Every company needs a community. Whether you are selling software or gourmet cheese, a thriving community is perhaps the most important asset in your endeavor to scale. Founders will learn the art and science of making it happen.
Chief Community Officer (CCO) will be one of the most coveted jobs in the years to come. If you want to be a CCO, this course will equip you with the right skills, frameworks and networks to make it happen
Everyone is a content creator these days. Product managers, civil servants, investors, general managers are now in the business of scaling themselves through the power of content. But what is content without a community? At best, an underutilized asset. The Network Capital Community Building Fellowship will teach you how to find the content-community-market fit.
Community based investing is at all time high. LinkedIn recently announced that it is hiring a Community Head based in New York. Facebook already has a Global Community Lead whose team worked closely with Network Capital to build out a subscription-based product. That was the first of its kind in the region and helped us test out what a subscription-powered, advertisement-free community really looks like.
Twitter has roll out a subscription feature that will allow power users to monetize their followers via recurring payments and tipping. Circle, a community membership platform for creators, recently raised a $4 million seed round led by Notation Capital. Circle recently crossed $1 million ARR and currently hosts 2,000 communities. There are many platforms with similar functionalities such as Mighty Networks and Discord that are focused largely on enabling community builders to shape platforms with the right culture.
Investors who want to understand where “community as a service” business model is going will learn specific insights about emerging new trends. They might even find their next investment from the fellowship.
For young professionals who want to build their category of one, investing time and energy in learning the art of community building will turn out to be a wise long-term bet.
