Last updated: April 2026
How This Place Works
Hapitalist exists to help creative entrepreneurs optimize for joy and build better containers for money. That means being straight with you about how this publication operates — not just when it's convenient.
Sponsored Content
Sometimes brands and individuals pay to have content featured here. That content may be written by the sponsor themselves. The assigned editor reviews and approves everything before it runs. Hapitalist won't publish content it doesn't believe in or from people it doesn't trust — but sponsors are responsible for the accuracy of their own claims. Sponsored posts are always labeled clearly.
Affiliate Links
Some links on Hapitalist are affiliate links, meaning we earn a commission if you buy through them. This is disclosed on any page where affiliate links appear. Affiliate relationships don't determine what gets recommended — usefulness does.
AI
AI tools are part of how content gets made at Hapitalist — including expanding, drafting, and refining articles. We write and teach about this openly. Consider this a sitewide disclosure.
Our Own Products
A lot of what gets recommended here — books, courses, memberships, Kickstarters — is stuff Hapitalist makes and sells. That's the business model, and it's disclosed by the fact that you're on our platform. We teach what we do and do what we teach.
Privacy
Subscriber data isn't sold. Your email exists to deliver content and communicate about Hapitalist offerings. Substack handles the infrastructure — see their privacy policy for full details.
Accuracy
Hapitalist tries to get things right. When something's wrong, we fix it openly. For sponsored content, accuracy is the responsibility of the sponsor.
Questions
If you ever want to know whether there's a financial relationship behind something, just ask. Transparency is a core value here, not a checkbox.What We Believe
At Hapitalist, we believe you can optimize for joy and make great money doing it. We believe you don't have to be serious to be serious about your business. We believe any business that doesn't give you the freedom to follow your passions with reckless abandon isn't worth having for long. And we believe the best way to run a joyful business is to build leveraged assets that grow in value over time without needing more effort.
Those beliefs shape everything about how we operate — including this policy.
Everyone Comes with Locks. Everyone Comes with Keys.
Every entrepreneur shows up with something holding them back and something they've already solved. The real magic happens when we use our keys to unlock each other's locks. That spirit of mutual generosity runs through everything we publish and every relationship we build — including with sponsors, affiliates, and partners.
There Is No Competition
We win by defining our own axis, not by fighting in someone else's arena. That means we only work with sponsors and partners whose work we genuinely believe in — not because they're the highest bidder, but because they belong in this ecosystem.
Easeful Doesn't Mean Easy
We're not after easy. We're after easeful — without unnecessary friction or hidden agendas. That's why we're transparent about how this publication works, who we work with, and how content gets made.
How This Place Works
Sponsored Content
Sometimes brands and individuals pay to have content featured here. That content may be written by the sponsor themselves. The assigned editor reviews and approves everything before it runs. Hapitalist won't publish content it doesn't believe in or from people it doesn't trust — but sponsors are responsible for the accuracy of their own claims. Sponsored posts are always labeled clearly.
Affiliate Links
Some links on Hapitalist are affiliate links, meaning we earn a commission if you buy through them. This is disclosed on any page where affiliate links appear. Affiliate relationships don't determine what gets recommended — usefulness does.
AI
AI tools are part of how content gets made at Hapitalist — including expanding, drafting, and refining articles. We write and teach about this openly. Consider this a sitewide disclosure.
Our Own Products
A lot of what gets recommended here — books, courses, memberships, Kickstarters — is stuff Hapitalist makes and sells. That's the business model, and it's disclosed by the fact that you're on our platform. We teach what we do and do what we teach.
Privacy
Subscriber data isn't sold. Your email exists to deliver content and communicate about Hapitalist offerings. Substack handles the infrastructure — see their privacy policy for full details.
Accuracy
Hapitalist tries to get things right. When something's wrong, we fix it openly. For sponsored content, accuracy is the responsibility of the sponsor.
Questions
If you ever want to know whether there's a financial relationship behind something, just ask. Transparency is a core value here, not a checkbox.