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The Paywall Is Here

An update three months into launching Newcomer

Eric Newcomer
Jan 27, 2021
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We’ve just concluded our first full financial quarter here at Newcomer.

It’s time to take your seat at the cap table.

Starting this week, many of my published articles will be available to subscribers only.

If you subscribe, this wonderful friendship we’re building together is only going to grow. You’ll be making independent journalism possible.

If you don’t subscribe, well, you’re going to start hearing from me less often.

If you’ve already subscribed, thank you!

There are a couple things to look forward to beyond what you’ve already come to expect: I’m going to start publishing succinct investor profiles. There’s a lot of demand from startup founders and employees to understand venture capitalists before taking their money, so I’ll tell you what I know about different Silicon Valley investors. I also have some high-profile interviews in the works, so you can expect to hear directly from some tech industry titans.

I’m going to keep digging into elite venture capital firms, analyzing emerging startup trends, breaking news, and deconstructing narratives about the tech industry. I’ll put information behind the paywall that you can use to make money.

The 40% launch discount will conclude at the end of this month, so this is a great time to subscribe. You can lock in a monthly rate of $9 a month for a year or save yourself even more money and buy the annual subscription for $90. Starting in February a monthly subscription will cost $15 and an annual subscription will cost $150.

This is my full-time job. I’m not running any other grifts. I’m not investing in startups. I’m not shipping these articles off to other places. You pay for a subscription and you get truly independent journalism. That’s the deal. I like the simplicity of it.

My publishing schedule is going to remain contentedly chaotic. When I get good stuff together, I publish it. I’m committing to a weekly paid post (except probably four weeks of vacation a year). I’m hungry to write more often than that and I aim to publish at least one free post a week. But I think the quality is best when I send you good stories as I have them. Think of it as a weekly newsletter that usually exceeds your expectations.

If you’ve subscribed recently, I hope you’ll read through the archives. Most of the stories are still relevant today. I’ve written probing features on Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz. I’ve told the story of early investments in DoorDash and Affirm. I’ve published pieces based on interviews with Ellen Pao, Keith Rabois, Laurence Tosi, and Chamath Palihapitiya. I’ve chronicled the return of consumer investing and the bubbly multiples in enterprise. And I’ve scooped several billion dollar valuation funding rounds, including Databricks’ $27 billion valuation.

I’m extremely proud of these first few months and couldn’t have done it without you. I feel privileged to have public company CEOs, top venture capitalists, startup founders, and people from all stripes in the tech industry as subscribers. This newsletter is getting referenced in news outlets around the web and is driving the conversation in Silicon Valley.

I’m looking forward to seeing where we can take it from here.

Thanks for all your support so far.

Best,
Eric Newcomer

Twitter avatar for @garrytanGarry Tan @garrytan
Eric Newcomer's substack is rapidly becoming the most must-read newsletter I look forward to getting every day. If cap tables could talk, this is what it would say...
The Story of a Cap Table: DoorDashSeed investors and the company’s founders saw their stakes in DoorDash diluted as SoftBank flooded the company with money and as Sequoia held firm.newcomer.co

November 20th 2020

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Twitter avatar for @alexisohanianAlexis Ohanian Sr. 7️⃣7️⃣6️⃣ @alexisohanian
Right on ~ excited for this, excited for you. What a year it's been for journalist-entrepreneurs... LONG @SubstackInc

Eric Newcomer @EricNewcomer

I'm so glad I quit my job in a pandemic! And I'm excited about what 2021 will bring for https://t.co/D8WDyS64bf 1/

December 31st 2020

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Twitter avatar for @karaswisherKara Swisher @karaswisher
This is a great newsletter from @EricNewcomer and you should subscribe!

Eric Newcomer @EricNewcomer

I'm so glad I quit my job in a pandemic! And I'm excited about what 2021 will bring for https://t.co/D8WDyS64bf 1/

December 31st 2020

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Twitter avatar for @CaseyNewtonCasey Newton @CaseyNewton
Just bought an annual subscription to @EricNewcomer. Hard to think of a new newsletter that has had a higher per-issue batting average. Join me! 💪🏻
newcomer.coNewcomerYour seat at the cap table.newcomer.co

January 26th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @raboisKeith Rabois @rabois
True story:) https://t.co/42FI1YJLlo

Eric Newcomer @EricNewcomer

How did Affirm price its first real round? @rabois asked @mlevchin to name his price. https://t.co/TxO0JJZpoG https://t.co/ri7v9MFwMC

January 21st 2021

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Twitter avatar for @TaylorLorenzTaylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz
I love @EricNewcomer's newsletter b/c it's such a great behind the scenes on tech VC stuff. It's interesting to read how these deals go down even if you're an outsider reading like me
The Story of a Cap Table: AffirmHow Lightspeed became the largest venture capital shareholder.newcomer.co

January 21st 2021

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Twitter avatar for @ajsAlyson Shontell @ajs
You know a story is great when you’re jealous you didn’t publish it. Bravo, @EricNewcomer. Fantastic and important reporting here. Very curious to watch this a16z strategy play out.

Sarah Lacy @sarahcuda

The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz by @EricNewcomer https://t.co/M9w0XBGXCl <- stunning must read. Sad IMHO, but I'm biased. (mostly a big reminder of why I'm very happy no longer to be a journalist)

January 20th 2021

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Twitter avatar for @iankar_Ian Kar 💸 Fintech Today @iankar_
Never clicked something faster

Eric Newcomer @EricNewcomer

I interviewed @rabois about his decision to move to Miami Beach -- and asked him whether he's a billionaire https://t.co/s5x3x88PD6

December 24th 2020

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Twitter avatar for @mgsieglerM.G. Siegler @mgsiegler
I like this by @EricNewcomer — and not just because I’m the bookend quotes, I swear, that’s only 65% of why I like it, at best — it’s a good style. Nice and breezy read (apocalyptic entry point and imagery aside) with some tidbits sprinkled in.
After the FalloutSilicon Valley consumer investing is back after a nuclear winter.newcomer.co

December 2nd 2020

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Twitter avatar for @mlchildMax Child 🌐 @mlchild
I’m excited that so many great journalists like Eric chose to become entrepreneurs this year! Skin in the game

Eric Newcomer @EricNewcomer

In two months I've got thousands of people signed up and hundreds paying. You can still subscribe to https://t.co/4UEKd6Yxd4 at a 40% discount until the paywall goes up toward the end of January 16/

December 31st 2020

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Twitter avatar for @JohnThomey@JohnThomey 🏙 @JohnThomey
After mooching off the free content for a bit, decided to support one of my favorite writers @EricNewcomer by becoming a founding member of Newcomer You should check it out! Learn at least 15 things about VC and tech I didn’t know each week from reading
NewcomerYour seat at the cap table.newcomer.co

December 11th 2020

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Bob Winslow
Jan 28, 2021

Caught you on Clubhouse with Margit, Sonal, Maran et al Tech v. Media just now. BI story and the response has been crazy huge.

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