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 and growth journey.

What I find super interesting about her is that this is not only her first official community role, but also her first role in a tech startup! She is coming to the community space after a long and varied professional background spanning non-profit management to business consulting.

In this episode, we dive into:

• How a serendipitous conversation with a cofounder made her join Topknot as their first employee and the Head of Community


• What Topknot does and who it’s for


• Being an “a” at your job vs. being a “the”


• What does her work at Topknot currently look like


• Being a coloring book artist who is given a blank page


• Moving from a “Ready, aim, fire” mindset to “Ready, fire, aim”


• What it means to fail forward


• How being intentional helps her in networking with community builders


• Resources that helped Rae as a new community professional


• A 4-question Rapid-fire Round!

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