Founder's Journal How Tyler Denk Took Beehiiv from 0 to $750,000/month in 2.5 Years
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Oct 25, 2023 
Tyler Denk, co-founder of Beehiiv, discusses how he took the newsletter platform from 0 to $750,000/month in 2.5 years. They talk about surviving rejection, financial advice, and the economics of obesity. They also discuss building a strong early team, maintaining communication in a remote team, and understanding motivation and ambition.
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Tyler's College Startup Experience
- Tyler Denk founded Venture Storm in college, connecting entrepreneurs with developers on campus but it wasn't very successful.
- This early failure taught him how to build from zero to one, talk to users, and market with no budget.
Choose Impact Over Comfort
- Choose riskier, high-impact roles where you can make a real difference early in your career.
- Tyler chose Morning Brew over Deloitte because he wanted to be the only person building something meaningful.
De-risk Before Going Full-Time
- De-risk going full time on your startup by building an MVP, validating market demand, and securing funding first.
- Tyler built Beehiiv's MVP while at Google and raised a seed round before committing full-time.