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Bootstrapping GW to $1m from a lil Scottish island ⎸ Essays: ⎸ Podcast:
Isle of Raasay (pop: 170)
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Prediction: 9/10 communities will fail.
Why? Because there's no intentional community design baked into the vision.
This can help 👇🏽
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Getting the YC rejection email isn’t so bad when you’re on a sunny hike & have had your biggest week of sales yet 🤓
Same boat? Drop your biz below so we can be founder pals & I can show your biz some ❤️(‘cos I’m sure it’s awesome!)
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I live on an island, off an island, off an island. 7hrs away from next big city. 178 people. Here's a bunch of things that are normal for me, but everyone else might think is odd..
1. You only lock your doors when you go away for a few weeks. Keys live in your car
2. We have
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@nickgraynews
@tynan
Have you thought about the impact having a home that sits empty most of the year has for locals?
Unsure what it’s like in Hawaii - but in Scotland it has a terrible affect. Locals living in caravans because people want to have a 2nd home that sits empty most of the year.
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We crossed $50k ARR & truthfully.. I almost didn't share this. It felt tiny compared to others. A $ amount that's not fast / big / aggressive enough.
BUT THEN I SHOOK MYSELF FROM MY SILLY LITTLE IMPOSTER SYNDROME BUBBLE & REMINDED MYSELF
- Bootstrappig to $50k is freakin'
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@jamesdueck
@nickgraynews
@tynan
A home that sits empty takes up a home that a person, or family, needs.
Bringing in external money for 10% of the year doesn’t make up for what a contributing member of a community brings (economic + socially) 100% of the year.
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Is there a database of *really* talented folks who are actively looking to join a startup as cofounder/core team?
Comfy with risk, builders, ideally experienced/exited founders themselves.
Would pay for this.
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Every startup needs an early team packed with talented generalists.
That's it. That's the tweet.
Tell a friend.
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An inch away from having my first £20,000 month which tbh is F*****N crazy to me 🤯
#buildinpublic
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Feel like I've lost 'my ppl' on twitter! :(
Give me a 👋🏾 (and a follow!) if you're:
· a generalist!
· a builder / maker
· founder
· a curious, friendly human being!
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Prediction: acquiring communities is going to be v big business in coming years.
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Milestone 1: 100 paid members, passed ❤️
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Some great
@ycombinator
Work At A Startup companies hiring for generalist-friendly roles
👇🏽
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I am convinced there are hundreds of thousands of wildly smart, talented, overlooked generalists who have never heard the word 'generalist' - and doing so will change their perspective of themselves, and what's possible, for the better.
I can't wait to meet you!
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Annnnnd, we've arrived at the big 3-0 🎊👾
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95% of the business podcasts I listen to are hosted by men.
Don’t ger me wrong, they’re awesome! But where’s our women at?
Tag your fave female podcast hosts, I have many, many hours of train travel ahead of me!
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🏴 You'd be surprised at the cost of living, working and playing on a remote island:
- My rent is £480/month. I split this with my husband.
- Electrcity is minimal, our house is heated by wood stoves. Say £30/month.
- In the summer, we grow a big chunk of our food. With no big
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patience; noun:
being a founder who has to wait 3 - 12 months, to (finally) see the fruits of recurring revenue
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Hi, I’m Milly! Founder, community builder and proud generalist
Originally from NZ, I’ve spent 10+ yrs building businesses around the world. I now live on an island in Scotland (pop:170)
I tweet about building better communities + empowering generalists! Say hi & follow along👋
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generalists after describing what they do for work
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Officially registered generalist world as a company ⚡️
LET'S GOOOOOO 👾
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The truth is, I didn't have role models growing up. No real aspirations beyond getting married and having kids. A meaningful career simply wasn't on my radar.
My childhood was a bumpy ride. And so at the earliest chance, when I just turned 21, I got out of New Zealand; on a
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Who's an underrated / up-and-coming founder that deserves some spotlight?
Let's start a thread so we can follow / amplify
And, go 👇🏽
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I live on a Scottish island w/ 170 people, 7 hours away from the next big city. I’m also building a profitable, growing company attracting folks from companies like
@ycombinator
@airbnb
@tesla
@zapier
.
Here’s my spicy take 🌶️
We’re gonna see a rise of rural founders building
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Giving this 'work from anywhere' thing a real go! Over the next 3 weeks, I'll be cycling from Holland to France (via Belgium), all whilst building Generalist World 🚲 👾
Wish me luck (and follow along for all the updates!) 🍀
ps: laptops and hi-vis go together, right.....?
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You wouldn't know it by looking at this pic.....
But I'm struggling. My mental health has taken a dive. Tomorrow is my 33rd birthday and tbh, it's the first birthday ever I'm feeling no excitement about.
I'm in one of those life seasons where it's all go - opportunity,
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Steadily reached $55k ARR whilst living on an island w/ 178 people, sailed from Scotland to Wales, cycled from Holland to France, took the train from San Francisco to New York - aka LIVED MY DREAM LIFE
I operate on a pretty boring, pretty safe, business model. No outside
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First $2500+ week at Generalist World
On track to make my first hire in January 👾
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'Whoa' moment of the day 👇🏽
A UK university approached me to present a workshop on why generalist skills are important, and how to best communicate about them.
