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Investor Due Diligence Report

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Creative writing classes, workshops, and retreats, plus other great stuff for writers.

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Key Metrics

Subscribers

200

Verified

Weekly Growth

Engagement

Avg Comments/Post

0.6

Avg Likes/Post

2.4

Engagement Rate

1.50%

(comments + likes) / subscribers

Quality & Publishing

Audience Quality Score

62Fair

0100

Publishing Pace

Previously ~3x per week

2.8 posts/week

Publishing Consistency

54/100

Variable (~3.0d avg)

Competitive Landscape (Education)

Newsletter	Subscribers	Weekly Growth	Price	Platform
University of Austin	42K	N/A	Free	substack
Minding the Gap	24K	N/A	Free	substack
Play Makes Us Human	20K	N/A	$5/mo	substack
Fab Fridays	19K	N/A	Free	substack

Risk Assessment

Key risk factors for due diligence

High

Platform Dependency

Hosted on substack subdomain

Medium

Publishing Consistency

Variable publishing frequency

Medium

Key Person

Single-author publication — key-person dependency

High

Revenue Model

Pre-monetization — no paid subscription tier

Monetization Readiness

Readiness for paid subscriptions

Subscriber threshold

200 subscribers — below the 1.5K category median (based on 260 newsletters)

Has paid tier

No paid subscription tier yet

Peer monetization

33% of 104 similar-size peers in Education have paid tiers

Data Quality

Report Data QualityLimited - Key metrics unavailable

Subscriber Confidenceverified

Disclaimer: This report is generated automatically based on publicly available data and proprietary estimation models. Estimated subscriber counts are derived from engagement patterns and should be verified through direct disclosure. Revenue estimates are based on known pricing and estimated paid subscriber counts. This report is for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for investment decisions.

Component	Score	Weight
Engagement Rate	75/100	30%
Publishing Consistency	24/100	10%