Author: Barrett Brooks

Embrace ambitious projects
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Hey Reader! My wife and I made a quick trip up to Seattle to see Justin Timberlake live last night. She’s loved him since his…

eightfold fence strategy
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Hey Reader! It’s a classic rainy and chilly spring weekend here in Portland and we’ve been enjoying it with pancakes, at the zoo, and with…

processing founder emotions
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Hey Reader! Yesterday was my grandfather’s 90th birthday and we’re celebrating today, which for a variety of reasons means I’m hitting your inbox a few…

conscious endings
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Hey Reader! What an incredible week. All of you awesome people made it possible for the podcast to hit #15 in the business category and…

trust yourself
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Hey Reader! Gotta admit, I’m so hyped about the podcast launching that I had a hard time getting hyped about writing the regular newsletter this…

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Editor’s Note: This is the first essay in a series on what I learned as COO of ConvertKit as we grew from $3M to $30M…

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Hey Reader! It’s official, I have a launch date for the podcast I’m confident in because everything required to launch is complete. You’re the first…

2024 | Week 11 Newsletter
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Hey Reader! Clocks have changed, spring is here, and along with those wonderful events the not so wonderful spring stomach bug arrived at our house….

cost of grief
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Hey Reader, I spent the latter half of this week in Chicago at an event called Tastemaker, the premiere industry conference for food creators. My past…

are you a serious person
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Hey Reader, Whether you’re already a founder, might be a founder one day, or simply want to learn about the founder path for the sake…