Why Working for a Startup Sucks - Ep 21

Troy Munson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/troymunson/) and Daniel Berk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielberk/) reflect on startup growth, golf simulators, raising mini athletes, MVPs, newsletter empires, and what it means to let go of your role as your company scales. It’s a full founder therapy session. Show Notes: (0:00) We hit 21 episodes (and birthdays never end) (2:00) Troy’s golf simulator and raising a 3-year-old golf prodigy (6:00) Tiger Woods facts + how kids get great early (8:30) Should you tell people your startup idea anymore? (10:00) How beehiiv grew with early feedback loops (14:30) Why engineers should run early user interviews (21:00) Newsletter strategy secrets and the iceberg analogy (25:00) What scaling from 10 to 100 employees at beehiiv really looks like (34:00) Letting go of ownership as the company grows (36:00) A typical day in the life (and what got replaced by swimming) Links: • Troy Munson's LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/troymunson/ • Daniel Berk's LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielberk/ • Two Dads in Tech Newsletter – https://twodadsintech.com/ • Shop Two Dads in Tech – https://shop.twodadsintech.com/ • Listen on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/30GQP8FPJoKpLGpYBahlFP • Listen on Apple – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-dads-in-tech/id1785662964 • Check out Dimmo – https://www.dimmo.ai/ Follow the Two Dads: Subscribe, like, and share if you’re building, selling, or scaling in B2B SaaS. New episodes drop weekly.