Substacks recommended by Joël Kai Lenz

Recommended by Joël Kai Lenz

The Circuit

By Jonas Braadbaart

Helping business leaders become better AI operators

This newsletter is your sweet spot if you want to learn more about AI and business.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Ambitious Softie

By Anna Seirian

Weekly essays about how physical, digital, and mental environments shape how we live | 💌 Media inquiries: anna@wholespacela.com

Anna writes a great personal Substack about her carreer, life and what to do if you want to become more creative.

- Joël Kai Lenz

BlingBling

Der Newsletter über Bitcoin, Geld und Geopolitik

A brilliant German newsletter about China, Bitcoin and the future of money.

- Joël Kai Lenz

The Peg

By Izabella Kaminska

The essential stablecoin monetary breakdown

The Peg is a great newsletter about stablecoins, crypto regulation and the developments with politics and the industry.

- Joël Kai Lenz

20VC

20VC hosted by Harry Stebbings. We interview the world's greatest investors and founders. Join our growing community that sits at the intersection of venture capital and media.

Harry has the best VC podcast out there to get the ins and outs of the industry.

- Joël Kai Lenz

You Visible

By William Meller

Most leaders are invisible online. You Visible turns them into trusted public voices.

A great newsletter about how to establish a personal brand online and how to use AI for that.

- Joël Kai Lenz

The Online Writing Club

By Kristina God

Turn your words into income and your writing dreams into reality. Build an audience that loves your work. Grow paid subscriptions. Publish your book. Promote your work with authentic marketing. Come join one of the world's largest writing communities!

Kristina has one of the best newsletters if you want to learn everything about Substack, and how to grow it.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Operating by John Brewton

Weekly Reporting on the History & Future of Operating Companies

I love John's energy and the advice he's giving away for free. Highl recommend it!

- Joël Kai Lenz

NEW ECONOMIES

By Ollie Forsyth

NEW ECONOMIES is your regular newsletter that discovers the latest technology trends shaping our world.

Ollie is a great writer and always manages to find amazing stories to feature. Higly recommended subscribing to this one!

- Joël Kai Lenz

Chris Best

Co-founder and CEO of Substack

Chris is the CEO and Co-Founder of Substack, and often shares his thoughts and ideas for the platform on his publication.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Future Media

By Ricky Sutton

Reporting on the collision of Big Tech and Big Media...

Ricky has a great newsletter about AI, the media industry, and how publishing has evolved in the last 15 years.

- Joël Kai Lenz

One Useful Thing

By Ethan Mollick

Trying to understand the implications of AI for work, education, and life. By Prof. Ethan Mollick

Feed Me

By Emily Sundberg

A daily newsletter about the spirit of enterprise.

Feed Me is one of the best Substacks out there about anything in life you could imagine!

- Joël Kai Lenz

GTM Strategist

By Maja Voje

Weekly Go-to-Market examples, best practices, hot tips and tools. Free in your Inbox every Friday. Wanna dive in and build a winning GTM strategy?

A brilliant newsletter to learn more about GTM strategies and marketing in the digital world.

- Joël Kai Lenz

MTS

To monitor the situation is to watch history in the making.

Monitoring The Situation or MTS is a new live show from a16z where they tackle the lastest news of the day.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Frank Corva's Newsletter

I write about global Bitcoin adoption, and explore the intersection of Bitcoin and psychology. Contributor to Forbes Digital Assets, Bitcoin Magazine (BM), and Fedi. Host of new renaissance capital. Former White House correspondent for BM.

Frank is a great reporter for anythign Bitcoin and Business, as well as the whole political aspects.

- Joël Kai Lenz

The AI-Ready Localizer

By Julia Díez

The AI-Ready Localizer explores how multilingual ontologies, market intelligence, and data governance transform localization from translation into AI-powered, intent-driven global growth.

Julian writes some of the best tutorials for any AI tool out there. Highly recommend her Claude Code for Pro's article.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Core Memory

By Ashlee Vance

On the Most Interesting People, Objects and Ideas in Science and Technology

Ashlee Vance was always one of my favorites on Bloomberg and he's now running is own show or Substack.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Cassandra Unchained

By Michael Burry

Cassandra Unchained is now Dr. Michael Burry’s sole focus as he gives you a front row seat to his analytical efforts and projections for stocks, markets, and bubbles, often with an eye to history and its remarkably timeless patterns.

Michael Burry went away from finance but is a great writer and has a fantastic newsletter about the future of the industry.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Startup Riders

By Ivan Landabaso

How top 1% startups grow.

A great newsletter to learn more about the startup world and challenges that may arise.

- Joël Kai Lenz

The Oracle by Polymarket

Read this to become a better forecaster

Polymarket has a great newsletter with the latest campaigns, bets or whatever is hot online. 10/10 recommendation.

- Joël Kai Lenz

the saturday essay.

By Justin Welsh

A weekly essay for ambitious people living and working on their own terms.

Justin is one of, if not the best solo creator out there. He often shares valuable insights in his newsletter which will help you grow your audience.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Newcomer

Where technology and venture capital intersect: A deeply reported newsletter on the inner workings of the startup industry. Helmed by Eric Newcomer with writing from Madeline Renbarger, Tom Dotan & Jonathan Weber.

A brilliant Substack that dives into the world and gossip of the tech industry.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Smarter Substack

By Philip Hofmacher

Smarter Substack curates the most useful Substack strategies and updates each weekday, so you can grow your Substack without scrolling for hours.

The best collective out there with all the tips and tricks about growing your Substack.

- Joël Kai Lenz

That Was The Week

By Keith Teare

That Was The Week is an editorialized and curated weekly look at developments in tech, startups, and investing with a video and podcast for paid subscribers. All free subscribers get a 6-month complementary paid subscription.

