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24 pointsStriverGuy8 comments

Nice name and idea. Two suggestions: 1) Tell the visitor who's behind this; it makes a big difference who this advice is coming from. 2) Show the archive, because people tend to look for operational advice only when they need it.

Personally, I find it fun—not boring—to run a business. Though I get that many just want to focus on product or customers and dread the operations side.

I think the idea is good (there's a lot of stuff involved in running corporations that is crazy boring), but I don't like the "minimalist" interface. I suspect that I figured out who was behind this, but there's no way that I'll be recommending this to anyone without a lot more information.

So far, all I see is classic "new service" hype.

OP here - thanks for the suggestions. Definitely plan to put info about the writers behind this. We just started in early September so initially we were hesitant but I think its important to show credibility.

The archive is available (https://boringstartupstuff.com/newsletter) and can actually be found in a link on the landing page :)

And agreed, boring startup stuff isn't really boring at all. It's what makes the early days of a company an interesting challenge.

Having to play peekaboo with the mouse pointer really doesn't count as "available".

For others: it's the last bullet point, with nothing else highlighting that it's a link. The thing that looks like a link is just underlined text.

> Kinda like a Harvard MBA sent weekly to your inbox.

This might be more offputting than you think (:

Any examples of what the product is? I question whether I should give a site my email if I don’t know what they are going to send me - which I think could be an impediment to Growth for you.

Would be nice to be able to access old mails to see if it is something you want.

I am in the process of building a side project which has the potential of becoming a source of income for me. Am I in the target audience for this?

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