How a 7-year-old paid community works
How Dreamers & Doers has sustained and grown a paid membership community based on mutual support, personal and professional growth.
Routines vs Rituals
Rituals add intention, creativity and meaning while routines are about doing the same thing over and over. How can you add more rituals to your community?
Community Business Models
Community business models are unique and landing on one that works for you is more art than science.
Community Builder Origin Stories
How you can tap into your own instincts and past experience to connect people based on what has always felt natural to you.
Finding Balance in Community
The goldilocks way to maximize connection in a community. With reflections from Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek Murthy.
How to Invite People to Your Community
Sharing why your community exists gets people thinking bigger than just what their own needs are. This is how to invite new people to what you're building.
How to Make Business Decisions
A framework to help you stay tethered to your business model even as it’s changing.
Books for Community Business Leaders
A running list of the books that have informed how I think of community, business and how the 2 ideas intersect.
How to Build a Community Business
A framework that explores the who, why, what and how of building a community that is also a business.