#17 Communities as a foundation to kick-starting your product & brand - with Monica Lent @Bloggingfordevs

Monica Lent is a passionate Software Engineer & Entrepreneur with more than 10 years of experience. Next to her first startup affilimate.com, she regularly launches new products, services, and communities such as blogginfordevs.com. 

Monica shares in this episode many practical tips and examples on how to build up your own community and the need for companies to move beyond acquiring customers and connecting closer to their audiences.

 
Table of content:

• 0:30 - Intro Monica Lent
• 3:50 - 12 Startups in 12 months
• 6:25 - How she got started with her first paid community
• 8:50 - Community vs. customer base
• 13:30 - Importance of communities for businesses
• 18:35 - Launching fast vs. researching too long
• 20:10 - Learnings on starting with SaaS product
• 33:30 - Mistakes to avoid when starting with a SaaS product
• 39:30 - Bootstrapping vs. funding
• 42:50 - Monica’s top 5 tips to successfully build a community

Wanna connect with Monica?

• https://monicalent.com/
• https://twitter.com/monicalent
• https://bloggingfordevs.com/

 
Monica's reads & recommendations: 

• https://rosie.land/
• https://nathanbarry.com/wealth-creation/
• https://robwalling.com/2015/03/26/the-stairstep-approach-to-bootstrapping/
• https://stackingthebricks.com/why-you-should-do-a-tiny-product-first/

 
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