Substacks recommended by Tom Orbach

Recommended by Tom Orbach

A newsletter that covers all things Positioning for founders, marketers and product folks. I'm April Dunford - a positioning expert, consultant, author of the books Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch, and host of the Positioning podcast.

April's newsletter feels like a casual yet super-insightful conversation on positioning. It's like getting a personal masterclass from a seasoned pro. 100% recommend

- Tom Orbach

Remarkable People

By Guy Kawasaki

On a mission to make you remarkable.

The Design System Guide

By Romina

Get weekly insights, tools, and templates to help you build and scale design systems.

Ultra Successful

By Dr. Gurner

Start your week with the most successful people on Earth. Mindset, strategies, and habits of the ultra successful you can use today.

Dr. Julie Gurner's 'Ultra Successful' is like a weekly masterclass in ambition and success. Always leaves me inspired at the end of the newsletter. 100% recommend

- Tom Orbach

next play

By ben

We help people find their next play by sending opportunities, hosting gatherings, and curating content.

This newsletter is PRICELESS. The under-the-radar opportunities are insane. This is, by far, the most important email that lands in my inbox every week.

- Tom Orbach

Really Good Business Ideas

By Casandra

Really good business ideas to help you start and grow a profitable business (including on Substack). All ideas are backed by research and analysis.

Manager.dev

By Anton

The biggest newsletter written ONLY for Engineering Managers. Practical weekly articles on building and leading a software team.

I love the leadership advice here! Anton's insight resonate beyond engineering, even in my marketing world. I 100% recommend it even if you're not in a technical role.

- Tom Orbach

AI & No-Code Exits

Join 13,895+ builders using AI & No-Code going from $0 to Exit by Learning Every Week with Real Founder Success Stories 🦄

Lenny's Newsletter

By Lenny Rachitsky

Deeply researched no-nonsense product, growth, and career advice—newsletter, podcast, community, and living library

Growth with Sean Ellis

Sean Ellis, author of Hacking Growth, writes about driving sustainable growth through data, experimentation, and deep customer understanding to optimize teams and turn product-market fit into lasting success.

Product Growth

By Aakash Gupta

Deep dives into succeeding as a PM, product leadership, and how to get your next PM job.

Aakash is the #1 thought leader for PM & Growth. I seriously LOVED all of his guides, books, and courses — they're worth every penny. Easiest paid subscription on Substack

- Tom Orbach

Link in Bio

By Rachel Karten

A newsletter about working in social media.

The Founders' Fuel

By Oliver

Actionable insights for founders building startups and mastering their mindsets.

MKT1 Newsletter with Emily Kramer

B2B STARTUP MARKETING ADVICE: In-depth guides, actionable frameworks, and hard-earned insights, from ex-marketing exec Emily Kramer

MKT1 is like an honest chat with marketing gurus Emily and Kathleen. 100% no-fluff advice that's gold for SaaS marketers & founders.

- Tom Orbach

Refactoring

By Luca Rossi

Learn how to make your engineering team ship faster and better. Read weekly by 170,000+ engineers and managers

Refactoring by Luca is my absolute favorite newsletter, hands down. Genius frameworks and visualizations. I’m always amazed at how Luca's words resonate beyond engineering, even in my marketing world. I 100% recommend it even if you're not in a technical role.

- Tom Orbach

@andrewchen

By Andrew Chen

Venture capital in tech, entertainment, and AI

The startup king. Must follow. Sharp advice!

- Tom Orbach

Elena's Growth Scoop

By Elena Verna

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

My top #1 resource for growth, career advice... and memes

- Tom Orbach