#399: Tyler Denk – Turning Down $50 Million
Episode description
Tyler Denk is the founder of beehiiv, a newsletter platform that was started in October 2021. He previously worked for Morning Brew and Google.
0:00 Intro
0:55 Turning Down $50 Million Offer
5:43 What Makes Tyler’s Mindset Different?
7:32 Lessons From Morning Brew
9:30 Established Company Or Startup?
12:39 The Downsides Are Never As Bad…
15:23 Exceptionalism
20:10 Envy Of Austin Rief & Alex Lieberman (Morning Brew)?
25:02 Working For Google
26:33 Lessons From Morning Brew, Part 2
32:33 Launching beehiiv
38:02 Removing The Noise?
39:41 Mental Wellbeing & Stress
46:55 “I Will Not Let Myself Fail”
48:55 Elon Musk
50:02 SpaceX Interview
53:48 GoDaddy Fiasco
1:00:02 Arnold Schwarzenegger On beehiiv
1:03:04 Remote Vs. In-Person
1:07:33 How To Improve Writing
1:10:55 Weirdest Habit
1:12:01 Favorite Books
1:16:22 Meeting Heroes
1:18:33 Challenge
Links
The Key To Being A Successful Entrepreneur by Tyler Denk: https://medium.com/venturestorm-blog/the-key-to-being-a-successful-entrepreneur-86824a1f3b2d
The Elon Musk Post Series by Tim Urban – https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/03/elon-musk-post-series.html
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann – https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555
Burn Rate by Andy Dunn – https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Rate-Launching-Startup-Losing/dp/0593238265
Tyler’s Links
Website: https://www.beehiiv.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/denk_tweets
My Links
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda