# Dickie Bush

> Dickie Bush is the co-founder of Ship 30 for 30, the cohort-based course that has taught more than 10,000 people to write short 'atomic essays' online. A former Princeton football center and BlackRock portfolio analyst from Tampa, he started writing online in January 2020, pivoted from a stalling newsletter to Twitter, and built an audience of 400,000+ followers. With business partner Nicolas Cole he turned a daily writing habit into a seven-figure education business, the writing software Typeshare, and the Premium Ghostwriting Academy.

- **Role:** Co-founder of Ship 30 for 30
- **Organizations:** Ship 30 for 30, Typeshare, Premium Ghostwriting Academy, BlackRock (former)
- **From:** Tampa, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE), Princeton University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ship 30 for 30, which has taught more than 10,000 students to write online., Grew a Twitter/X audience from zero to 400,000+ followers in under three years., Built a seven-figure online education business from a side project.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Enrolled at Princeton University in the Operations Research and Financial Engineering program; played starting center for the Ivy League champion Tigers football team.
- **2018** — Joined BlackRock in Manhattan as a portfolio analyst.
- **2020-01** — Started writing online with a newsletter, 'Dickie's Digest.'
- **2020-06** — Relocated from New York City back to Tampa during the pandemic to live with family.
- **2020-09** — Newsletter had stalled near 300 subscribers; pivoted to Twitter and committed to writing 30 threads in 30 days.
- **2020-11** — Conceived and launched the Ship 30 for 30 writing challenge.
- **2021** — Partnered with writer Nicolas Cole to turn Ship 30 for 30 into a cohort-based course; co-founded the Typeshare writing software.
- **2022-02** — Left BlackRock to pursue Ship 30 for 30 full-time.
- **2023-03** — Surpassed 326,000 Twitter followers, roughly 2.5 years after starting.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ship 30 for 30, which has taught more than 10,000 students to write online.
- Grew a Twitter/X audience from zero to 400,000+ followers in under three years.
- Built a seven-figure online education business from a side project.
- Co-founded Typeshare, a writing and publishing software platform.
- Published a free 13,000-word guide, 'The Ultimate Guide to Start Writing Online.'
- Played starting center for the Ivy League champion Princeton Tigers.
- Maintained a journaling streak of more than 1,000 consecutive days.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Active on LinkedIn (119K+ followers) and X (400K+ followers) teaching digital writing, ghostwriting, and AI-assisted writing through the Premium Ghostwriting Academy and the Write With AI newsletter.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dickiebush.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dickiebush/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/dickiebush
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@dickiebush77
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dickiebush/

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Last updated: 2026-06-04