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I started a series on organizations working on burning problems that are also unusually good at growth, and what programs can learn from them. First one is Climatebase.
Some numbers: their newsletter grew from about 7,000 subscribers in 2021 to 150,000 in 2026. The fellowship, launched in 2022, has had 15,000+ applicants over its first seven cohorts and 4,500 alumni to date, accepting roughly one in five, at $1,990 a seat. Cohorts grew from about 450 to about 650 at the same price. Many free, funded programs struggle to fill at a fraction of that size.
I started a series on organizations working on burning problems that are also unusually good at growth, and what programs can learn from them. First one is Climatebase.
Some numbers: their newsletter grew from about 7,000 subscribers in 2021 to 150,000 in 2026. The fellowship, launched in 2022, has had 15,000+ applicants over its first seven cohorts and 4,500 alumni to date, accepting roughly one in five, at $1,990 a seat. Cohorts grew from about 450 to about 650 at the same price. Many free, funded programs struggle to fill at a fraction of that size.
I tried to understand why:
https://annapit.substack.com/p/free-should-mean-more-demand-so-why
Pushback welcome, and suggestions for who to look at next.