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

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Check out the full episode below:

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📖 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

🧠 23 habit-making insights

👩‍💻 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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