Sahil Bloom had no experience as a writer, but he built a newsletter that drives upwards of $70,000 in revenue per month — and he pours it all back into growing the newsletter.
Why? Because that newsletter, called Curiosity Chronicle, helped him build a business that scales faster — and drove $10 million in revenue in 2023.
Bloom's philosophy is this: Instead of just being a creator, he wants to use his experience to understand creators — and then launch businesses to serve their needs. "My view was, 'What's a more durable way to earn as a quote-unquote creator?'" he says.
We discussed his approach on the Entrepreneur podcast Problem Solvers, which you can listen to here. Below, I summarize his main lessons — and how anyone in the creator space can start thinking bigger about their business.
Bloom's three main lessons:
Bloom didn't set out to be a creator. He spent the first seven years of his career as an investor at a private equity fund.
"I learned a ton, but I didn't get a lot of energy out of the work," he says. "And I'm a big believer that you do your best work when you are deriving the most energy from........