Substacks recommended by Jaryd Hermann

Recommended by Jaryd Hermann

Zeitgsty is your timely dose of distilled happenings, handpicked from all corners of the web. Explore patterns, trends, and the beats of culture through an analytical lens.

One of my new favorites! Explore patterns, trends, and the beats of culture through an analytical lens.

- Jaryd Hermann

Marketing Ideas

By Tom Orbach

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

Growth Croissant

By Reid DeRamus

A guidebook to growing consumer subscription businesses.

Reid has a ton of experience under his belt, and Growth Croissant is him bringing us an evolving guidebook built on the back of it. His content is some of the most actionable, highest signal-to-noise stuff I've seen on how to grow your business.

- Jaryd Hermann

Department of Product

By Rich Holmes

Product-led news, analysis and knowledge for people who work in tech. Join product managers, designers, engineers and VCs from Spotify, Netflix, Apple, Amazon and more.

Behind Product Lines

By Aatir

An easy-to-read newsletter that unpacks product management and marketing with actionable tips and advice.

Practical, insightful, and immediately actionable. If you're a PM, this is a must read.

- Jaryd Hermann

Productify by Bandan

By Bandan Jot Singh

Product Strategy & Growth case studies from the biggest tech companies. Join 50,000+ subscribers on Substack and X!

Wherever you are in your product career, Bandan will help you level up. Excellent and actionable insights, every time.

- Jaryd Hermann

Product Growth

By Aakash Gupta

Deep dives into succeeding as a PM, product leadership, and how to get your next PM job.

Kyle Poyar’s Growth Unhinged

Revealing the playbooks and hidden tactics behind today's best startups. Join 45,000+ weekly readers for real-life growth advice, playbooks and case studies.

My favorite read for deep and super tactical insights into SaaS growth, GTM strategies, PLG, and pricing. Kyle's newsletter is a must for founders and PMs.

- Jaryd Hermann

Category Pirates

The authority on category design & category creation. Sharing how legendary entrepreneurs, executives, marketers, and creators design business breakthroughs. By Christopher Lochhead, Eddie Yoon, & Katrina Kirsch

Forget Blue Ocean vs Red Ocean strategy. The Pirates are all about the *No* Ocean. Their letters are exceptionally high quality, inspiring, and tactical. If you are curious about how to find, design, and build a category-defining product...these are the folks to be reading.

- Jaryd Hermann

Mostly metrics

By CJ Gustafson

A newsletter about Finance and Strategy at Startups. Written by a tech CFO. Read by world class Operators.

CJ opens up the black box of tech finance, covering topics like forecasting/equity/fundraising in informative, funny, and practical ways.

- Jaryd Hermann

Business Brainstorms

By Jakob Greenfeld

Find out why over thousands of entrepreneurs love Business Brainstorms - the free weekly 3-minute report is packed with under-the-radar trends, business ideas, and actionable frameworks.

Digital Native

By Rex Woodbury

Weekly writing about how technology shapes humanity, and vice versa

Where do I start. If you are at all interested in how people and technology intersect, as well as keeping a close pulse on consumer trends (especially Gen Z), then Rex's newsletter is the go-to place. Stella writing and insights.

- Jaryd Hermann