Tyler Denk

I wasn't in any Discord channels.

And like the point of that story is like, I thought I could will myself into being a founder in this space that I had no credibility whatsoever.

I had no connections.

I just wanted to be a crypto guy.

Lesson learned, I sold three of those and I still have 997 in my basement at my house.

In complete contrast to that, what you alluded to at the Morning Brew story, like when I joined Morning Brew as the second employee, I had built the referral program.

I had built the growth mechanisms.

I've seen what success looks like from the inside of that business.

And Morning Brew became this golden child of the newsletter ecosystem.

And as newsletters became more and more popular, I became like the newsletter person out of experience and credibility.

So I preface all of that as like, what is the first step there?

One was like actually just having the experience at Morning Brew and being able to lean in that credibility of I have done this before.

And now I'm building something that I think we could, quote unquote, democratize access to the same tools that Morning Brew had.

Yeah.

And whether you raise capital or go at it bootstrapped, I think it's important to know, like, in the early days, all you really have is that story, right?

Like when I'm pitching investors, it is I did this at Morning Brew and I believe I can do it again and do it for more people.

Storytelling, I think, is the biggest asset as a founder, especially in the early days, because that's before revenue, before customers, before traction.

yeah i mean i could have used that back when i was starting my crypto company and sold three of my cold storage wallets but yeah 100 so yeah i think credibility is huge the other thing and it's like the the greatest thing about being online and creating content is like you can find people who are interested in the same things that you are and so as i'm doing this like year building beehive as like a side project on nights and weekends i'm on twitter just connecting with everyone who has a newsletter

whether they are a known newsletter, whether they're an up and coming, whether they are a writer and operator.

I'm trying to understand what are the pain points that they're experiencing.