Welcome to another episode of the Build In Public Podcast.
Today's episode features Tyler Denk, CEO of the multi million dollar start-up Beehiiv - a newsletter platform that helps creators launch, scale, and monetize their newsletters.
He and his co-founders were able to grow Beehiiv to $4M in annual revenue and raise tens of millions of dollars from top-tier investors.
In this interview, Tyler and KP talks about a wide range of topics covering tips, tactics and insights such as:
● Intro (00:00)
● Lessons from Tyler’s move from Morning Brew to Google (00:17)
● What made him take the leap to Google (6:06)
● On Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief’s relentlessness and leadership traits (10:06)
● Beehiiv’s origin story (12:06)
● The behind-the-scenes of building Beehiiv (17:33)
● Beehiiv’s MVP and its killer features (21:41)
● Barriers met and insights from building in a saturated category (24:39)
● What makes Beehiiv different (31:03)
● Other possibilities for Tyler if it were not building Beehiiv (36:21)
● The most underrated aspect about newsletters (39:52)
● Rapid Fire Segment with Tyler Denk (48:08)
● Steps Beehiiv took in becoming a VC-backed startup (49:41)
Build In Public Podcast is an interview show where KP chats with ambitious startup founders, CEOs, and top Internet creators to unpack their stories, insights, and lessons.
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Thanks for listening!
Links:
Tyler’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/denk_tweets
Beehiiv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beehiiv
Behiiv website: https://www.beehiiv.com/
KP’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiskp_
KP's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/KarthikPuvvadaKP