Slight imposter syndrome kicking in.... But, probably going to say yes! 👾
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Just sayin', there's a wave of formidable women builders on the rise.
Banding together, supporting, funding one another, and cheering each other on. I can feel it in the air - there's gonna be ALOT of women making waves this year 😍
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One of the biggest driving forces for me to make $$ is so I can fund projects & people that have been overlooked, misunderstood or underestimated.
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A single post this week went nuts on Twitter, LinkedIn & Reddit. Hundreds of thousands of views. Burst of signups.
The only thing I did differently?
Was *actually* be myself. I’ve always felt a conflict on socials - trying to fit into this founder / high growth startup
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Our friends over at
@ycombinator
's Work At A Startup have some awesome generalist open roles up for grabs 👇🏽
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To be honest.. I’m finding it hard to show up on twitter lately.
The templated threads (I’ll show you how / here’s 4 lessons etc) are getting pretty outta control
Pls someone make them stahpppppp 😬
+ there’s some wild stuff happening in the world, feels weird to pretend it’s
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A good community will do one thing very well:
It'll make you feel like you've arrived home.
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💰 I'm not supposed to say this out loud but..
2024 is the year I'm gonna make everyone around me a boatload of money.
My team. My community. My generalist network swinging big in the job market. All of you.
As a founder this probably sounds bizarre but... I get little joy
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20 mins ago I posted that someone in GW is unemployed & dipping into their savings for their membership. Minutes later I received this message along with payment. No recognition wanted, just a good human-to-human deed.
THE POWER OF COMMUNITY NEVER EVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME❤️
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My 2c: you can be deeply involved in the tech / startup scene, but live remote, love nature, and spend your weekend building a wildlife pond 🙌
Successful, fulfilling careers nowadays aren’t restrained to cities and working 24/7 🌎
PS: building a pond is v physical 😂
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Idk who needs to hear this but the secret to happiness is actually just using double the amount of garlic you think you need.
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My most vulnerable
#buildinpublic
update yet.
👇
£8875
That's how much I've paid myself since June 2022.
It's covered my basic expenses (just).
Contrary to popular opinion (or what the gurus may have you think.. 🙃 ), being a founder truly isn't that glamorous or lucrative.
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Looking to work long-term with an illustrator who can help us with regular illustrations across our website, newsletter, and socials.
- Remote gig!
- Lots of creative freedom (not after 'flat vector' style, looking for more unique!)
- Extra kudos if you're savvy at branding as
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My journey over 10yrs & 65 countries:
21: moved from NZ to Berlin
22: au pair
23: teacher
24: tour guide
25: building tours
27: launched 1st business (wine tour)
28: opened & closed illustration studio
29: Director of Misc
31: Founded Generalist World
Keep experimenting 🧪
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@agazdecki
I'm gonna push back on this - we're seeing more folks come into the generalist community with deep expertise in a specific area. They're not only great, but excellent in this area
I see being a generalist as an *approach* to life and work, rather than a binary level of expertise
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Hi, I'm Milly 👋🏾 I live on a tiny island, and get kinda obsessed with bringing ideas to life.
I'm working on after I couldn't find any communities for people like 'me'; others who don't quite fit into a nice, tidy, box.
Turns out, I'm not alone.
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@thesamparr
yep! solves both sides of the equation. We help fast-growing startups hire their early teams.
(With top-tier generalists - a startup’s superpower, if I do say so myself 😉)
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Community building tip:
Keep a spreadsheet of all introductions. When someone intro's themselves, tag 5+ folks that'd have a great convo with them
I call this: "fast-tracked friends". Destined to be pals through same interests & desires, fast-tracked by data-driven facilitation
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Crossed $20k ARR in community memberships this morning AND received this.
It's going to be a great week.
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A few months ago I was convinced I'd need to raise a round to make our first hire and grow GW. Instead, I took a different route. A transparent, community-powered route.
Heres how it's going:
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Is it normal for startups to have multiple inbound requests every week from highly talented folks (who I can't afford lol) wanting to work with us / help build?
Genuine q.
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Guess what? A magical community doesn't just happen. It's engineered with micro-actions.
It's about cadence. Rituals. Expectations. A heartbeat of familiarity.
Here's 3 super-easy things you can do to bring rhythm to your community.
🥁
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Community builders who genuinely bring together people based on a deeply shared identity, cannot lose.
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This is it!! The final leg of a wild train journey all the way from San Francisco to New York.
Where’s my trophy pls? 🏆 🚂
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The kind of AMAZING collab's that take place in Generalist World
Folks are self-organising to buy a biz on
@microacquire
, use our collective talent to grow it, then flip it
PS: Also on my neverending quest to get more women & BIPOC in on the entrepreneurial game
cc:
@agazdecki
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👾OPEN ROLE: Generalist @ High Growth Startup
Looking for a self-starter experienced with research, social media, co-ordinating w/ stakeholders & managing projects
Would suit someone looking to evolve into senior CoS or Ops
US based (remote) $75k - $100k + equity. DMs open 💌
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Smile through the pain of paying for a WeWork one day pass 🥹🥹
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Can you believe this is what
@thesamparr
and
@invoker
said about Generalist World?
