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From corporate burnout to 11,000+ newsletter subscribers – Igor Ranc built his Handpicked Berlin newsletter starting with just 20 friends. 

In this episode, he reveals why he ditched Substack for better business tools, how he's monetizing without paywalls in the German market, and why human curation beats AI every time. 

Plus: navigating German bureaucracy as a newsletter entrepreneur, the distribution problem that kills most startups, and why authenticity trumps copying other creators' formulas. 

Essential listening for anyone building a creator business in Germany.

You can find this episode and all episodes as well as show notes for each at https://thegermanylist.de/the-germany-expat-business-show-podcast/

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