"When Yang was 16, he cold-emailed Tyler Denk, the CEO of beehiiv, with a list of ideas on how he could help. That email turned into an internship where he built beehiiv 101, a course that's helped beehiiv's 26,000+ users unlock the platform's potential. At 17, he sent Noah Kagan a 19-page pitch deck breaking down gaps in his social media and email marketing,"
"Work for your favourite founder: master strategic positioning Demonstrate your worth through action rather than promises. Pick the entrepreneur first, then create the role by showing exactly how you'd fill it. Here's how. Attack the spaces others ignore Your favorite entrepreneur gets hundreds of messages daily. Their Instagram DMs are packed with requests, their LinkedIn inbox bursts with connection attempts."
Proactively create roles by identifying a favorite entrepreneur and demonstrating how to fill unmet needs through concrete work. Jay Yang secured internships and high-paying roles by cold-emailing entrepreneurs with specific ideas, building an educational course for beehiiv's users, and delivering a 19-page pitch that led to a $150,000 head-of-content position. Target entrepreneurs’ ignored channels, produce deliverables before being asked, and use those outputs to prove capability and learn the founder’s operating system. Positioning through action reduces competition from mass job applicants and enables opportunities that command significant compensation and rapid career growth.
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