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Every company starts as a community. As they grow up, they just forget. They must return to Neverland.

Wealth is something rarely talked about amongst community builders. It's taboo. But there's an opportunity to have a more nuanced conversation about the intersection of business an…

Adding some sort of kickstarter functionality to this would be really interesting. Or making it possible to earn ownership points by investing money, though I imagine that might al…

Really solid list of tools for any startup that's building a new community from the ground up. Love to see more companies "building in public".

Learned the hard way. Have you ever had this experience?

What have your epiphanies been?

It was definitely broad and sure doesn't cover the entire spectrum of companies. I do believe that it include a whole lot of startups today though, and I hope that this helps them …

How am I shutting down debates? I think it's important to respond to anyone who has a unique perspective.

"Some business models are "get as many users as possible, get acquired, and live as a loss leader for a larger organization" and that's perfectly fine." I agree, and address that i…

Yea that's a good point...though one could argue that they're still selling a product, the insurance. But yea this model may require a different approach.

So you disagree with what the post is saying?

I'm trying to respond to the content of your post. If it's such common sense then it should be easy to come up with examples. I'd argue that there isn't much in between. Either you…

"maybe some products should not be free and the creators should consider paying for them"? Not sure what you mean by the creators should consider paying for them.

Any examples?

How is this marketing? It's about validating an idea to make sure you're building the right thing.

"Like, getting situated, getting everything working, working out the kinks, evaluating possible monetization models, etc. etc." What does getting situated mean? Working out what ki…