Ben Lang on Being Early at Notion, How to Build Community, Angel Investing & Taking Risks | Invested

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Ben Lang, an early employee at Notion and serial builder.
Ben is an angel investor, former founder and operator at high-growth startups. He served in IDF Intelligence and went on to co-found Mapme. Later, he joined Spoke, which was acquired by Okta. In 2019, he joined Notion, where he saw the team grow from 15 to 600+. He helped scale the team, build out their Ambassador program, influencer function, Consultants program, user conference, education program, template gallery, and more. Today, he actively makes angel investments (50+ investments so far) and advises a few startups. He is building the next play community to help people discover what’s next with curated opportunities, gatherings, and content.
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KEY TOPICS
[00:00] Intro
[03:50] How Michael and Ben Met
[05:05] Creating International Hummus Day
[11:05] Starting at Notion and Building the Community
[23:50] Why is Notion Different?
[25:54] How to Create a Unique Community
[30:15] Getting into Angel Investing
[35:50] Going from Building to Advising
[37:47] Pitching Yourself as an Investor
[44:00] The Best Place to Build a Startup
[47:08] Post Oct 7th: Why Live in Israel?
[49:50] Creating CoronaCrush
[53:09] Rapid Fire
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CREDITS
Executive Producer: Erica Marom
Producer: Sofi Levak
Video and Editing: Ron Baranov
Music and Art: Uri Ar
Design: Rony Karadi

[@martinvolinsky366]

Ben Lang 👏🏻 Incredible episode!

[@4nxy]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite podcasts :)

[@victoriaroitman9843]

Wow! So inspiring! I wish someone could teach me how to map things / network / projects...