Internet Pipes
internetpipes.com
Guide and resources for discovering trends and opportunities by tapping into public data online.
Steph Smith
Creator of Doing Content Right and Internet Pipes, former a16z podcast host
@stephsmithio San Francisco, United States165K followersCreators & WritersEducators & Course Creators
About Steph Smith
Steph Smith is a writer, podcaster and serial side-project builder known for showing that you do not need to quit your job to make things. Over the years she has shipped a long list of small internet projects alongside full-time roles in growth and media.
Her ebook Doing Content Right, a guide to creating content that actually gets read and shared, has sold over $250K. She followed it with Doing Time Right, a productivity guide, and Internet Pipes, a project that teaches people to tap public data sources online to spot trends and opportunities. Earlier experiments include FeMake (data on female makers), Eunoia (untranslatable words) and nomad(hubb).
Professionally she worked in remote growth roles, led The Hustle's Trends research product, ran HubSpot's creator program, hosted the a16z Podcast at Andreessen Horowitz, and headed growth at Groq before moving to growth at NVIDIA. She also co-hosts the podcast Shit You Don't Learn in School and is based in San Francisco.
Products by Steph Smith
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Doing Content Right
doingcontentright.com
Ebook on creating content that stands out and gets distributed.
$250K+ total sales
Doing Time Right
doingtimeright.com
Guide to getting more out of your time.
FeMake
femake.tech
Home of data on female makers.
How Steph builds
- You don't need to quit your job to make things; build on the side.
- Great content is useful, specific and backed by real research.
- The internet's public data is full of signals if you know where to look.
- Ship small projects often and let the winners compound.
Learn from Steph Smith
[book]
Doing Content Right
How to create content that is worth reading and actually spreads.
by Steph Smith
[course]
Internet Pipes
Learn to find signals and ideas in the internet's public data.
by Steph Smith
[podcast]
Shit You Don't Learn in School
Podcast on practical life skills, travel, health and side projects.
by Steph Smith
Steph Smith FAQ
Who is Steph Smith?
Steph Smith is a writer and podcaster who created Doing Content Right and Internet Pipes, hosted the a16z Podcast, and now works in growth at NVIDIA.
How much did Doing Content Right make?
Steph reports on her website that Doing Content Right has sold over $250K.
What is Internet Pipes?
Internet Pipes is Steph's project that teaches people how to use public online data sources to discover trends, ideas and opportunities.
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