Weekly expert opinions newsletter
Run a weekly email where founders or investors answer one sharp question, paid by sponsors and members.
Estimated cost
Not estimated
Who you sell to
Run from India, customers abroad
First version
One person can build it with AI tools
What it is
Each week you pick one question that busy business people are arguing about, for example whether a tech trend is overhyped. You message a handful of founders, investors or operators and ask for three or four sentences each. You put their answers together in one email of around a thousand words, add a short note of your own, and place one sponsor message. The email goes out through Beehiiv or Substack. Later you add a searchable archive and a paid tier for readers who want past issues and the chance to suggest questions. Quotes also become posts on LinkedIn and X.
The problem it solves
Founders and investors read endless opinion threads and still cannot tell what informed people actually think. Long essays take too long and social feeds are noisy. Experts like the visibility but dislike writing long pieces. A one-question format gives readers quick, varied views and gives contributors easy exposure for very little effort.
Who it suits
- People with a strong network among founders, investors or operators
- Writers who enjoy editing and chasing replies
- Creators with a LinkedIn or X audience in business or tech
How it makes money
- One sponsor slot per issue, sold to B2B tools and services
- Paid membership at $5 to $10 a month for the archive, topic requests and a community
- Later, reports built from the expert answers you have collected
How to test it this month
- 1Write down 20 founders, investors or operators you can reach, pick a first question, and ask five of them for three sentences each.
- 2Publish four issues on a free plan, tag every contributor when you share, and ask each one to forward the issue to two people.
- 3After issue four, ask your most engaged readers which questions they would pay to see answered, and approach two sponsors whose product suits them.
What to watch out for
Every issue depends on other people replying on time, and the busiest experts are the hardest to get, so early issues rely on smaller names. Sponsors want proof of an engaged audience. Quote people exactly, get their approval, and never use AI to invent answers. It aims at global business readers.
Costs and prices are estimates from our plan, not results from a real business. Nothing here promises income.
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