#399: Tyler Denk – Turning Down $50 Million

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