✈️ Future of Newsletters with Tyler Denk, Founder & CEO at Beehiiv

Inside: Inspiring Journey of Beehiiv's Visionary Founder & CEO

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Yong-Soo Chung
August 02, 2023

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If you’re reading this right now, you’ve already experienced a product built by Tyler Denk, Founder & CEO at Beehiiv, because this newsletter is built on Beehiiv.

Today, we’re joined by none other than Tyler Denk himself.

Beehiiv is growing like crazy and I was lucky enough to sit down with Tyler to talk about… what else? Newsletters.

Tyler and I spoke about:

  • 📈 His Thoughts on the Future of Newsletters

  • 🏆 His Role as the Growth Engineer at Morning Brew

  • 🕰 His First Venture During his College Days - VentureStorm

  • 📰 What Separates Great Newsletters from the Rest of the Pack

Here are a few juicy excerpts from today’s episode:

Building in Public: "I think fundamentally people align more with an individual person than a brand and kind of like self nominating myself as the face of the brand, being able to talk about the ups and downs of the business, what we're prioritizing, what's working, what's not working, sharing revenue numbers, sharing growth numbers, but also sharing things that we had tried that didn't work out." — Tyler Denk (24:41)

Future of Beehiiv: "We're looking to be acquirers. I believe we are the innovators in the space. We have a tremendous nucleus of talent. We have a very, very ambitious roadmap. And if Mailchimp could sell for $12 billion for what they accomplished, I think what we're building is far more ambitious and powerful than what they have built. And so we're looking to be innovators in the space. We're looking to make acquisitions. We're not looking to be acquired." — Tyler Denk (35:49)

This is an amazing episode you don’t want to miss!

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💬 Final Word

Hey all, I was invited by my friend Dennis Geelen to speak at the Solo Creator Summit this year!

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That’s it for this week.

See you next week!

Yong-Soo Chung — Serial Entrepreneur, Podcaster

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