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The trade-offs.
The patterns that compound.
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Welcome to The Network Breakout.
the best case study in intentional distribution + positioning + community building I’ve seen lately is @insights4vc
146K+ Substack subscribers is impressive.
but the more interesting part is who they attracted.
they built distribution around the exact personas they wanted: institutions, investors and high-value ecosystem participants rather than building an audience first and figure out monetization later.
a good reminder that audience size is secondary.
the real moat is building an audience that compounds into your business.
"Your product doesn't matter."
@jasonrodrigues on why distribution is the only moat left, because anyone with a Claude Code sub and a free afternoon can rebuild what you built.
Follow his journey as he is building @cesto_co — tokenized assets on Solana.