Podcast Creating a top in-person conference as a solo creator It’s the story of how one guy bootstrapped a global community conference out of his own pocket. And it worked!
Podcast Scaling a cohort-based community using hidden curriculum While most cohort based programs struggle to find customers after the first cohort, Paz Pizarski has been consistently increasing here cohort size at The Community Collective for 5 cohorts. In this episode, she unveals her magic sauce!
Podcast How to get top professionals sharing their secrets in your community Running Remote is community of 250+ remote work leaders from companies like GitLab, Dropbox, and Zillow who share everything—from compensation strategies to retreat venues. In this episode, Kasia tells how she built this culture.
Podcast Building a 5500+ member paid community around a newsletter Building a 5,500+ member paid community isn't easy. Abbey is one of the rare people who's managing just such a community at Health Tech Nerds. This episode is a must-watch for newsletter creators who are looking to turn their audience into a paid community.
Podcast Using transparency as your community strategy to get 100s of paying members John built a 250+ member paid community in just 4 months with an astonishing 1.5% churn rate. His inspirations? On Deck and World of Warcraft (yes the video game). He's the cofounder of Open Org, a paid community for progressive People & Culture leaders.
Podcast How to get 60% referral rates for a cohort-based community As Program Director at On Deck and now founder of Next Careers, Anthony Nardini has helped 1000+ senior operators navigate career transitions. He shares his playbook at Next Careers and why 60% of customers refer their most talented friends.
Podcast Building community as a solo creator without burning out Carrie Melissa Jones shares the blueprint for building successful online communities. She is the author of Building Brand communities, founder of the CMJ group, creator of her own community membership for community builders and leaders and a Youtuber.
Podcast How to turn a course into a transformational community Ashley Gore has managed to turn on-demand courses into a community experience that supports 1200+ paying members of Smart Passive Income's All-access Pass community (started by Pat Flynn).
Podcast Building community business for world’s top creators Jordan Godbey has built communities for world's top creators like Justin Welsh and Ali Abdaal. We spend an hour discussing his strategies, philosophies and tactics that you can use to start a $10k MRR community.
Podcast How to turn a bestselling book into a community business Stephanie Baiocchi is the community team of one at IMPACT where she manages the membership behind the bestselling book - They Ask You Answer by Marcus Sheridan.
Podcast Frameworks to build a profitable community business Bri Leever is filled with actionable frameworks for building a profitable community. She has honed them over the years by building communities through her consultancy - Ember Consulting.
Podcast Lessons from building 8+ communities - hear it from an investor Scott Amenta might be the most experienced person you'll meet when it comes to building a community business. He's simultaneously running multiple 7-8 figure community businesses through at Sylva, and building software to help community founders scale.
Podcast Building paid communities for top creators like Nik Sharma Shin Takeda is helping creators make bank by creating done-for-you membership Slack communities for them - with his agency Democratize Knowledge. Creator funnels their audience, Shin handles end-to-end operations of running their paid community.
Podcast Journey to 50k+ subscribers, $35k+ revenue in 1 year as a creator with a full-time job Jordan Cutler has done what most of us aspire to. He grew his newsletter to 50,000+ subscribers in just one year. Along the way, he has made $35,000+ in “passive” income, with $20,000+ coming from a cohort-based course on Maven.
Podcast Hosting masterminds that lead to a ridiculous retention rate Ryan Wardell is the CEO and cofounder of Startup Sauce, a private membership for SaaS founders outside of Silicon Valley doing $5k+ in MRR. In this episode, Ryan shares his "magic sauce".
Podcast How to host 200+ meetups in 35 countries in one year Shreman Shrestha is the Head of Community for the Friends of Lenny’s Slack community. In this episode, Shre discusses how this community is able to organise 200+ in-person meetups per year, challenges with organising a great mentor matching program, working with volunteers and more.
Podcast How to build community business that does $400k+/yr Daniel Vassallo is the cofounder of Small Bets - a private community membership for indie hackers, solopreneurs and wanna-preneurs. Lots of hot takes here. Things like charging a one-time fee for a lifetime access or paying guests to do live classes in the community.
Podcast How to build courses that busy professionals love Kyle Hagge led the community efforts at Morning Brew's Learning division as a Director of Community. This interview is a “reflection episode” where Kyle takes us back to this time and shares his “magic sauce”.
Podcast Bootstrapping a paid community to 100+ paying members Charlie Ward is the founder of Ramen Club - a private community of 300+ bootstrapped SaaS entrepreneurs. In this interview, Charlie shares the origin story of Ramen Club and how he organises in-person meetups in different cities of the world and more.
Podcast What it takes to build a premium community membership Erin Halper is the founder/CEO of The Upside - a private community of independent consultants. They were recognized as one of Circle's top performing communities out of more than 10,000 communities! In this episode, Erin reveals what she does differently and the mistakes she has learnt from.
Podcast Creating a full community events calendar with a team of 2 Clara Ma is the founder of Ask a Chief of Staff, a community membership business that helps Chiefs of Staff level up in their career. This episode is a masterclass on building a valuable events calendar in your community.
Podcast Don’t try to engage every member the same way Ece Kurtaraner is the community consultant for Generalist World, a fast growing community membership business that helps generalists grow in their careers. Her key insight - "Don’t overthink it, don’t try to make it perfect and keep experimenting."
Podcast How to host a memorable online event with a guest Michelle Varghese is the community manager for Small Bets, the largest private online community for entrepreneurs. In this episode, she dives into the practical aspects of running 5-10 live guest classes per month at Small Bets.
Podcast How a challenge can 5x your community growth Anthony Castrio is the founder and CEO of Indie Worldwide, a private community of bootstrapped founders. In this interview he shares his revenue, how he attracted new members in the early days using a challenge.
Podcast How to build a business around a free community Grace Ling is the founder and CEO of Design Buddies, a free community with 64k members on Discord and a total audience of 150k. Here she leads a vibrant online community, does in-person meetups around the world, sponsored partnerships, helps designers land jobs and is even organising a conference.
