Ramamurthy: Founders Must Start Communities with Small Niches, Not Scaled Audiences
Aarthi Ramamurthy · Hot takes and techno-optimism from tech’s top power couple | Sriram and Aarthi · Mar 12, 2023 · at 32:30
Aarthi Ramamurthy, angel investor and former product leader at Clubhouse and Meta, explains common failure modes when founders attempt to build communities.
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“When you're starting to build a community, don't start to build this super scale community. Start with like Few people who are passionate about a particular problem and want to get together kind of thing.”
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