Anthony Castrio is the founder and CEO of Indie Worldwide, a private community of bootstrapped founders. In this interview he shares his revenue, how he attracted new members in the early days using a challenge, tips for organising a good event and goes deep on the challenges with being an entrepreneur.
- Learn how people build community businesses - https://beginnermaps.com/
- Join Indie Worldwide community - https://indieworldwide.com/
- Join the 100 in 100 challenge - https://100in100.co/
- Anthony on X/Twitter - / anthonycastrio
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
01:59 Discussing community Revenue
02:46 $7k in one month
04:14 Challenges in Growing a Community
05:03Strategies for Attracting New Members
06:47 Word-of-mouth
11:10 Organising masterminds
15:08 On hosting a good event
20:11 100 in 100 Challenge
23:13 Origins of the Community
23:45 The Freelancing Journey
24:29 Building Relationships and Communities
26:12 Organising community Challenge
29:58 Starting with 500 followers
34:44 Personal discipline stuff
37:08 The Freelancing vs Full-Time Dilemma
41:59 Relationships vs Audiences
