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Medeiros: Mini Katana grew Discord to 30,000 members in four months

Isaac Medeiros · How a 26-Year Old With Autism Built a $10 Million Samurai Sword Business · Feb 28, 2023 · at 43:52

Isaac Medeiros shares membership figures for Mini Katana's Discord server.

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“It's at 30,000 and we launched it back in like early November or October.”

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The claim, plainly

Mini Katana's Discord community had approximately 30,000 members as of February 2023 after launching in October or November 2022.

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Assessment

On the February 28, 2023 episode of the Founder's Journal podcast, Mini Katana founder Isaac Medeiros stated that the company's Discord community had approximately 30,000 members after launching in October or November 2022. While evidence confirms the existence and promotion of the official Discord server (discord.gg/minikatana) by company staff during that period, the specific membership figure of ~30,000 relies exclusively on Medeiros's own statement. No independent third-party Discord tracking metrics, public invite widget archives, or external audits from February 2023 exist in the research notes to corroborate the figure. Under the ledger rules, sources that only repeat the speaker's claim do not constitute corroborating evidence.

Isaac Medeiros stated on February 28, 2023 that Mini Katana's Discord was at 30,000 members after an October/November 2022 launch.
Mini Katana actively promoted the official Discord server link (discord.gg/minikatana) across social channels in 2022-2023.
No third-party analytics (e.g., Statbot, DiscordMe) or independent snapshots archived the server's exact membership around February 2023.

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"Mini Katana" Discord 30000 OR "30,000" members "minikatana" "discord" "members" OR "launched" OR "joined" 2022 OR 2023 "Mini Katana" Discord server member count 2022 OR 2023 "discord.gg/minikatana" OR "discord.gg/mini-katana" OR "discord.com/invite/minikatana" "Isaac Medeiros" LinkedIn "Mini Katana"

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⏳ prediction date: 2023-02-28; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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