I’m starting a newsletter called Surface Area.
If you like what I publish on LinkedIn you will enjoy it.
It would mean the world to me if you subscribed.
I tend to focus on fintech, media, management and leadership lessons from my three-decade career at Bloomberg LP and life lessons from my parents.
I intend to publish most days. The newsletter will contain content I don’t post elsewhere.
The issue I published today comes from my archives. It’s about my friend Richard Yamarone, a former colleague, who died six years ago today when he was 55.
It’s the first and only obituary I ever wrote.
Richard was a first-rate economist, with lots of hidden talents and a larger-than-life personality.
He was also just two years older than me and his death made a deep impression.
Click below to read my piece about Richard and sign up for future editions.
I’ve been writing on LinkedIn regularly for the past year. I decided to add the newsletter because it allows me to have a direct connection and lets readers sign up to receive it via email.
I decided to publish my newsletter on Beehiiv because I’ve met founder Tyler Denk and his team has created an incredible product and has a track record of steady enhancements.
I’m an evangelist for writing online, which has increased my own “surface area” and connected me to people all over the world. The more I write the more I learn and the more people I meet.
I appreciate all the support I’ve received from this online community. In the past year, I’ve gone from a few thousand followers on LinkedIn to almost 21,000.
That engagement convinced me to start a writing agency, Principals Media, that helps CEOs and executives write online so they can increase their own surface area.
If you are interested in hearing more please reach out via LinkedIn or my website.
Ted Merz 