About Me

Hey, I’m Jay! 👋

I write essays and grow startups.

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🙋🏻‍♂️ My Background

In March 2023, I cold-emailed the CEO of my favorite startup. I thanked him for his work and then pitched ways I could help grow the company.

3 months later, I was hired as a growth marketing intern. Since then, I’ve helped and observed Tyler Denk and the beehiiv team raise a $12.5M series A, grow to 150k+ users, and reach $5M in ARR.

Before that cold email, I curated what I like to call a “portfolio of unique experiences online”. I grew multiple YouTube channels to 15k+ subscribers, grew an Instagram page to 120k+ followers then sold it, and created and marketed several digital products (all while balancing high school and sports).

Nowadays, I write essays on my personal blog and grow tech startups.

About Me

Grew an Instagram page to 120k followers then sold it (1 exit? 🤔)

Grew multiple YouTube music promotion channels (when I was 15)

Wrote, published, and marketed the Instagram Playbook e-book

Developed and marketed the Content Multiplication System course

Interned at beehiiv (a tech startup) and built the beehiiv 101 resource

Grew and sold the Newsletter Nerd newsletter (2nd exit? 🤔)

What I’m Doing Now

Writing essays and tweets about startups, entrepreneurship, and life.

Content strategist for Z Fellows - a startup activator that lowers friction to start a company.

Building the Startup Archive - a library of timeless wisdom from the world’s best founders and investors

Content strategist for Noah Kagan - I’m researching, writing, and designing content for Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Last updated 11/27/203

🤔 Questions

A weird hobby of mine: I collect questions like my friends collect sneakers.

Here are a few questions on my mind…

Opportunity Cost - What am I saying no to by saying yes to this opportunity?

Second-Order Effects - What are the second and third-order effects of this decision?

Fluid Beliefs - What have I been wrong about lately?

Alignment - Are the results I’m expecting aligned with the habits I am following each day?

Presence - Is taking things so seriously improving my performance? How can today feel like play?

Think Bigger - How can I complete my 2-year goal in the next 3 months?

Positioning - How can I stack the odds in my favor?

See my full questions database here.

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