Zero to 55k subscribers and $50k in revenue in 8 months? That’s exactly what Codie Sanchez with Contrarian Thinking, her newsletter about investing and entrepreneurship. Codie's a former journalist, turned institutional investor, turned online business owner.  I've thought about content businesses mostly in the context of blogging, podcasting, or video -- but what if email is your content channel? After all, the challenge that many other content channels face is "how to get people to join your list." Codie's model, in a true "contrarian" way, cuts out that middleman. This episode is sure to have you thinking a little differently about how you approach building an audience and building an online business. Tune in to hear: what you might create a newsletter about what makes newsletters such an interesting business model how Codie’s grown and monetized her's so far Full show notes