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How They GrowHow They Grow
How beehiiv Grows: Becoming The Sweetest Newsletter Platform

How beehiiv Grows: Becoming The Sweetest Newsletter Platform

Tactical lessons from 0 to $1M/mo

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
5-Bit Friday's5-Bit Friday's
🌱 5-Bit Fridays: How to win on the internet, water bottles and viral growth, the hard question to ask when planning your strategy, and more

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: How to win on the internet, water bottles and viral growth, the hard question to ask when planning your strategy, and more

It's good to be back! Kicking 2024 off with edition #51 (and as a husband!)

Jaryd Hermann
Jaryd Hermann
🌱 5-Bit Fridays: How to win on the internet, water bottles and viral growth, the hard question to ask when planning your strategy, and more

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: How to win on the internet, water bottles and viral growth, the hard question to ask when planning your strategy, and more

It's good to be back! Kicking 2024 off with edition #51 (and as a husband!)

Why WeWork Died: Lessons from the plight of a $47B t̶e̶c̶h̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶u̶p̶ landlord

Why WeWork Died: Lessons from the plight of a $47B t̶e̶c̶h̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶u̶p̶ landlord

Fugazis, hubristic leadership, legal theft, over expansion, zealots vs pragmatists, and more.

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Greedflation, The Annual Strategy Planning Trap, learning vs impact, why experiments fail, and more.

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Greedflation, The Annual Strategy Planning Trap, learning vs impact, why experiments fail, and more.

#50

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Everyone is now above average, what makes a great acquisition, how to learn anything, and more.

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Everyone is now above average, what makes a great acquisition, how to learn anything, and more.

#49 (and a new format I'm testing out)

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Overchoice and how to avoid it, The Difficulty Ratio, big and bad A/B testing pitfalls, insights on product management, and more.

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Overchoice and how to avoid it, The Difficulty Ratio, big and bad A/B testing pitfalls, insights on product management, and more.

#48

How They GrowHow They Grow
How Cash App Grows: Becoming King For Block’s $24B Commerce Stack

How Cash App Grows: Becoming King For Block’s $24B Commerce Stack

The innovation stack, obsessing over distribution, leveraging cultural cachet as an advantage and moat, and breaking away in a crowded FinTech market through product velocity

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Avoiding "death by LLM", the most contrarian bet in venture capital, how to cope when you meet someone who is younger and more successful than you, and more.

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Avoiding "death by LLM", the most contrarian bet in venture capital, how to cope when you meet someone who is younger and more successful than you, and more.

#47

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Stop wasting time with backstory, the one thing PMs must do daily, shipping is just the beginning, who owns the context, and why you should test with fewer users

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: Stop wasting time with backstory, the one thing PMs must do daily, shipping is just the beginning, who owns the context, and why you should test with fewer users

#46

How Zapier Grows: Automating Growth

How Zapier Grows: Automating Growth

Lessons on scaling to $230M ARR, acquiring 3M users, and reaching a $5B valuation with just $1.3 million in funding.

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: The price ratio trick, bullshit management vs product management, strategic leadership, 10 actionable lessons on career/life/growth, and some visuals to change your thinking

🌱 5-Bit Fridays: The price ratio trick, bullshit management vs product management, strategic leadership, 10 actionable lessons on career/life/growth, and some visuals to change your thinking

#45

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