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Community Inc.

By Gareth Wilson

Discover community-led strategies used by the fastest-growing companies and why they work—backed by deep dives into real product communities.

The best case studies on community-led businesses you’ll find on the internet.

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Expanding States

By Jenny

Navigating inner work, the spiritual path, expanding consciousness and sense-making

Beautiful writing on the journey to consciousness.

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Where the Road Bends

By Steven Schlafman

A free newsletter and podcast filled with wisdom on personal evolutions and life transitions.

Danya Shults' Newsletter

Occasional essays and resources on personal growth and creativity, plus The Coaching Zine, A monthly digital magazine that's collaborative and artsy and offers themed practices for the head, heart, and body that help people stretch and grow

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Greg's Letter

By Greg Isenberg

High quality insights on internet communities, building products communities love and startups. This weekly email will get your creative juices flowing.

For those building a community business, few have as much experience and learnings as Greg. He simplifies the process of building community products so that anyone can do it.

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Loic's letter

By Loic Le Meur

Enjoying Loic's journey from the world of business, to the jungle, and back to business. He's preaching the kind of mindfulness the startup world needs.

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Monomythical

By Nadia Asparouhova

Musings about living life online. Essays sent when I have something to say (usually every couple months).

Nadia’s ability to synthesize complex social concepts into easy to understand frameworks is unlike any else. She takes a deep, research driven approach to her work. I’m consistently blown away.

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Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

A weekly advice column about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career.

The most in-depth, high-quality newsletter I know of. Focused on product but there's something here for everyone. Lenny set the bar.

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Erik Torenberg

Explorations and inquiries into my curiosities: culture, politics, tech, business, and human nature

Erik captures and synthesizes today’s social and cultural zeitgeist in a way few else can.

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Not Boring by Packy McCormick

Making the world more optimistic, one ambitious tech company at a time.

I love Packy's thoughtful and witty deep dives into sociology, tech, and culture.

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Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to o̶n̶e̶ two, and friend to all.

Platformer

By Casey Newton

News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.

No one does tech news as well as Casey. No fluff, in-depth reporting, hilarious, thoughtful, moral... it's the only tech news I read regularly.

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The New Internet by Jeff Morris Jr.

A journal about venture capital - written by Jeff Morris Jr. (Chapter One)

JMJ has an innate ability to spot trends in technology and explain it in a simple, down-to-earth way.

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