Rosie Sherry

Founder & CEO, Ministry of Testing · 1 appearance on the record.

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Rosie Sherry is a prominent community strategist best known for founding Ministry of Testing, a global platform and conference organizer for software testing professionals, and serving as the early community manager for Indie Hackers. She writes, advises, and creates resources on community design, growth, and operations via her platform and newsletter, Rosieland.

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Sherry: Migrating Weekend Club from Slack to Circle would probably kill it

“If he tried to move to Circle, or if he tried to move to another tool, it would probably, the community would probably die, in my opinion.”

Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 12:05 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

Insight

Sherry: Founders stepping back must cede full decision-making control to successors

“If I was to step back, it couldn't be mine anymore. I wouldn't be able to make those decisions, and I would have to let him make all the decisions he wanted to make, even, even if I don't agree with him, right?”

Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 6:47 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

Insight

Sherry: Community builders must understand member habits before choosing platform tools

“People think about the tools first, and then the community second. And I'm trying to encourage people to not think about the tools first, because, I mean, we get the questions all the time. Anywhere you go, you say, what tools should I, you know, people are al…”

Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 10:45 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

Opinion

Sherry: Lenny Rachitsky's Slack is one of the best-managed online communities

“Lenny Slack is, is a great one. It's probably, you know, one of the best managed, in my opinion, that I've been on.”

Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 11:24 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Sherry: Top Indie Hackers posts focus on how creators made money

“If you look at the top posts, all-time posts at Indie Hackers, a lot of them have to do with how people have made money.”

Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 12:58 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

Disclosure

Sherry: Ministry of Testing stayed an unmonetized side project for three years

“I started it, you know, very much like as a side project without really kind of intentions to turn it into a business. And I kept it like that for three years. It was about three years. I made a bit of money along the way. We're talking like maybe a hundred do…”

Rosie Sherry Jan 22, 2021 ▶ 4:04 Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

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