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Ben Lang

@benln

Angel investing, building @nextplayso, prev early Notion team

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I know a bunch of 10x engineers (and other talented operators through next play) looking to join their next thing. Putting together more lists, who's hiring these days?

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3 years later, I can just about fund our weekly date nights through my Notion template revenue ❤️

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If you have a marketing crush on Notion, we have a great read for you on First Round Review.

Really tactical advice from Ben Lang, Lexie Barnhorn and Rachel Hepworth on how they approach community, influencers, and growth marketing, with the actual Notion templates the team uses.

If you have a marketing crush on @NotionHQ, we have a great read for you on @firstround Review. Really tactical advice from @benln, @lexxbarn and @rachelhepworth on how they approach community, influencers, and growth marketing, with the actual Notion templates the team uses.
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Here's a brand new list of 26 fast growing, breakout mid-stage startups with 100-250 employees, all backed by top-tier investors like Sequoia, Founders Fund, Khosla, Benchmark, Greylock, and a16z. All are hiring.
1) Pinecone Pinecone (New York / remote EMEA)
2) Inworld AI…

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Hands down, still the best swag I’ve ever seen.
Originally hand-designed by Ivan himself (founder/ceo of Notion) together with Waltz studio.

Hands down, still the best swag I’ve ever seen. Originally hand-designed by Ivan himself (founder/ceo of Notion) together with Waltz studio.
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Today I’m excited to share a little about the new company I’ve been working on:

Gestalt is the best way for businesses to deeply understand people.

In many ways, I view Gestalt as a Human Data Interface — a new kind of tool that reimagines how we think about data as humans,…

Today I’m excited to share a little about the new company I’ve been working on: Gestalt is the best way for businesses to deeply understand people. In many ways, I view Gestalt as a Human Data Interface — a new kind of tool that reimagines how we think about data as humans,…
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Thrilled to share the new next play podcast! I’m interviewing top founders, operators, and investors who’ve made big career moves recently. First two episodes with Cristina Cordova and Rex Woodbury are now live. More to come!

open.spotify.com/show/7HyB5uV1m…

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Here's a new list of 30 early-stage startups with less than 50 employees, all with significant traction, and most are backed by top-tier investors like Benchmark, a16z, Khosla, Elad Gil, Greylock. All are hiring.
1) Softr Softr (remote)
2) Spellbook Spellbook (remote)…

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Making a bad hire has compounding effects over time. Hiring slowly is one of the best things startups can do.

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One of the most brilliant things the Notion team did early on was to tag every customer conversation in Intercom. That way, it was easy to pull a list of the most requested features and bugs in real-time to inform the roadmap. Plus, anytime a new feature was released, it was easy…

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I used this Notion setup daily when I was dating seriously. It worked, found my wife.

I turned it into a template, let me know if you'd like to see it!

I used this Notion setup daily when I was dating seriously. It worked, found my wife. I turned it into a template, let me know if you'd like to see it!
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We're now 45 people in our angel investing group of current/former Notion team members 💪 reach out if you're working on something new, love to share more opportunities with the group.

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There has to be a better way to start Zoom conversations than asking, “where are you calling from”

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Here's a list of 25 early-stage startups with less than 50 employees, all with significant traction, and backed by top-tier investors like Sequoia, Index, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla. All are hiring.
1) Magic Magic.dev (remote / Bay Area)
2) Luma @lumalabsai (Bay Area)
3)…

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