The Product Folks team is bang on as usual. This is such a good initiative. I definitely think this will be one of the best programs for community builders out there.
Super excited to launch Community Fund today, a project on which we at The Product Folks have been working super hard for the past few months.
Communities are already powering the next wave of products on the internet. We want to ensure that community builders don't face the same challenges that we did while building TPF.
We'll be sharing our entire community building playbook that helped us start and then scale a community in India from the ground up. Building a community? Go to the website and apply to be part of the initiative. Can't wait to work together and help you build impactful communities 🚀
Really interesting! Community building is now a critical component of product development. Will consider this approach when I need to start a community.
@suhasmotwani I'm a part of some amazing communities and I will definitely recommend them to go through this!
But at the moment, I'm building Nasch.io where we help companies build happier workplaces by predicting and solving problems like burnout, attrition and turnover using AI & Psychology!
Hola Product Hunters :D
So excited to take this live! Our mission with the Community Fund is to create a pay-it-forward movement to empower anyone looking to get interesting folks together, run a community & help others to earn a living doing what they love.
🔮 Why are we doing this?
When we were starting off The Product Folks, trust us, the journey was equally hard.
This is our way of giving back from the immense support we’ve received from the ecosystem and help build incredible communities globally.
Communities are great ways in which people learn, network and level up in their careers. We believe if there’s a supportive community for every need and domain, people part of the community will grow together.
Back when we started The Product Folks, we felt there was no playbook we could replicate to grow. We were short of resources on many fronts and there was added chaos of doing something for the first time. That adds to the fun but we hope you’ll have fun in many other ways :)
Over the last couple of months, we’ve been able to learn from some of the best global community managers and we feel that these learnings, if available at the grassroot level, can be a huge boost to the community you’re trying to build.
We hope this helps us bring the ecosystem together, putting our best resources in one pot, enabling us to learn and grow together at 10x rate and along the way make some wonderful friends :)
We're with you at every step, we promise. Come join us for this fun ride, DMs open in case there’s anything else we could help with: https://twitter.com/TheProductfolks
PS: In case you'd like to partner or you'd like to get involved, please drop a comment and I'll reach out to you, would love to chat :)
Everyone talks about the power of community and how important it is but this is a tangible and practical way to actually make this happen for folks, love it @suhasmotwani!
Hey Community Visionaries 🙌 🙋 🙋🏻♂️
It's a phenomenal opportunity If you are building a community from the scratch or looking to scale. Feel free to reach out to us, and grab a chance to be a part of the tribe👇👇
What will you get? 🤔
🕵️♂️ Access to inner circle of community builders
🏢 Help you set the vision for the community and roadmap planning
💸 Funds and Access to the pool of sponsors
⛓️ Mentorship from the folks who scaled it already
👥 1-on-1’s with Global Community leaders and office hours
🧰 Tools for hosting and engaging the community
📞 Access to curated speaker list
🔮 Tried and tested event planning workflow
We believe learning from other's mistakes is the best way to scale and we are here to open our playbook for you!
Looking forward to hearing from you soon✨✨
Thanks @kevin for hunting us!! 🙌
I have learned the most from communities (and people). I can definitely vouch for how useful this initiative is for many communities at different stages of their journey. Thank you and all the best!
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