A great newsletter about the latest developments in technology each week.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Founding MENA

The only newsletter you need to stay up to date with MENA tech and startup news.

Scaling MENA is a great newsletter for anyone in the MENA region that wants to see which the latest deals are.

- Joël Kai Lenz

a16z New Media

a16z New Media Team

The a16z team has a great Substack about anything related to tech and business. This is their second account, where they often share good data points.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Newsletter Circle

By Ciler

Your go-to source for building a successful newsletter business. In-depth interviews with newsletter operators and insightful reports on newsletter strategies.

A great newsletter for any Substacker or newsletter creator out there!

- Joël Kai Lenz

Product with Attitude

By Karo

AI Product Manager helping you protect human agency. Tools to showcase your creative work. A community of 18K+ readers building critical AI literacy through practice. Use AI with attitude to strengthen the branch you’re sitting on, not cut it off.

Karo has a great Substack with many reviews and tips for product managers in the AI space. Highly recommended if you want to dive deep!

- Joël Kai Lenz

22nd Century Frontier™

By Petar Dimov

Building or Investing in the Future? This Newsletter Is Your Edge

Petar writes a great newsletter and focuses on the latest developments in tech. Highly recommended.

- Joël Kai Lenz

uncharted

By Martin

Everyone's nodding in the meeting. You're not sure why. Uncharted is about the gap between the clean story and what actually happens when new technology meets markets and humans. No fairytales.

I like Martin's article and style of teaching you about new things. Great newsletter to find out more on how to pivot and use AI.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Disjointed

By Hamish McKenzie (Disjointed)

Sometimes I feel like writing things, so this is where I write them.

Hamish is the co-founder of Substack and a brilliant writer. Highly recommend his newsletter.

- Joël Kai Lenz

a16z

It's time to build.

The a16z team has a great Substack about anything related to tech and business.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Erik Torenberg

By a16z

Explorations and inquiries into my curiosities: culture, politics, tech, business, and human nature

Erik used to run a great media network and is now in charge of a16z's content.

- Joël Kai Lenz

The VC Corner

By Ruben Dominguez

The VC Corner is where founders stay ahead: sharp news, fundraising strategies, battle-tested playbooks, and the tools to grow.

The VC Corner is the best Substack to learn everything about the VC industry and which deals are currently going on.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Modern Freedom

By Tim Denning

I will help you reach modern freedom so you can experience true financial wealth, more time with family, less stress, and more free time.

Tim is one of the best online writers to show you how to make a life of a remote lifestyle and why writing is so important.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Citrini Research

Citrini Research provides insights on thematic equity investing and global macro trading—with cross-asset, lateral thinking. Our promise: you’ll never have to ask “what’s the trade?”

A great publication with detailed AI thought pieces, some AI fiction, and analysis.

- Joël Kai Lenz

AI Supremacy

By Michael Spencer

News at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, technology and business including Op-Eds, research summaries, guest contributions and valuable info about A.I. startups.

AI Supremacy is THE newsletter in AI. Highly recommend subscribing and reading it!

- Joël Kai Lenz

Write With AI

By Nicolas Cole

The leading paid newsletter for ChatGPT & Claude prompts, and how to turn AI platforms into your own personal Digital Writing Assistant.

Nicolas and Dickie are some of the best marketing writers out there! Highly recommend subscribing and paying for their Substack.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Dwarkesh Podcast

By Dwarkesh Patel

Deeply researched interviews

Dwarkesh is the go-to for AI podcasting and understanding the tech behind it all.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Elena's Growth Scoop

By Elena Verna

A must-have resource for anyone in the growth, marketing, or product space.

Elena is in charge of growth at Loveable and writes a lot of great guides, or shares insights from one of the fastest growing AI companies out there.

- Joël Kai Lenz

cdixon

Programming, philosophy, history, internet, startups, investing

Chris is the godfather of crypto and a great thought leader within the space.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Write • Build • Scale

By Sinem Günel

Learn how to write online, build your audience, and scale your income.

One of the best newsletters to learn more about Substack and how to grow your publication or profile.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Sources

By Alex Heath

Exclusive reporting on the AI race.

One of the best Substacks out there about AI and the tech world in general.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Upstarts Media

By Alex Konrad

Startup news starts here. The Upstarts newsletter provides in-depth reporting and analysis on the startup ecosystem, from inception through IPO. Founded by veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad.

Alex is a fantastic writer and I enjoy the story angles they pitch on Upstarts Media. Great, if you're interested in new and emerging businesses.

- Joël Kai Lenz

Etn.

By Luke Knight

The technology show built for Europe. Hosted by @lukeknight and @ronanchamberss and streaming live on X and Youtube at 11am-2pm GMT every Tuesday and Thursday.

Etn is the European spin on TBNP. Funny and cool lads and they have a neat newsletter as well!

- Joël Kai Lenz

Fintwit

Subscribe for free market updates.

A great newsletter with a weekly recap of what's going on in the financial markets.

- Joël Kai Lenz

FT Alphaville

We're the FT's finance blog. If it's dumb, delightful or just weird and involves money we're probably interested in it.

Alphavile is back on Substack and honestly, is one of the best newsletters out there for quick or witty recaps of the financial markets.

- Joël Kai Lenz

a16z crypto

your guide to the next internet from the team at a16z crypto

a16z's Crypto publication is a great place to find out about the latest news in the community.

- Joël Kai Lenz

The Storytelling Edge

By Joe Lazer

The best damn business storytelling newsletter. By Joe Lazer, best-selling author of The Storytelling Edge and CMO at Pepper. My new book, Super Skill: Why Storytelling Is the Superpower of the AI Age, is available for pre-order!

A cool newsletter that goes into the many aspects of storytelling and how to get the most out of it for your projects.

- Joël Kai Lenz