As long as the number of subscribers increases, so will the number of newsletter publishers. Users’ email inboxes – already full with non-newsletter-emails – will get as crowded as social media newsfeeds. Just wait until Gmail introduces an algorithmic feed for your newsletter inbox.
Everything is changing all the time in the world of startups. That’s OK as long as you acknowledge that in your planning process. Your plan should help you adapt to the ever changing landscape vs. getting fixated on “the plan.” Plans should identify opportunities and problems to solve but be flexible on the details—timing, resourcing, and goals.
When the ego dissolves, so does a bounded conception not only of our self but of our self-interest. What emerges in its place is invariably a broader, more openhearted and altruistic—that is, more spiritual—idea of what matters in life. One in which a new sense of connection, or love, however defined, seems to figure prominently.