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Creator Encounter: Jakob Lindner

Money Buzz šŸ’° GenZ, Economics, World and Substack Newsletter growth.

Hey Guys,

I’m a huge fan of early-stage Substack creators, even more so if they are GenZ. They are so creator-native.

I got lucky! Jakob is all of these things.

Jakob has a very personal-tone rich Newsletter with a background in Finance and economics.

I had a chance to catch up with him recently in August, 2022 and I had a great time and got some valuable info on macroeconomics and Newsletter tactics. I wasn’t easy on him, I tried to ask him difficult questions on the recession and so forth.

I hope someone out there finds value in it too.

Rapid Fire on the Global Economy and ESG Trends

https://twitter.com/JakobLinderBlog

I like how he covers Green Tech, ESG, wealth inequality and related themes in his Newsletter with a laid pack easy-reading sort of feel.

I had an incredible time trying to ā€œrapid-fireā€ interview him on a wild range of topics.

  • I’m trying to interview more GenZ and early-stage creators to understand their motivations for building a Newsletter on Substack and to understand better their Creator journey.

While I cannot afford the time, I will keep doing this as a kind of volunteer work for or as my contribution to Substack’s community (however small it may be).

Jakob is a prolific author of really good blog posts and Newsletter updates, some of my favorites are:

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Consumerism is Tiring
An Introduction – Personal Anecdote Perhaps I am turning into an old man (at the ripe age of 22 years old), but consumerism is tiring. I came to the realization while going for a morning walk around Colonial Williamsburg (CW). On this walk, I listened to a baseball podcast while trying to get my mind off things. It did not take long till I felt overwhelm…
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Recession? Yes! Recession? Wait no!
The U.S. economy has yet to face its biggest recession challenge - Jeff Cox Can we escape a recession? Who knows. It is incredibly hard to predict a recession and there is no doubt about that. This is incredibly true as Jeff Cox points out, ā€œThere is no historical precedent…
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Buy Now, Pay Never
#1 - Buy Now, Pay Never The more that I look into it, the more that ā€œbuy now, pay laterā€ services scare me. I am not alone in thinking this as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is currently looking into it. For context, the financial crisis of 2007-2008 led to the creation of the…
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See you next time.

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I am trying to be of service to the community and other early-stage Newsletter writers I’ve met along the way. I engage actively with other writers on Twitter, LinkedIn and even TikTok, Reddit and Discord.

While my primary interest is non-fiction Substacks, I’m happy to interview anyone, as each Creator has a story to spotlight. In my humble journey trying to set up interview times, I’ve found early-stage creators (my peers) tend to be more responsive.

Of the course of these ā€œCreator Encountersā€ I’ve become to realize it’s the ā€œunderdogsā€ that makes Substack feel the most authentic.

I’m also trying to understand the tools Creators are using and thus interview founders who have a tool for Creators to help them scale better.

So what this turns out as, is just by being a Creator on Substack, I’m exploring my network on LinkedIn, Twitter and elsewhere in a fundamentally different way that’s more pro-social rather than algorithmic.

Every week I reach out to 5 to 10 different creators to offer them an interview. Few reply, scheduling is tough, and my efforts are barely seen, but I get SO MUCH from doing this. It’s intrinsically rewarding for my own mental health as a Creator. All that being said:

I’m noticing an uptick on GenZ Creators, Creators from Instagram and YouTube migrating on to Substack and momentum of course in Finance and Economics.

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