Lolita Taub (General Partner @ The Community Fund)
Productizing yourself and streamlining requests through tech, non-obvious benefits from building an audience, and core pillars of thriving online communities
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This week we had on Lolita Taub (@lolitataub) at The Community Fund.
Lolita is a force of nature, and she is universally loved by everyone in the startup world. In her role at The Community Fund, she focuses on backing community-led businesses that create outsized returns.
In this talk, we discuss:
Productizing yourself and streamlining requests through tech
Non-obvious benefits from building an audience across platforms
Core pillars of thriving communities and thoughts on the current and future states of community building
Check out the full episode below:
📖 Links we like:
👥 Community equity = ultimate network effect
🔑 Tactical advice on building a paid community
💬 Thoughts on the increasing importance of narrative
💥 100+ places to launch, relaunch, and list your product
👩💻 UX teardown for different software tools
💁♂️ How to not ruin relationships in business or life
🏆 Why online credentials are the new status symbol
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Newark Venture Partners is looking for an investment associate in the NYC area
Seedstars is looking for a remote General Partner
Launch House is looking for a remote Community Lead, Founder Community
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