🚨 Announcement Alert 🚨
I'm launching my next thing 🚀
It's something super close to my heart and a mission I've been on over the last 5 years
But let me tell you a story first ⤵️
It was 2018 and I just hit rock bottom
I was in deep credit card debt as I burnt my life savings ~$17,000 on a new startup idea that ultimately had 0 customers & 0 revenue
I spent 8 months of my precious life assuming I was building a great product
Yet no one cared
Why?
Because I was building in silo
I was in Atlanta at a deadend corporate job and was hustling in the evenings and weekends
I had ~400 followers on Twitter and perhaps one odd founder friend in my inner circle
The journey was rocky and I shut down after 8 hard months
Lesson?
Failure crushes your spirit when you are ALONE
I vowed to myself that I will never build in silo again
I became intentionally active on Twitter and joined a rising no-code movement
That changed my career trajectory
How?
I stopped assuming things and openly testing ideas in public
I shipped a series of 15 products all one by one patiently and publicly sought feedback
I shared my highs, lows & was vulnerable online
In the process, I became a better storyteller & learned how to build community
Then I put a bat signal out to join a high-growth startup 🦇
I got 40+ interviews
I chose to join On Deck because of the opportunity to lead a no-code community aligned with my values of "spirit of service" and "belief capital"
The rest was history -> thisiskp.com/blog/how-i-landed-my-dream-job-at-an-ambitious-startup-by-building-in-public
On Deck No-Code was wildly successful
We had over 500 ambitious founders who became our Fellows and brought ideas to life
We had crazy high ratings
See this -> shoutout.io/communitywalloflove/
It attracted top builders from around the globe, how?
Here was my recipe: ⤵️
Yes, you guessed it.
BUILDING IN PUBLIC
I shared my journey of building the community frequently and I would get comments like this almost daily ⤵️
twitter.com/thisiskp_/status/1506980965608046593?s=20&t=ccOFYTTviDXjb6Zq91tysA
Then I left On Deck as part of the unfortunate layoffs in May 2022
Landed a role building community at Day One again
I ran one cohort, collaborated with @garyvee for a new program that 15,000 people tuned in.
twitter.com/thisiskp_/status/1585647593425469442?s=20&t=3ULo6i2k8vpJEhvpblbsOg
But I was hungry for something different.
A new kind of community
"BUILD IN PUBLIC FELLOWSHIP"
A community dedicated to helping founders fall in love with building in public and leveraging it's power to help accelerate their startups and careers
So I'm taking the plunge today
The vision is to build what would be a virtual "Disney World for founders who are building in public"
A unique and meaningful community experience
Something I wish existed for me in 2018
Here's more about it:
I shared this news with a few friends and founders and the response has been beyond amazing
We're going to have an incredible and historic 1st cohort!
Guest speakers include @DruRly @vedikaja_in @5harath
In summary,
✅ I'm launching my next thing
✅ It's an invite-only Fellowship
✅ Ideal for solo founders
✅ 6-week cohort w/ live sessions
✅ Accountability and support for your journey
✅ Masterminds and feedback loops
Become a prolific founder building in public in 2023!
APPLY NOW ⤵️
In the true build in public and work in progress fashion, here's the Google Doc behind the upcoming website launch:
buildinpublicfellowship.com
Thanks for reading! Super excited :)