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joining Notion early, tlv collective, highlighted opportunities

superhuman/notion calendar, highlighted profiles, more

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Ben Lang
February 06, 2024

welcome to the second edition of my newsletter! if you have any feedback, reach out at any point, replies to this email go directly to me.

how I joined Notion early (< 15  person team) with no job description

people often ask me how I started working at Notion early on. I love sharing this story. it’s a pretty unique path and a testament to how special the team is at Notion.

in 2018, I came across Notion on Product Hunt. it looked like an interesting product, so I signed up. over the next few weeks, I tried it out a few times. on the fourth try, it really clicked for me. I started moving all my notes and projects into Notion. for the first time, I felt as if I could visualize my brain with software.

my first cold email to founder/CEO of Notion:

superhuman+notion calendar

thank you to everyone who joined my superhuman/Notion Calendar live walkthrough! here is the recording. next up, I’ll be co-hosting a session with Alex Oppenheimer on how to build a CRM you’ll actually use with Airtable. RSVP here for whichever slot works best for you.

tlv collective

we're bringing TLV Collective back! for folks in Tel Aviv area looking to start their next big thing, this is for you. the best time to join is just as you decide to start something new, when you don't yet know what you'll start or who you'll start it with.

join a curated community and space for world-class entrepreneurs and operators who join forces to explore new ideas and support each other in building what comes next. no strings attached. apply for our upcoming 3 month cohort in Sarona, we'll have space for 12-15 people, with co-working 2 days a week.

we’re aiming to bring this concept to NYC soon!

highlighted opportunities

sharing a few great opportunities from my network. if you have any questions about these opportunities, reach out, I’ll do my best to help.

have an exciting role I should share in my next newsletter? submit here.

talent profiles

a handful of talented folks in my network exploring what comes next. if you’re interested in connecting with anyone from this list, reach out to me.

  • product leader (bay area): former VP and Head of Product, 8+ as a PM; 5 years on AI at Salesforce, looking for product lead role

  • founding designer (nyc): most recently founding designer at fast growing startup, worked at Cameo, Facebook. looking to join early stage company

  • PM (nyc): working at fast growing b2b saas company, looking to join mid stage company as PM or in BizOps / Chief of Staff / Customer Success role

  • community/marketing leader (nyc): most recently led community at Series F e-commerce company for 7 years, looking to lead community/marketing efforts

  • analytics lead (nyc): worked at pre-ipo, to ipo company for 5 years, looking for BI and Analytics roles as manager or IC.

looking for a new role? fill this out when you have a chance.

exploration

i’ve been playing around with perpexlity and arc search recently, i think both are building compelling versions of what the future of search looks like.

  1. perplexity - i’ve been really impressed with the response quality I get here from my search queries. on every search, you’ll get sources, images, and related searches. I’d recommend trying this out over chatgpt or google to see what you get.

  2. arc search - like every update from Browser Company, this one is exciting. the “browse for me” feature creates beautiful pages compiling resources on whatever your search might be. they’ve gotten really good at creating these kinds of delightful experiences and this one doesn’t dissapoint.

closing out

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