Chris Best is co-founder and CEO of Substack, a subscription publishing platform for independent writers. Founded in 2017, Substack creates a better future for writing by letting writers own their work and their relationship with their audience. Before Substack, Chris was the co-founder and CTO of the mobile messenger app, Kik. From 2009 – 2017, Chris helped scale Kik and build a product used by over 300 million users. Sign up for Substack: https://substack.com Follow Chris Best Substack: https://substack.com/profile/2-chris-best Twitter: https://twitter.com/cjgbest?lang=en - Subscribe to The Casey Adams Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-casey-adams-show/id1328795944 Follow Casey on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdams  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdams - Follow The Casey Adams Show on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyadamsshow Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdamsShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadamsshow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdamsShow - [00:00:86] - The beginning of Substack. [00:03:87] - Second-time founder [00:06:13] - Teamwork is essential for startup success [00:09:44] - Build A Valuable Audience [00:12:05] - Build relationships, earn revenue [00:15:95] - Validate idea with customers [00:19:45] - Active listening to understand needs [00:22:84] - "Talk to users, build, grow." [00:25:87] - Curiousity drives success and failure [00:28:95] - Build with hindsight [00:32:67] - Building ambitious ideas [00:36:69] - The future of Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices