Tina He

How To Start and Grow A Newsletter

 
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Episode Notes (by minute):

-2:30 - How Tina started her Fakepixels initially as a result of having a personal challenge of publishing daily on Medium. It was originally was a creation of links and over time added original thoughts and writing.

-5:00 - How becoming a good writer is conducive to career growth

-6:30 - Why wanting to learn deeply on new topics is conducive to the venture capital investing business

-8:00 - Why Tina and Pace have a philosophy of “optimize for alignment, not for outcome”

-9:00 - Why creating side projects is a great way to showcase and embody what you believe in

-11:30 - How to think about creating an impact and focusing on finding your ikigai

-18:30 - Why it takes time to follow an untraditional path, and it can be accelerated by you seeing an early adopter of something you want to be doing

-20:30 - How Tina evaluates topics through three pillars of: narrative, technology, and incentives, and how you can apply this same lens for personal projects too

-28:30 - Why if you write a newsletter “to learn” there is very little downside of doing so

-30:30 - Why creating alternative accounts to post online can be an appealing approach to push new boundaries and being OK if it does not go as planned

-32:30 - The beauty of working with great people and Tina’s newsletter post on joining Pace.

-33:30 - Why now is a great time to start a new project

(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)

Published Date: 5/27/21