Beginner Maps
Interviews with operators of top community business where they share their secret magic sauce. Learn the best of what operators of top community businesses have already figured out.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
From the US Marine Corps to community-led sales at a top startup - How Ben Regier did it
Ben Regier’s career is unique. Previously, he has served in the US Marine Corps and has been a store manager at Starbucks. Now, he is pioneering community-led sales as the Community Development Repre…
How Sofia started a non-profit community along with her career in venture capital
Sophia Haq is the founder and CEO at Muslim Women Professionals (abbreviated MWP) - a non-profit that promotes the empowerment of Muslim women globally. Here, she is building a community where divers…
How Derrick fixed the problem of a non-energizing work life by moving into community
Derrick is the community manager at Thrive TRM. He pivoted into the community industry in 2022 after 11 YEARS of experience in the sales industry.
Chapters:
- Thinking about what brings you the most …
How following his curiosity in public helped Sharath unlock new opportunities
Sharath Kuruganty has worked with some iconic community led companies like Product Hunt, OnDeck and currently Threado, where he is the Head of Community.
A fun fact - Threado’s co-founder, Pramod Rao…
How Bri got clientele for 1.5 years in 90 days
Bri Leever is the founder of Ember Consulting where she helps companies as their Brand Community Strategist working to create a community out of their superfans.
In this episode:
- 0:00 Teaser
- 9:02 …
How Shre geared off the established path by building community and consulting
Shre is the fractional Head of Community for Lenny Rachitsky’s paid community of 10,000+ product-minded people - one of the most popular paid online communities.
But that’s not it. He has pivoted awa…
How a side project helped Gaby find her passion and first job in community
Gabrielle Leith is the Community Manager at Grapevine.
She has a really interesting career path going from working in films at Toronto Film Festival to getting her first community role using a side p…
How Mac Reddin started Commsor, Community Club and the community-led movement
Mac is the founder/CEO of Commsor and Community club - 2 names that everyone in the community industry is familiar with. He is an entrepreneur, a visionary and the originator of the community-led mov…
From construction industry to the Community industry: Erin’s story of grit and optimism
Erin O’Neill might be the first community professional who planned her transition into community management.
Almost everyone you’ll meet in the community industry, has accidentally fallen into their …
How Prashant raised $1.5M on just a story with 3 characters
Prashant Mahajan is the founder and CEO of Zeda.io - a startup that’s building a super app for product teams. Previously, he had been a rockstar Product Manager at multiple high growth startups where…
How a non-traditional career path led Taylor to building communities at AltMBA and Groove
Taylor Harrington is the Head of Community at Groove - a support community for people who work for or by themselves. All over the world, people use Groove’s mobile app to instantly connect and conque…
How Rae’s first community role at a tech startup allows her to be a “the” instead of an “a”
Rae is the Head of Community at Topknot - a startup that provides an online personal development club that helps millennial women and non-binary individuals move forward in their personal development…
How Max Pete got into community management by helping communities he was already a part of
Max is the Community and Customer Support Lead at SuperHi - a startup that teaches people code, design and project management skills.
What's most interesting about Max is that if you visit his person…
Pramod's journey from working at a high-growth startup to building one
Pramod is the cofounder and CEO of Threado where he is building the "Command Center" for community builders. Threado gives community builders superpowers by allowing them to get actionable insights, …
How Kyle Hagge went from working as a high school coach to Lead Community Manager at Morning Brew
Kyle is the Lead Community Manager at Morning Brew - one of the world's fastest-growing business media companies that was recently valued at more than $75M. Kyle helped them in launching their first …