
How I went from $0 to $1M in 12 months
My First Million
Founder-market fit and learning from Morning Brew
Tyler explains using his Morning Brew experience to build credibility and start Beehiiv.
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Episode 790: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Tyler Denk ( https://x.com/denk_tweets ) about every step he took to grow Beehiiv to $1M in 12 months.
Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(5:10) The marketing kill shot
(7:52) launch a company with one story
(10:56) getting your first 100 users
(15:28) the underrated customer question
(1812) one feature
(21:59) 7-min customer interviews
(25:57) message from the founder
(29:10) big desk energy
(3239) 1 marketable feature
(35:19) death of a co-founder
(37:02) write monthly investor updates
(41:00) everyone is distribution
(43:10) school of common sense
(44:39) inherent virality
(45:23) don't make people think
(5016) the 20-mile approach
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• Big Desk Energy - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5s8443tfYUq3LLARJwGeYP
• Beehiiv - https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/
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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
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