First published
Sep 04, 2020
Format
1 - 1 Interviews
Schedule
Weekly
Total Episodes
121
Average duration
00:15:46

Indie Bites

Business Entrepreneurship Marketing

What it takes to build a community - Rosie Sherry, Indie Hackers

<p>Rosie Sherry is a community builder, indie hacker and founder. She currently runs the Indie Hackers community and also a weekly newsletter where she talks about building communities. Previously, Rosie founded Ministry of Testing.</p><p>In this episode we talked about:</p><ul><li>Rosie's background as an indie hacker</li><li>Going full time on Ministry of Testing, growing that into a £1m+ business</li><li>What it's like running the Indie Hackers community</li><li>What makes a good Indie Hackers post</li><li>How to make the most out of the platform</li><li>Why Rosie started Rosieland, her paid newsletter</li><li>What goes into building a community</li><li>How we can be a more inclusive community</li></ul><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><ul><li>Book: Anything from <a href="https://sive.rs/"><strong>Derek Sivers</strong></a></li><li>Podcast: <a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast"><strong>Indie Hackers</strong></a></li><li>Indie Hacker: <a href="https://twitter.com/monicalent"><strong>Monica Lent</strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Follow Rosie</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/rosiesherry">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://rosie.land/">Rosieland</a></li></ul><p><strong>Follow Me</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jmckinven">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/indiebitespod">Indie Bites Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://jamesmckinven.com/">Personal Website</a></li></ul><p>Thanks to <a href="https://weekendclub.co/">Weekend Club</a> for sponsoring Indie Bites.</p><em>‘I absolutely love being part of Weekend Club.’</em><p><em>‘Huge fan of Weekend Club and I love being part of it.’</em></p><p><em>‘Absolutely love this community.’</em></p><p>These are real testimonials for Weekend Club - the internet’s most helpful community for bootstrappers. If you’ve ever struggled meeting other solo founders and staying accountable, then this is for you.</p><p>We offer weekly Saturday deep working sessions with up to 30 bootstrappers, such as the founders of Simple Poll and VEED, an active Slack community and over 100 software discounts.</p><p>Go to <a href="https://weekendclub.co/">weekendclub.co</a> and enter a very limited promo code ‘Indie Bites’ for 50% off your first month.</p>
Published Oct 15, 2020