The smooth media is deffly one of themd. What problem exactly? A smooth media trying to solve the problem. Or rather, there's a problem and there's an opportunity. The internet has changed drastically over the past ten years. Spending heavily on face bookads and gogolads is not the way we are still adapting from radio and cable and traditional media before that. And so just as medias changed really quickly, we think that we've got one of the better operating models,. One of the better business models, to partner with really great creators and build new media brands which can become legacy household names.
Friday variety is back! First up, J+M do a Startup Breakdown and cover newsletter platform beehiiv and how it could disrupt Substack's pricing model (2:27). Then, they cover leaked documents from Meta that show Reels is underperforming (12:52) before Producer Rachel wraps the show with another edition of OK Boomer! (26:18)
(0:00) J+M tee up today's segments!
(2:27) Startup of the Day Breakdown! beehiiv charges a flat subscription rate for newsletter subscriptions, price comps with Substack
(11:28) Indochino - Get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more by using code TWIST at checkout https://www.indochino.com
(12:52) Leaked Meta documents show Instagram's "Reels" product is underperforming
(22:51) Producer Rachel joins to tee up today's OK Boomer guest!
(24:48) Zapier - Try for free today at https://zapier.com/TWIST
(26:18) OK Boomer: Josh Kaplan joins to break down his background and starting Smooth Media
(35:14) WorkOS - Go to https://workos.com to learn how to make your app enterprise-ready.
(36:43) Why newsletters are an efficient way for influencers to monetize
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood
FOLLOW Rachel: https://twitter.com/_rachelbraun
FOLLOW Josh: https://twitter.com/JKaplan1