Michael Houck

85,000+ founders read my free weekly newsletter. Follow me to learn about startups and venture capital.

I didn't know what a startup was until after college. I wasn't lucky with connections or mentors.

But within a few years my startup raised $23 million from a16z + other investors.

Along the way I:
· Cold emailed my way into an early role at Uber Eats
· Got laid off by Airbnb during COVID
· Built an audience of ~100K across LinkedIn and X
· Started a coliving residency for startup founders in Tulum
· Co-founded a venture fund and made over 50+ early stage investments (incl. Figure and Beehiiv)

More recently I've bootstrapped my personal holdco from $0 to $100K MRR in under 2 years. We help founders through content, connections, capital, and services:

· megaphonestudio.com → let my content agency build your newsletter or social media audience
· megaphone.network → partner with big creators in your niche

· join.foundingjourney.com → get my weekly playbooks and advice alongside 75k founders (for free)
· upgrade.foundingjourney.com → get ~100 fundraising case studies from founders I interviewed
· go.foundingjourney.com/fundraising → get connected with investors (including me)

I'm also building a new YouTube channel. Here's a recent video on the history of Silicon Valley: youtu.be/alUQxEldEMM

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After 8 years as a management consultant, working across the UK, Middle East, and US, Ayomi discovered her passion for the Creator Economy during the pandemic, when she joined TikTok's Communications team and went on to become the Global Head of Internal Communications.

She is now a full-time founder building in the Creator Economy space and is a part-time TikTok Creator, who has been featured in Business Insider 5x as both a Founder and Creator. 

Ayomi is a committed Diversity & Inclusion advocate and provides free career mentoring calls, focused on Women of Color, to her global TikTok community.

Ayomi Samaraweera

One of the most frequently asked questions I get is how to land a job at Notion if you're just starting your career. Well, good news—we've just launched our first-ever Early Careers Program on the People team.

This is huge. For years, we've focused our early career opportunities in the Engineering org. Now we're opening the door to the team who shapes our talent bar and creates the environment for our people to do the best work of their careers here.

We’re looking for someone who sees a blank page as an opportunity, not a roadblock. You'll work directly with People leadership to ship real impact across the employee lifecycle - from Global onboarding, to Employer Brand, to Internal Mobility and beyond.

If you're the kind of person who moves fast, creates clarity from chaos, and wants to help build a generational company from the inside out-this is your shot.

What we're looking for:
⭐  A builder's mindset (high agency, bias to action, strong project execution)
⭐  Operational rigor and a high quality bar (taste matters, end-to-end thinking, data driven)
⭐  AI curious (excited to build with AI to reduce busywork and scale impact)
⭐  A strong communicator with the ability to bring cross-functional partners together

If you or someone you know wants a front row seat helping shape the future of work at Notion - take a look and apply today!

Open article: Early Career People Projects by jobs.ashbyhq.com

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