Founders Who Raised $447M on... Community

Founders who've collectively raised $450 million for their startups explain how their success came from their network and community.

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(00:00) - Michael Houck Intro
(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 → https://bigdeskenergy.com
🐦 X → https://x.com/denk_tweets
💼 LinkedIn →   / tyler-denk  
🚀 Startup → https://beehiiv.com

Follow Andrew's journey:
🐦 X → https://x.com/andruyeung
💼 LinkedIn →   / andyeung  
🚀 Startup → https://meetfibe.com

Follow Steven's journey:
🐦 X → https://x.com/Mr312
💼 LinkedIn →   / stevengalanis  
🚀 Startup → https://cameo.com

Follow Dara's journey:
🐦 X → https://x.com/daraladje
💼 LinkedIn →   / dara-ladjevardian  
🚀 Startup → https://delphi.ai

Follow Sam's journey:
🐦 X → https://x.com/samcorcos
💼 LinkedIn →   / samcorcos  
🚀 Startup → https://levels.com

Follow Zayd's journey:
🐦 X → https://x.com/zaydsyedali
💼 LinkedIn →   / zayd-syed-ali-4201101a9  
🚀 Startup → https://joinvalley.co

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