Notion Startups

Demand Maven, led by CEO Asia Orangio, focuses on customer discovery and go-to-market strategies for early-stage startups. The company emphasizes the importance of customer interviews and provides practical guidance on scaling businesses through evidence-based customer feedback rather than assumptions.

Lemlist is an email automation platform that uses advanced personalization (videos, dynamic images, personalized landing pages) to improve cold email reply rates. Guillaume Mubesh built a 'very ugly beta' in 2 weeks with 100 signups, then prepared for an AppSumo launch two months later where they generated $170,000 in two weeks. They've since grown to ~$650k ARR in under two years through Product Hunt (ranked #1 product of the day), community building, LinkedIn content, and their own cold email outreach using the product.