Episode
Founder Mode: Chris Best, Founder & CEO, Substack
- Podcast
- The Social Radars
- Published
- Sep 4, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 1673
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- https://thesocialradars.captivate.fm
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Summary
In this episode, taped in front of a live audience, Chris Best tells us the story of Substack. He reminisces about his adventures with Elon Musk, and explains how he persisted in bringing to market a component of Substack that he knew was critical to their vision, even though any non-founder CEO would have killed it after years without any growth.