A Founder’s Guide to Community

The best way to create & capture value within a community is by helping members find companions/teams/groups and work on something together. Everybody wants to belong and the only way you can retain community members for a healthy period is by facilitating meaningful connections and helping them build something together. This could mean multipl... See more

The work of building a great community goes much farther beyond simply moderating a Slack group. A great community needs regular events and meetups. They need ways for leaders to step up and invent their own traditions, create their own events, and run their own sub-groups. Leading a community requires making it easy for members to become advocates... See more

A community provides a place for users to share their insights and fascination with others, often leading to more sign-ups and active users. 

In this chapter, we’ll talk about how you can find your own communities (if you haven’t already) and how to uncover the kinds of problems that might be best suited for a minimalist business. I won’t lie. This process takes time, but done right and, most of all, done authentically, it will be the basis of how you move forward now and for years to co... See more