This Week in Startups

Paid newsletter pricing disruption, Instagram Reels underperforming + OK Boomer | E1562


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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

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