A Huge Announcement

Hey! Justin here, and welcome to Just Go Grind, a newsletter sharing the lessons, tactics, and stories of world-class founders! We’ve got a VERY special edition today.

I’m so excited to introduce Village Lane: The Vetted Community for Early-Stage Startup Founders.

Village Lane connects ambitious early-stage startup founders, both in-person and online, who have at least $100k in ARR or $250k in funding.

During the past few weeks, I’ve had dozens of conversations with founders and one thing is certain: Founders crave community.

So I’m building it.

But that’s not all.

In my career I've had several experiences that have led to the creation of Pillar:

• A transformative MBA experience at USC

• Working at VITALIZE Venture Capital for 2.5 years

• Growing my social media audience to 40,000+ followers

• Building this newsletter to 21,000+ subscribers

• Hosting 400+ podcast interviews with founders & investors

• Creating an angel investing community with hundreds of members

Now I'm focused on helping founders connect, build their personal brand, and create more successful businesses.

Village Lane’s in-person events will include things like:

• Co-working

• Social activities

• AMAs

• Retreats

The online component of Village Lane will include:

• A member directory

• Slack group

• Vendor suggestions

• Tech stacks

• An investor database

• Media exposure and amplification

• Personal branding assistance.

We'll also phase in monthly digital peer groups as membership grows.

This will all be built around our members and their needs.

I’ll share more details as this evolves.

Interested in joining?

Learn more or apply below.

Thanks for reading!

Best,

Justin Gordon

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