Joining Beehiiv as employee #7 and getting promoted to COO

This Week in Finance Tech

Welcome to the first episode of the operators only podcast. We sat down with Preeya Goenka the COO of Beehive to talk about:

• Her journey from finance to tech startups.
• What it's like on the inside of one of the fastest-growing software companies in tech
• Working with founder / CEOs
• Joining as employee #7 (Chief of Staff / the first non-technical hire)
• Becoming COO
• Lessons learned from acqui-hiring other startups into Beehiiv
• Scaling an ads network
• and more

For real-time updates on beehiiv and to follow Preeya’s work more closely, check out the links below:

beehiiv : https://www.beehiiv.com/
beehiiv on Twitter : https://x.com/beehiiv
beehiiv on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/beehiiv/

Preeya's Twitter : https://x.com/gopreezy
Preeya's LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/preeya-goenka/
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) Teaser
(00:00:58) About the Episode
(00:01:50) Introduction and Background
(00:04:16) Career Progression at CM Group
(00:06:21) Joining Beehive as Chief of Staff
(00:08:29) Chief of Staff to COO Transition
(00:11:45) COO Role and Dynamics
(00:13:51) Acquiring Companies: Swapstack and TypeDream
(00:17:18) Building Beehive's Ad Network
(00:24:00) Acquisitions and M&A Strategy
(00:30:31) Ad Network Development and Future
(00:40:07) Personal Motivation and Career Choices
(00:42:59) Private Equity vs Venture Backed Companies
(00:45:44) Outro

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