What it takes to build a community - Rosie Sherry, Indie Hackers
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.
In this episode we talked about:
- Rosie's background as an indie hacker
- Going full time on Ministry of Testing, growing that into a £1m+ business
- What it's like running the Indie Hackers community
- What makes a good Indie Hackers post
- How to make the most out of the platform
- Why Rosie started Rosieland, her paid newsletter
- What goes into building a community
- How we can be a more inclusive community
Recommendations
- Book: Anything from Derek Sivers
- Podcast: Indie Hackers
- Indie Hacker: Monica Lent
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