Product Strategy

Jun 4, 2026

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6 min read

Confessions of a failed founder.

What I learned shutting down my first startup (originally published in 2018)

Jake MccGwire

Product Strategy

Feb 21, 2026

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9 min read

Upsells. Upsells. Upsells

The secret behind beehiiv's biggest month ever.

Jake MccGwire

It's time to start thinking about your AI strategy

Jan 25, 2026

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12 min read

It's time to start thinking about your AI strategy

A step-by-step guide for founders and PMs to develop an AI roadmap.

Jake MccGwire

Product Strategy

The Great Expansion: Breaking Down beehiiv's Winter Release

Dec 2, 2025

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12 min read

The Great Expansion: Breaking Down beehiiv's Winter Release

Here's what you need to know about the Winter Release Event (and how it all fits into our strategy)

Jake MccGwire

How to make LinkedIn a better platform for creators

Nov 11, 2025

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11 min read

How to make LinkedIn a better platform for creators

If I was the Head of Product at LinkedIn, here are five features I'd add to get more creators on the platform.

Jake MccGwire

Product Strategy

Lessons learned from 90 days at beehiiv (part 2)

Nov 3, 2025

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10 min read

Lessons learned from 90 days at beehiiv (part 2)

How to identify the magic, prioritise what to build and get the most out of your product & engineering teams

Jake MccGwire

Product Strategy

Oct 24, 2025

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11 min read

All roads lead to link-in-bio

Why link-in-bio tools lack defensibility, and why every platform eventually builds their own (by someone who used to be a product manager at one)

Jake MccGwire

Product Strategy

Confessions of a failed founder.

Upsells. Upsells. Upsells

It's time to start thinking about your AI strategy

The Great Expansion: Breaking Down beehiiv's Winter Release

How to make LinkedIn a better platform for creators

Lessons learned from 90 days at beehiiv (part 2)

All roads lead to link-in-bio

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