Publish21 - LinkedIn Authority Building For 9-5 Professionals

Varun Negandhi

Engineer → entrepreneur. 85,346 on LI.

Publish 21 Posts + Blueprint Your Next 100. Grow Your Brand, Network, & Career.

Every day on LinkedIn, you see 9-5 professionals sharing their latest AI skills. Landing top roles. Speaking on stages. And building impressive projects.

These opportunities come to people who became visible before they felt ready.

If that's what you want too, there are four paths to get there:

  • Authority: Share your lived experience to gain respect in your niche, invites to conferences, podcasts, and future books.

  • Climber: Layoff-proof your career, build credibility, and a network that gets you interviews without the application black hole.

  • Creator: You want a side income and an audience that shows up, so you get paid to share the tools and ideas you already love.

  • Founder: You want distribution before you ship, so when you launch, an audience is already listening.

These paths are not a fantasy.

From my first post to 863 posts, 28.1 M impressions, and 85,346 followers later, I have lived this reality.

It has brought inbound opportunities, 13.5K top professionals as 1st connections, and $136K+ in biz income.

Now, it's your turn.

This course is not just about writing 21 posts. The training & feedback set you up for the first 100 posts! (Easy)

Cohort 1 results
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What you’ll learn

In 7 weeks, you'll publish 21 posts (reviewed by me) + repeatable strategies for your first 100 posts. So you build a strong brand & career

  • Beat the Spotlight Effect that keeps most 9-5 professionals silent

  • Choose topics that stay corporate-compliant while growing your audience

  • See real examples of experts who published despite the fear

  • Develop your Galaxy - Star - Planet system that keeps you generating high-quality content in your expertise, career, and life galaxies.

  • Leverage 21 fill-in templates that make strong posts fast, during and after the cohort

  • Build a personal idea bank you can pull from for months after the cohort

  • Hook the reader with the I-Hook and Story Book Hook strategies that all top LinkedIn creators use (not just the "influencers")

  • Write posts on structures like PAS and OCR that hold a reader's attention

  • Turn a rough idea into a post-ready draft in 30 minutes

  • Leverage the Mentor Talks strategy to start conversations with target people who engage with your posts and view your profile.

  • Develop the art of commenting on LinkedIn to attract profile views and build relationships with fellow LinkedIn creators in your niche.

  • Study a breakdown of my key frameworks: RARe & WHW. Creating your own frameworks will bring niche experts in your industry to your content.

  • Get async post reviews from me before you hit publish.

  • Apply the Claude Podcast Strategy to put the You in your AI-assisted posts.

  • Run a pre-publish checklist so nothing ships looking AI-generated.

  • Follow a weekly workflow that fits around a full-time job and family life.

  • Stay consistent through group and mentor accountability, not willpower.

  • Leave with a plan to keep publishing well past post 21 to your first 100 (easy) and beyond.

Learn directly from Varun

Varun Negandhi

Varun Negandhi

Engineer turned entrepreneur on the back of LinkedIn authority building

Past students have worked at
Meta
Apple
Amazon
LinkedIn
NVIDIA
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Who this course is for

  • 9-5 Authority: You want to be the recognized voice in your niche, so your next speaking gig or role comes inbound to you.

  • 9-5 Climber: You know it's tough to land a job without visibility. So you want to create a brand & network that brings you opportunities.

  • 9-5 Creator or Founder: You want to build distribution so the day your product launches there's an audience ready to buy from you.

What's included

Varun Negandhi

Live sessions

Learn directly from Varun Negandhi in a real-time, interactive format.

7-Module Core Training with Weekly Live Lessons

1. 21 Post & Beyond Mindset > 2. Endless Idea Generation > 3. Hooks & Post Structure > 4. LinkedIn Profile Optimization & Algorithm > 5. Commenting Is The New Posting > 6. Your Next Level Network > 7. Your First 100 LinkedIn Posts

Weekly Deep Work Sessions

Dedicated weekly community calls (optional) where the cohort and I will meet to do deep work. We do 2-3 Pomodoro sessions to make progress on our LinkedIn brand building

1-1 Post Reviews By Varun (async)

Review drafts of publish-ready posts or published posts that didn't do well. (48-hr max response time on biz days.)

24x5 "Ask Varun" channel

Ask Varun questions in the community. (48-hr max response time on biz days.)

Accountability and community of peers

Writing alone is hard. Writing with a community is easy. Get inbuilt accountability from your cohort mates and Varun.

Templates - text and graphics

21 writing templates, editable carousel and infographic templates.

Tool stack for AI-assisted creating

How to leverage Claude Cowork (or your favorite AI tool) and Wispr Flow, to help you execute.

