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VC Minute: Get someone in the pool.
Rich Maloy turns seed fundraising into a pool party: everyone is interested, nobody wants to jump first. VC Minute gives founders short lessons in getting from polite interest to an actual decision.
The Rundown AI sells you back your morning
A five-minute email became an AI media and training business. Its cleverest move was turning the question “What happened?” into “What can I do with it?”
Venture Unlocked opens the other side of the table
Every venture capitalist needs capital, too. Samir Kaji’s podcast and newsletter examine the less glamorous decisions that turn an investor into a fund manager.
Everyday AI makes learning a daily habit
Jordan Wilson built a media and consulting company around a simple invitation: watch AI work, ask a question, then try it yourself. The interesting part is what happens after the broadcast.
Big Technology. A better question.
Alex Kantrowitz built a podcast around access to Silicon Valley. Its more interesting business is giving the rest of us a way into the conversation.
The Marketing Millennials made the company page worth following
Daniel Murray went looking for podcast guests. He built a marketing media business by giving people something they wanted before asking them for anything.
The AI Daily Brief makes room to think
Nathaniel Whittemore built an AI news business around a daily listening habit. Its revealing move was deciding which news product to stop making.
Latent Space gave AI builders a place to belong.
A newsletter became a meeting place for people turning AI models into working software. Now Latent Space faces the same problem as its readers: how to scale without losing what made it useful.
Build a business. Keep your life.
The Bootstrapped Founder turns Arvid Kahl’s experience of building and selling a SaaS into a practical education business. Its most useful lesson is how much success can cost the person doing the succeeding.
MSME AFRICA took eight months to earn $100. Then it got useful.
A slow start in advertising pushed this Nigerian business publisher to rethink how it served entrepreneurs. The result connects funding alerts, practical courses and a community that brands will pay to reach.
Ghost
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform that lets writers, journalists and creators run a website, send email newsletters and sell paid memberships from one place. Built on Node.js and released under the MIT license, it is stewarded by the nonprofit Ghost Foundation and funded entirely by its users through Ghost(Pro) managed hosting - taking 0% of creators' subscription revenue.
The Ankler
The Ankler (Ankler Media) is an independent, subscription-driven media company covering the business of Hollywood and the collision of entertainment, media and technology. Founded as a one-man newsletter by Richard Rushfield in 2017 and expanded into a full media company with former Hollywood Reporter/Billboard chief Janice Min as CEO in 2022, it has grown into a multi-platform operation of roughly 15 newsletters, podcasts, video and live events - read by studio chiefs and moguls it covers, raised $1.5M at a $20M valuation via Y Combinator, and reportedly aiming for $10M in annual revenue in 2026.
The Miilk 더밀크
The Miilk (더밀크) is a Silicon Valley-based cross-border media startup that translates the technology, economy, and investment stories of the U.S. for Korean-speaking professionals. Founded in 2020 by former Maeil Business Newspaper correspondent JaeKwon Son, it runs a subscription news platform at themiilk.com plus the free ViewsLetter newsletter, delivering on-the-ground reporting, analysis, and market intelligence from the heart of Silicon Valley.
ActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign is a Chicago-based marketing automation platform that helps over 180,000 businesses in 170+ countries connect with their customers through email marketing, CRM, SMS, and AI-powered automation. Founded in 2003 by Jason VandeBoom - who bootstrapped it solo for 13 years before raising $360M - the company reached a $3B valuation in 2021 and now generates $250M+ in annual recurring revenue. Its platform is particularly strong for small and mid-sized businesses that need sophisticated automation without enterprise-level complexity or cost.