,000 copies of her book

On selling your book on Substack, making the most of Substack’s recommendations network, and making her newsletter a full-time business.

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