From Failed Startup to a $100K+ Newsletter

Get Esteban's 36k Subscriber Content Machine → growthinreverse.com/esteban/ *** Esteban Perez is the co-founder of the ADHD Weasel newsletter. Their newsletter has grown to over 36,000 subscribers and reached over 280,000 followers on Threads. But it wasn't all sunshine and butterflies. The cofounders first launched an app for food waste and discovered the hard way what happens when you don't validate your idea. Now, their newsletter is earning over $100k annually with 800+ paid subscribers. In this episode, Esteban shared how they go there, along with his most successful growth strategy - and their content strategy that allows a two-person team to post over 100 posts per week. KEY TAKEAWAYS How a failed food waste app accidentally revealed the audience that became The ADHD Weasel The "accidental" moment that convinced Esteban to launch a paid tier The quiz that 6-7X'd conversions in one week The Threads posting system behind 4+ million views The Meta ad format that worked because it didn't look like an ad How Esteban treats segments with a Substack newsletter The platform Esteban believes has the most valuable subscribers The weekly "bottleneck analysis" habit that everyone skips LINKS MENTIONED Get the 36K Subscriber Content Machine → ADHD Weasel — adhdweasel.com ADHD Weasel on Threads Esteban's email — [email protected] The ADHD Weasel Quiz (ADHD Weasel lead magnet) Publer (scheduling SOCIAL tool) FOLLOW ON SOCIAL Chenell: Twitter | LinkedIn Dylan: LinkedIn | Substack | Instagram OUR NEWSLETTERS growthinreverse.com growthcurrency.net Subscribe & Leave a Review: Love what you’re hearing? Make sure to subscribe, and if you found this episode helpful, leave us a rating & review on your favorite podcast platform.