Derek - How to master the art of growing and monetizing newsletters from scratch!

👉🏼 About the Guest:Derek is the founder of Remote Jobs, the world's repository for remote jobs, and the creator of Daily UI, the #1 design challenge, with a combined total of 650K+ email subscribers. Join him in this episode to learn how he grew his user base from 0 to 650K+!👉🏼 About the Host:Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generated $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 24,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. He recently sold his second SaaS product, GuestLab, and he is working on a startup idea while hosting this show.👉🏼 Sponsor Corner:Shoutout to Acquire.com for sponsoring The Undefeated Underdogs podcast! They’re the best online marketplace to buy/sell startups and I know many founders who have sold their businesses there. If you're looking to wind down your business and cash in some of your founder chips, check them out - https://try.acquire.com/sharath/👉🏼 Description:Listen in as Sharath and Derek discuss taking lessons from building community, how to curate the perfect service, how to monetize your user list, and more! 👉🏼 Timestamps:00:00: Episode Highlight00:43: Shoutout to Acquire.com03:08: Introduction to Derek - founder at Remote Jobs04:30: Growing your email list when you have 0 internet presence10:23: Derek's lessons from organizing meetups & community15:14: Lessons from 10+ years of building community22:32: How to juggle a side project with a full-time job29:37: Employee mode vs founder mode37:30: How to grow your user base using curation46:20: Breaking the tipping point of users to get to exponential growth48:22: Hacks to grow a user list from 052:10: Common mistakes when building a user list1:01:20: How to monetize your newsletter1:08:07: Derek's new and upcoming projects1:11:43: Outro and closing thoughts👉🏼 Resources:Link to Acquire.com: https://try.acquire.com/sharath/Playbook: https://www.playbook.com/👉🏼 Where to find Derek:Twitter: https://x.com/derkolstadRemote Jobs: https://remotejobs.com/Daily UI: https://x.com/dailyui👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harathYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harathWebsite: https://5harath.com/Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/Founder Gigs: https://foundergigs.com/