Tyler Bainbridge is the founder of Perfectly Imperfect, a social magazine and app with 400,000+ users built to help people discover culture outside of algorithms. In this episode, we get into how he grew the platform from a free newsletter to a business attracting guests such as Charli xcx, Francis Ford Coppola and The Rizzler. __ Perfectly Imperfect Website Instagram Tyler Bainbridge Instagram LinkedIn X __ Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Tyler Bainbridge 01:23 Escaping the algorithm 07:41 Leaving Substack to build a unique platform 12:32 Growing to over 400,000 users 16:21 Biggest milestone guests 19:40 How Perfectly Imperfect makes money 22:28 The meaning of community 29:02 Building a dedicated team 31:20 Building the platform we’ve always wanted 34:54 The challenge of scaling a subculture 40:18 The refusal to optimize 45:19 The importance of good editorial 50:42 Building the next Tumblr, also Vice