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Newsletter Launchpad
Shake up your 9-5 life
Spark new ideas
Start a newsletter
with
Louie Bacaj, Chris Wong
with
Louie Bacaj, Chris Wong
A newsletter is the fastest way to transform from consumer to creator.
Learn an effortless system and go from zero newsletters to four in just four weeks.
Your Journey
Take your first step
- Every journey starts with a scary first step. We'll show you a low downside, high upside process to get you over that hump
- The secret isn't just working harder or working smarter - it's doing things other people perceive as risky
Produce your weekly newsletter
- Develop a consistent habit and produce four newsletters in four weeks
- Learn an iterative system to test what's easy and what's interesting
- Refine your process through feedback from your classmates
- Learn the right technology to help you publish painlessly
Build your resume beyond your Linkedin profile
- Develop a reputation
- Improve your writing skills
- Improve your curation skills
- Get ahead at your job by becoming a clearer thinker and a better communicator
Find your tribe
- Attract an audience, explore and refine your ideas, discover future collaborators.
- Build a foundation for serendipity.
This course is for you if...
01
You're sick of being a cog in the machine but don't know how to get out of the rut.
02
You're endlessly consuming without a creative outlet.
03
You're tired of being unappreciated but don't know how to show value.
04
You're frustrated watching from the sidelines while others compound knowledge and grow.
05
You've changed your boss, job, or career but nothing's really changed.
06
You just spent 25 hours this week in Zoom meetings and next week has 28.
Course schedule
~5 hours per week
Mondays & Thursdays
8:30pm - 10:00pm ET
7 Sessions - No session on May 30 due to the Memorial Day Holiday.
May 9, 2022
First Session is May 9th, Last Session is June 2.
Weekly projects
1-2 hours per week
Students will produce and give feedback on a newsletter each week.
Course syllabus
01
Getting started with Newsletters
- Get set up with a platform
- Demystifying the types of newsletters
- Submit your first newsletter for feedback
02
How to keep publishing
- The systems that work
- The feedback loops that lead to compounding knowledge
- Publish your first newsletter
- Start on the second one for feedback
03
The psychology of online writing
- The fears of getting out there
- Overcoming procrastination and an inability to find time
- Publish your second newsletter
- Submit your third one for feedback
04
Getting out there
- How to grow your newsletter
- How newsletters lead to other channels
- Publish your third newsletter
- Submit your fourth one for feedback
Frequently Asked Questions
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Learn from people a few steps ahead of you
Louie Bacaj
Louie Bacaj has sent out 40 newsletters since April 2021. He's a Creator, Entrepreneur, CTO, and co-founder at a startup (Nines). He recently left an engineering career at Walmart where he managed many engineering teams. Louie is a mentor in David Perell's Write of Passage.
He recently created "Timeless Career Advice for Software Engineers", a featured offering on Gumroad.
Chris Wong
Chris Wong has sent out 35 newsletters since April 2021. He's the founder of Course Clubs, which are like book clubs for self-paced courses. Chris left an eighteen year finance career in 2020. Chris is a community steward in David Perell's Write of Passage.
While we don't claim to be newsletter big shots, we have been consistent in producing newsletters and writing online. We strongly believe the best lessons are from people that were one step ahead of us.
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