A single operated newsletter may be the easiest business ventures to set up:
1) Create an account
2) Import your email list (Paidletter shows you how to grow one)
3) Connect to a payment system (we prefer Stripe) to receive payments.
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Ann Friedman is a journalist, essayist, and media entrepreneur. She sends a popular email newsletter, co-hosts the long-running podcast Call Your Girlfriend, and is the co-author of Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close. Ann’s writing has appeared in New York magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Gentlewoman, California Sunday, The New York Times, ELLE, and The Guardian. She lives in Los Angeles. Find her work at annfriedman.com.