How beehiiv’s Referral-Powered Growth Engine Propelled It to $30M+ ARR
with Tyler Denk — Cofounder & CEO
Tyler Denk built Morning Brew's growth engine as employee #2, then turned referrals into beehiiv's own flywheel. How a referral-powered loop carried the newsletter platform past $30M ARR.
In this episode
- Why Tyler built beehiiv on a 0% take rate and calls Substack's model "predatory"
- How building in public has become a secret weapon that propels beehiiv’s growth
- Features in beehiiv’s recent launch, including Community, Copilot, and a new visual editor
- Why Tyler believes AI will ultimately make human-created content more valuable