For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic.
For most consumer subscriptions, cohort churn declines as the cohort ages. Month 1 may have a churn rate of 15%, with the rate dropping to 3% by month 12. Intuitively this makes sense: subscribers who find less value cancel early, leaving the service with more committed members over time.
“Everyone only has 24 hours in a day. The mission of developers shouldn’t be to make users spend all their time on their phones aside from when they eat and sleep. We are more concerned with when our users communicate, post a picture, read an article, make a payment, or find a Mini Program, that they can do it as quickly and efficiently as possible... See more
I now pay for 4 @SubstackInc newsletters which is ~4x my annual @nytimes subscription.
2 realizations:
1) the medium (newsletters) is personal, provides discourse & connects creator & consumer. it's an ideal model
2) cost modeling, need for bundling will be tested very soon
A few seemingly quirky social apps will tune into the under 16 demographic’s distinct approach to creation as a form of self-expression and tolerance for transparency by default... the future of social is exciting and, contrary to popular belief, will not be constrained to today’s dominant social networks.