Jake MccGwire 🐝

Head of Product @beehiiv . Creator economy expert.

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[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

2012: Launched a rugby charity in Uganda with brother (failed).

2013: Headed to Trinity to study Econ. Planned to become a finance bro.

2014: Realized I didn't like finance. Switched sights to mgmt consulting.

2015: Won a consulting competition. Landed an internship at Deloitte.

2016: Worked on blockchain during the internship. Loved it. Went to a blockchain hackathon. Met Kevin & @z_a_c_h_d , won it. Decided to start a company with our idea (Ticketchain).

2017: Doubled down on startup. Turned down a post-grad CS degree in London. Joined an accelerator. Raised some money.

2018: Full grind. Slept on sofas and in friends' parents' attics (s/o Kevin & Mark). Ran out of cash. Closed it down.

2019: Decided my career was in Growth. Moved to Australia. Joined @CamplifyTeam as Head of Growth.

2022: Took the company from $1.6M → $25M revenue. Paid out $60M to community members worldwide. IPO'd. Decided my career should be in Product. Moved back to the UK. Joined KOMI (pre-revenue) as a PM.

2024: Accidentally ended up in Growth & Marketing again. Built one of the most popular link-in-bio tools in the creator economy. Hit $1M revenue.

2025: Decided I definitely had to get back to Product. Joined @beehiiv as PM to own product expansion.

2026: Biggest quarter ever. Hit $30M ARR. Became Head of Product.

Wouldn't change a thing.

[MakerThrive @MakerThrive]

fixed it 🐝

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

This is the reaction we push for whenever we kick off a beta launch at @beehiiv 🔥

Want to see what else we're building? Join us on July 16th.
(RSVP here https://t.co/OmtkeTtwjV)

s/o @TheEVuniverse for the beehiiv love!

[Tyler Denk 🐝 @denk_tweets]

this is probably the project I'm most proud of in my entire career

on July 16th we're hosting the @beehiiv Summer Release Event 2026 — announcing the updates that will reshape this entire industry

virtual, free, 30 minutes. RSVP 👇

https://t.co/s6pLWIljnQ

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

Looking forward to the @CorridorDigital reaction/breakdown to this explosion... @SirWrender is going to be a happy man

[Tyler Denk 🐝 @denk_tweets]

we just crossed $30M ARR @beehiiv

here’s the “overnight success” that took 4 years:

14 months: $0 → $1m
12 months: $1m → $5m
9 months: $5m → $10m
6 months: $10m → $15m
5 months: $15m → $20m
5 months: $20m ��� $25m
4 months: $25m → $30m

and the $30M doesn't include the ~$15M of annualized revenue from Ads/Boosts 😏

[Tyler Denk 🐝 @denk_tweets]

🚨 friday job drop. we're on pace to double revenue in 2026 → come join us @ @beehiiv...

Product Marketing Manager
💰 $120K - $160K + Equity

Account Executive, Enterprise
💰 $180K - $190K + Equity

plus, we offer some ridiculous perks...

🌎 fully remote
💰 competitive salary
📈 401(k) match
🩺 insurance
🧘🏿‍♀️ monthly wellness day
📚 unlimited book budget
🏃🏽‍♀️ tons of autonomy

drop a comment if you're interested. shoot me a follow to stay up to date on our latest new roles (more coming soon)

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

@SantoshYadavDev @beehiiv fixed https://t.co/9HVxUPYFGg
(tldr: that page wasn't published yet for your website)

cc @JacobWolf @denk_tweets

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

Another standard month for @beehiiv ...
Here's everything we launched in April:
- Native podcast hosting
- New email layouts
- Metered Paywalls
- Paid trials
- New pricing options to paid subsciptions
- External subscribe forms V3
- Preset audiences for templates
- Duplicating automations across publications
- Podcast analytics MCP
- Podcast newsletter integration widget
- Podcast x YT integration
- Webinars
- MCP 2.0 (today!)

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

Anthropic: we just launched opus 4.7, routines, cowork projects, dispatch, Claude for excel and ppt, auto mode, mythos coming soon etc etc

OpenAI:…

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

@mrjordanbentley @JacobWolf @denk_tweets @beehiiv Hey @mrjordanbentley Send me a DM, let’s chat

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

@lukemiler @beehiiv @shortcutdotnews if you want me to walk you through it, DM me

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

If you're interested in switching your podcast to beehiiv, DM me and I can answer any questions.

[beehiiv 🐝 @beehiiv]

introducing Podcasts — host, distribute, and monetize your podcast directly on beehiiv

upload once, distribute everywhere
auto-transcript on every episode
real-time analytics (IAB-compliant)
private feeds for paying subscribers
keep all your revenue. always.

ready to record?

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

I was lucky enough to work as the product manager on the @beehiiv MCP with @hargettly & @denk_tweets .
Here's everything I learnt during the build so you can build one too.
https://t.co/xeAHoap05U

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

If you want to know how we launched the @beehiiv MCP - you can check it out here
https://t.co/xeAHoap05U

[Tyler Denk 🐝 @denk_tweets]

Q1 was the best quarter in @beehiiv company history..

💰 added ~$4.5M ARR
📨 sent 10B+ emails
📈 crossed 50K active users

welcomed some of the world's biggest media brands, upstarts, and creators:

Hearst, The Washington Post, Caper, LA Material, Joanna Stern, Hope King, Kyle Poyar, Tom Sietsema (plus thousands of others)

and shipped dozens of new features. here are a few of my favorites:

beehiiv MCP
on-demand ads
automations v4
dynamic content
website analytics
new media library
digital products v2
recurring email series
AI website builder v2
international currencies

starting Q2 off with a bang later this week 😈

[Louis Corneloup - eu/acc @louiscorneloup]

Just tested @beehiiv's MCP and it's really cool

A few things I've done:
> Calculate the subscriber LTV per acq channel (super time consuming to do with excel sheets)
> Analyze the newsletter performance and flag any deliverability drops
> Analyze our acq channels' OR/CTR

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

@louiscorneloup @beehiiv 🔥

[Jake MccGwire 🐝 @JakeMccGwire]

@wifiimoolah @beehiiv @wifiimoolah excited to see what you create!

[Joanna Stern @JoannaStern]

Some big personal news today!

- My new venture is called New Things! Newsletters, video, live events. Head to https://t.co/As5N4r24b5 and sign up. We're hard at work building and will launch this spring.
- I'm partnering with @NBCNews in a big way. As chief Tech Analyst, you'll see more of me on their TV and digital shows, plus New Things content coming to their platforms!

[beehiiv 🐝 @beehiiv]

today we're introducing On-Demand Ads — the next evolution of the beehiiv Ad Network.

no more waiting for new opportunities. no more scheduling weeks in advance.

just premium sponsorships, available whenever you want them