Networking Scripts

Scripts to navigate conversations with coworkers, the leadership team, trolls, and friends. Scripts for connection requests, comments, and DMs to target people.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

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Course syllabus

20 live sessions • 7 lessons • 21 projects

Week 1

Oct 1—Oct 4

    Oct

    1

    Orientation & Welcome Call

    Thu 10/13:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)

    Build Your 21-post-and-beyond Mindset

    4 items

    Oct

    3

    Live Session

    Sat 10/34:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

Week 2

Oct 5—Oct 11

    Oct

    7

    Optional: PM deep work session

    Wed 10/71:00 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)
    Optional

    Oct

    6

    Optional: AM deep work session

    Tue 10/63:00 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Endless Post Idea Generation

    4 items

    Oct

    10

    Live Session

    Sat 10/104:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

Free resources

Schedule

Live sessions

2 hrs / week

    • Thu, Oct 1

      3:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)

    • Sat, Oct 3

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Tue, Oct 6

      3:00 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

Publish 3 posts per week

2 hrs / week

Optional deep work sessions (AM and PM)

1 hr / week

Testimonials

  • I first got to know Varun through his comments on my posts. They weren't the usual "great post" filler (i.e. not ai slop lol). He'd add a real point, and it often turned into an actual back-and-forth, which is how the two of us ended up becoming friends.

    I've followed his LinkedIn writing for about a year now, and it's consistently practical, especially for job seekers and 9-to-5 professionals who want to build a reputation beyond their job title. What I respect most is that he built his own presence exactly the way he advises others to: by showing up and being useful, not by chasing a following. If that's what you're working on, he's a great person to learn from.

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    Jeff Su

    ex-Google. YouTuber (1.8M subs)
  • Varun's strength as a LinkedIn creator is that his posts are pretty actionable and grounded in reality, which benefits people from different realms. I am excited about his Publish21 cohort, which helps other working professionals start building their LinkedIn authority. Writing on LinkedIn has helped me with job transitions and in growing my brand as a creator. I have not only pivoted among consulting, finance, and tech; I have also pivoted from data to gen AI because of my writing and relationship-building. It has also allowed me to write a technical book and be invited to speak in my niche. I think every professional should write on LinkedIn to attract opportunities rather than chasing them.

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    Supreet Kaur

    Sr. Gen. AI Solutions Architech at AWS. LinkedIn Top Voice
  • I’ve closely watched Varun for years create impact through his voice on LinkedIn and drive lasting results through his words and valuable frameworks. Varun really shines in closing the gap between having expertise and actually writing it down. Most creators can tell you what worked for them. Varun can tell you why it works and hand you the framework to do it yourself.

    On my own end, publishing on LinkedIn has been one of the highest leverage things I've done as a STEM professional. It has resulted in incredible connections, media features and speaking opportunities, all while being a 9-5 employee.

    If you're a STEM professional sitting on expertise nobody can see, Varun is the person who gets you to finally hit publish!

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    Sohan Sethi

    Data Analytics Manager at HCSC
  • I invited Varun to host a masterclass in my Link Up community. He's such a great case study of a successful transition from Engineer to Education Entrepreneur. And let me tell you: He blew us away with his masterclass! So practical. So clear. So... lived! Everyone could (and should) learn from Varun. If you get a chance to hire this man for a workshop or 1-1 coaching, do not hesitate for one second. Varun means "gold" in my dictionary!

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    Jasmin Alić

    Founder LinkUp Community. 370K+ followers on LinkedIn
  • What I most like about Varun's LinkedIn content is how he blends authenticity with facts. His content clearly conveys the deep research and efforts that he puts into creating them. For anyone who is new to LinkedIn and is not sure how to start their writing journey, I will certainly recommend referring to Varun's content. As a big time LinkedIn enthusiast myself, I couldn't vouch more for how writing on LinkedIn could open doors for your career and professional growth that otherwise might seem impossible.

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    Rudra Roy Choudhury

    Senior Manager, Product Management at Capital One

Cohort 1

Past mentees are 9-5 professionals who've worked at these firms and industries.

Median experience: 8 years (range: 0–24 years).

Still on the fence:

✅ You'll thrive here if...

  • You're a 9-5 professional who knows more than your LinkedIn profile shows.

  • You're willing to publish before every post feels perfect.

  • You're ready to invest 3–4 hours each week for seven weeks.

  • You want opportunities to come to you instead of always chasing them.

  • You see LinkedIn as a long-term career asset, not just another social network.

❌ This probably isn't the right fit if...

  • You're looking for viral growth hacks.

  • You're only interested in passive learning.

  • You want someone else to write your posts.

  • You aren't willing to publish during the cohort.

  • You're expecting guaranteed followers, clients, or job offers.

Cohort 1 Makeup

Link to all results.

Current/Past companies
  • Google

  • Salesforce

  • Honeywell

  • Universal McCann

  • Accenture

  • NCR Voyix

  • Yahoo

  • Verizon

  • JumpCloud

  • Hilton

  • Prospero Health

  • IBM

  • Wipro

  • Fulfil

  • CharmHealth

  • Duke University


Titles and years of experience:
  • Staff Backend Engineer (22 years work ex)

  • Global AI Product Lead (16 years work ex)

  • Embedded Software Engineer (11 years work ex)

  • Security GRC Manager (7 years work ex)

  • Software Engineer (6 years work ex)

  • Data Scientist (6 years work ex)

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