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Did you really just rip the template from html5up.net and not even customize it? Text at the bottom is barely readable in the testimonials. But this screams "grab some readers quick" to me and doesn't go into enough detail to really create any value. Not trying to be a dick, just seems strange to me. Maybe I'm just a design asshole, though.

I guess you're a design pro :) Yes, actually, we suck at design, but we'll try more. I sincerely appreciate the feedback!

Man, this is really disappointing. This is totally up my alley, I have a 'motivation-span' of about 3 hours, something like what you advertise in my inbox would be great!

But I'm not giving you an email address when this could potentially be spam-marketing gone clever. You've got no example posts, and the only thing I could find that suggested itself was found a few clicks away on a blog link through the Gumtree page[1].

Sorry for being incredibly cynical, but could you please get an example up so I can give you my email? I really, really want to subscribe!

[1] http://startupitis.com/blog/2014/01/how-this-guy-earned-1100...

Ok, understood. I guess that I just wasn't aware how many spammers are out there, so people are so much suspicious.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the feedback. As soon as we update the page with some example content, I'll let you know on Twitter (there's a link in your profile).

Cheers!

It's not the spammers really, but I've been bitten by a few unsolicited emails on my domain email, so I'm trying to minimize them as much as possible!

Thank you for letting me know, you've definitely got yourself a reader if the trial content is okay.

OK, totally understand. Once more, thanks for all the input, much appreciated!

Agreed. Even with examples, I'm not handing over my email address. Email works best when it's treated as a tool for humans. My inbox is precious. If it's something sent in bulk, it should be a newsfeed.

Understood, thanks! Could you please tell me, if we would create an archive page of all the newsletters, that would be enough cool for you?

Anything that has an Atom or RSS feed with individual entries. If I have to visit manually to get updates, I won't. If I have to receive it in my inbox, I won't.

Why can't I just put in my email and subscribe? What's up with the gumroad?

Just put 0$ and you're done, you can subscribe for free.

Yeah - have to say this is the most amount of work I've had to do just to sign up for a newsletter.

Okay, thanks for the input, and sorry about that. We'll change that.

We did a quick fix for now, so it's easier to sign up. We'll pt the input form on the site itself soon.

Any specific difference wrt Changemakrs [1]? (note: not changemakers, no "e" here)

[1] http://www.changemakrs.com

Actually, it's pretty different. Yes, we do have quotes, but mostly from the tech & startup world. But beside quotes, there are much more real world stories about successful startups, side projects, online products, etc.

Cool, thanks!

This is a free weekly newsletter, which will help you to keep up your motivation, while working on your startups, side projects, etc.

Interesting pitch but I want to see. I mean that I found it lacks information on how it works, where does it find the content, when etc. I would like to see an example of content and use case too.

Ok, thanks for the input. Will be updated. We're following lots of startup-related mailing lists, Hacker News, etc. and from those sources we're selecting real world success stories - from first time authors, to game developers, and people/startups starting different kind of companies and services.

Beside that, we're getting the most interesting parts and points from different books related to the topic, the newest cool & inspirational info from TED talks, quotes from some proven entrepreneurs, etc.

I'd like to see some example content or something to see if it's right for me.

Thanks for your comment. To don't repeat my answer, please take a look at my replay to @highCs below, so you can see what you can expect. We'll update the page with some example content soon.

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