Founders who've collectively raised $450 million for their startups explain how their success came from their network and community.
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(02:00) — Michael Houck from Founding Journey: Creating a Community
(03:12) — Tyler Denk from Beehiiv: Encouraging early investors to become customers
(05:50) — Andrew Yeung from Fibe: Creating a sense of community by hosting parties
(09:57) — Steven Galanis from Cameo: Having a product that innately enables community building
(13:48) — Dara Ladjevardian from Delphi: The “big, small, big” framework
(16:13) — Sam Corcos from Levels: Speaking to customers enables community building
(17:43) — Zayd Ali from Valley: Joining founder communities to get startups off the ground
Follow Tyler's journey:
📝 Newsletter → bigdeskenergy.com
🐦 X → x.com/denk_tweets
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/tyler-denk
🚀 Startup → beehiiv.com
Follow Andrew's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/andruyeung
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/andyeung
🚀 Startup → meetfibe.com
Follow Steven's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/Mr312
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/stevengalanis
🚀 Startup → cameo.com
Follow Dara's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/daraladje
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/dara-ladjevardian
🚀 Startup → delphi.ai
Follow Sam's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/samcorcos
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/samcorcos
🚀 Startup → levels.com
Follow Zayd's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/zaydsyedali
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/zayd-syed-ali-4201101a9
🚀 Startup → joinvalley.co
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