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Most meetings are a waste of time.
But there's an easy fix.
The 10% rule––how it changed my company and will change yours too:
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Back for Day Two of @unboundevent. Thanks to the @HubSpot team for putting on such an amazing event.
Getting ready to listen to @darrenchait of @beehiiv (my personal go-to for newsletters, etc.) and @Denhoff_ of HubSpot talk about the importance of storytelling in B2B marketing.
Follow me (and this post) to keep up with insights, videos, images, and other content from today's highlights!
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owning a business is saying “after this week things will calm down”
every week
for the rest of your life
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crying in the middle of times square is both a core memory & a canon event 🥹
every one of these creators started with one subscriber & today watched themselves on a billboard. the people building the next gen of media shouldn't rent their audience — your voice belongs on beehiiv 🐝
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everything we launched at our summer release event is now LIVE 🐝
→ community
→ podcasts
→ AI copilot
→ a new visual editor
→ every way to monetize
→ an AI website builder
ready to create?
read about all the features here: beehiiv.com/summer-release-o…
changed the game. once again!
today was the biggest day in @beehiiv history
we launched Community — joining your newsletter, podcast, website, products, ads, and subscriptions
no algorithms
no platform fees
no gatekeepers
just one platform to power your entire content business
everything we announced 🧵
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my two strongest beliefs right now:
1/ the SaaS apocalypse is dramatically overblown
2/ the creator economy is the future of media
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creators and publishers should own and control their work
I’m thrilled to announce beehiiv’s partnership with @Cloudflare
making @beehiiv the first content platform that gives publishers and creators control over which AI bots can access their content
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some photos from our company offsite in San Diego last week... want to join the next one?
we're looking for a @beehiiv user who knows the platform super well to become a Senior Product Marketing Manager
reports directly to our CMO.. drop a reply or DM if interested 👇
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Q1 was the best quarter in @beehiiv company history..
💰 added ~$4.5M ARR
📨 sent 10B+ emails
📈 crossed 50K active users
welcomed some of the world's biggest media brands, upstarts, and creators:
Hearst, The Washington Post, Caper, LA Material, Joanna Stern, Hope King, Kyle Poyar, Tom Sietsema (plus thousands of others)
and shipped dozens of new features. here are a few of my favorites:
beehiiv MCP
on-demand ads
automations v4
dynamic content
website analytics
new media library
digital products v2
recurring email series
AI website builder v2
international currencies
starting Q2 off with a bang later this week 😈
Another day, another mind blowing implementation of AI that has changed the way I work.
Today, it's me outsourcing complex logic, architecture and visualization to @eraserlabs. Check out this diagram I was able to generate from a simple business problem prompt!
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Hustling to be on my game at work, but cracking inside seeing family, friends, and nations suffering.
It has been a difficult week for many, have extra compassion out there.
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I know it is hard for founders to focus on reducing customer churn when your stomach is churning from watching the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. It is hard to focus on growth while you're watching so much destruction. It is hard to focus on optimizing lifetime value when you're watching one of the most inhumane attacks in your lifetime. It is hard to be present when your head and your heart are elsewhere.
Take the time to care for yourself and others. Your morals matter more than metrics.
As a Jew in Australia, I feel the same way except we're seeing "gas the Jews" on our doorstep outside the Sydney Opera House.
It's a scary time. Please everyone, stand-up and call out this terrorism for what it is.
Looking forward to visiting Bucharest this October to join the How to Web Conference 2023 - the leading startup & innovation event in Eastern Europe. 🚀
See you there! #howtoweb2023 app.speechifai.tech/s/FWnjR8…
Probably the Calendly feature I've been waiting the longest for...
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A couple startups I work with have been burned by landing their "stretch" exec candidates.
It's tempting to hire ahead and get a seasoned candidate you can grow into.
But that doesn't get you what you need. Better to hire for what you need today and optimize for high slope.
The loudest voice in the room...
Rarely belongs to the most intelligent mind.
Here's how to build a culture where the best ideas win:
It's not enough to just talk the talk.
It's time to walk the walk.
While it may seem like a large feat to switch to an idea meritocracy at your organization, there's no better time than now.
It's made a world of difference in my company and will change yours as well.
That’s all for today.
If you found this thread valuable:
1. Follow me for more threads on business, leadership, & productivity → @darrenchait
2. Check out how my team at @hugoproduct is changing the way people think about meetings ↓ hugo.team