Substacks recommended by Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Recommended by Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

The Honest Founder

By Xaver Lehmann (The Honest Founder)

Built and sold an AI company for $60M. Now sharing what I wish someone had told me.

Founder who exited for $60m sharing everything he wish he knew to save you hundreds of hours.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Millennial Masters

By Daniel Ionescu

Business, growth, and AI. The newsletter and podcast for founders and leaders.

First to Market

By Andrew Garberson

How founders scale emerging-category startups from $0 to $100M. Every Friday.

Marketing Ideas

By Tom Orbach

Get the most powerful tactics from successful startups — 1 new idea, every week.

Negin

Marc Randolph's Substack

As the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, I'll write a fair amount about the place, but I'll also share my thoughts on entrepreneurship, work-life balance, kids and whatever stupid things happen to pop into my head.

Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

Deeply researched product, growth, and career advice for product leaders, founders, and ambitious builders.

Deep dives with all-star guests on product and company growth journey.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Capital Mischief

By Charlie Garcia

Capital Mischief: what I learned briefing six presidents, applied to your portfolio. The market-moving events. Before the smart money sees them.

Charlie's breadth of knowledge and unique writing style makes him one of the most interesting writers on here.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Startup Synergy

By The Startup Guy

AI strategies, stories, and frameworks.

Interesting takes on company strategies, founder stories, and random startup tidbits.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Keith Robinson

I’m Keith Robinson, President, Strategy at NextHome. 27 years in real estate. Mostly, I’m the Crazy Uncle you didn’t know you needed. I write about what it takes to build a career in real estate. Pull up a chair. Coffee optional (not really though).

Co-CEO at NextHome sharing opinions about the real estate industry that no one else is willing to say out loud. Hilariously written, get on it!

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Product Driven Newsletter

By Matt Watson [Product Driven Newsletter]

Educating the gap between product and software engineering. Welcome to Product Driven!

Zero Queue

By Clay

The Ultimate Customer Experience Guide for CX professionals. A publication and community that gives more visibility into success roadmaps of support professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged

Revealing the playbooks and hidden tactics behind today's best startups. Join 80,000+ weekly readers for real-life growth advice, playbooks and case studies.

The Founders Corner®

By Ruben Dominguez

Your weekly BOOST to Raise and Grow Like A Pro. Tips and Techniques used by prolific Founders.

A VC who gives actionable GTM advice, supports bootstrapping, and doesn't humblebrag is one I can get behind.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Founder, Unfiltered

By Christine Song

My personal diary about my career, my life, and the experiences that have shaped me to become who I am.

Ultra Successful

By Dr. Gurner

Start your week with the most successful people on Earth. Mindset, strategies, and habits of the ultra successful you can use today.

Dr. Julie Gurner is a coach for the ultra successful. Insightful, easy to digest advice with executable strategies that makes you think. I'm in love with this newsletter.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Quintessential

By Quinn Larrabee

Cultural anthropology through an absurdist lens. Satire about the 1% for the 10%.

Your Network Starts with You

By Zvi

Networking, as most people think about it, doesn’t work. Relationships are your most important asset. Get weekly guidance, sharp insights, and practical systems to stay connected, and make your network work for your career, business, and life.

The Unstuck Entrepreneur

By Peter Hwang

For early stage founders who feel stuck between traction and scale. Helping you fix what's broken so you can have repeatable revenue. 5x founder/4 exits for 28 yrs with $400M in total exit value. Now investing and building my 6th startup.

Susan | Angel Investor

I backed 13 ‘unicorns’ at pre-seed and seed. Writing for angels who want better returns and for startup founders who want their attention.

Founder's GTM

By Jasper

The Claude GTM skills founders use to win new clients without hiring more. [+ Claude Code Starter Guide upon sign-up] ⬇

Actionable GTM strategies and how to be more efficient using AI

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Scaling With Soul: Where Purpose Meets Profit

We’re here to demystify entrepreneurship and make it more accessible to all. No gatekeeping. No fluff. No founder worship. Just battle-tested insights for building companies with both ambition and integrity.

Bootstrapped founder, exited for $25m, sharing secrets she wish she knew.

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

UnicornPrn Podcast

By Melissa & Lloyed

Hosted by Melissa Kwan & Lloyed Lobo, UnicornPrn is the only podcast that peels back the glossy veneer of startup life and roasts it over a flaming pile of pitch decks 🔥

The only podcast that peels back the glossy veneer of startup life and roasts it over a flaming pile of pitch decks 🔥

- Melissa Kwan: ‘your founder next door’

Nice Work by Sam Browne

Fresh thinking for the modern entrepreneur