Neither 🎉
feat: my commentary 😂😂😂
@kernal_ideas
@joelshansen
🎉
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This photo represents a really important milestone. Alrighttttt, I'm playing it cool..... I'm *absolutely* buzzing!!!
Here's why 👇🏽
I live on an island whose population comes in at a grand total of 179 people. It's been a dream since starting Generalist World to be able to
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It’s taken 8years of building businesses, getting stuff wrong, & pivoting
But this week I’m traveling all over Scotland - to eat dinner with VCs + the Scottish government, & tonight I’m hosting (my 1st!) panel discussion
The hoops I’ve had to jump through to pull up my seat at
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I can’t believe this is winter in San Francisco omggggg ☀️
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Me at 2pm: wow, I'm feeling so much more confident in my abilities as a leader, founder and CEO
Me at 8pm: I know nothing lol
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Guysssssss, 3 companies TODAY have submitted our 'hire a generalist' form
My dream was to help great people find great roles, where they don't have to squeeze into traditional, specialised boxes. And it's coming true!
brb too excited to breathe properly 😍
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In ones happy place.
Beginning of an adventure to Holland, cozied up, winters sun peeking through the trees, great book in hand.
Life’s swell.
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HOLY GUACAMOLE it just hit me that I'm actually planning a trip to the USA to grow our Generalist World team - almost can't believe I'm at this point 🥺
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Founders come in all shapes and backpack sizes ❤️
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Friday was my final day at my job. Security. Regular paycheck. Comfort.
It's been a while since my back's been against the wall; knowing it's solely up to me to make this work.
My fellow founders, investors, and community builders. Come along for the ride 👾
1 RT=1goodluck 😝
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TODAY'S THE DAY! We're about be a fully paid community 🤠 For both community builders & those in communities you love, you'll know what a big deal this is.
Standby, I have a long date with cross-checking spreadsheets.....
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Desperateeeeee for more women-led business podcasts, I cannot be the only one 😫😫😫
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Enough with the hooks
Enough with the pressure to 'niche down'
Enough with the growth tactics
Enough with the system 'hacks'
Enough with the fake stuff
Can we all just agree to create good, honest, genuine, content?
Can we teach?
Help?
Offer advice?
Share insights?
Build in
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The usual advice is to never self-promo on
@reddit
. Lurk in comments, add value, wait for folks to come to you.
I opted for the direct (lazy) way 😅 And 24 hours ago, I went kinda viral.
50k impressions, 300+ upvotes & 150+ signups later.
Here's what happened👇🏽🧵
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51 hours of train ahead! 🚂
Excited for daydreaming, writing, podcasts, and snacks. Lots of snacks.
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Last night, during my first event at my first conference, someone approached me and said... Are you 'generalist Milly'?
My strategy of shouting about generalists' value into the void of socials.... is working ⚡️
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From one very small island to one very large island.. excited for all the meets, connections, & nerding out on all things generalist.
Follow along for a trip that lacks any kind of structure or planning but will probs be quite entertaining 😅
1st stop: San Francisco! 🇺🇸
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Recorded my first IRL podcast and it was SO FUN. Totally different energy than virtual.
Chicago’s off to an amazin’ start! ☄️
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🙃Just turned down my 2nd opportunity to speak on stage at a large conference. I feel a bit nervous making this post, but in a bid for transparency around this stuff, here's why..
The first speaking opportunity I turned down was at a pretty big conference. I've second-guessed
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Remember in March when I was losing my mind over a £20k month?
We've just had a £15k 24hrs 🫠🤯
And yes, it is still F***N CRAZY TO ME
#buildinpublic
An inch away from having my first £20,000 month which tbh is F*****N crazy to me 🤯
#buildinpublic
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I live in the Scottish highlands, almost completely removed from the tech & startup scene (the height of our tech is an island-wide Facbook group 😅) & I've come to realize…
I've gotta open my own door.
Here’s what I mean….
Over the past two days I:
- Caught a ferry
-
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Community-building-things-that-don't-scale-of-the-day 🥁
Spent 3.5hrs recording 100 personalized videos for every single one of our first 100 paying members.
I'm pooped lol happy holidays!!! 🎄
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They say to be a great founder you've got to be incredibly committed. Well, I just brainstormed our company values on a giant whiteboard with not one, but two permanent markers, so I guess you could say I'm in the top percentile.
🤦♀️
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About to tick over the $40,000 ARR milestone and the honest truth of how I feel?... I'm tired
I've been going pretty ham at every area of biz - community dev, partnerships, sales, content. I'm *really* giving it my all.
To share only the exciting side only of
#buildininpublic
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Here's how to be unforgettable at any work event or conference (and have a great time doing it!) 🎊
1. Go bright - conferences have a tendency to be corporate, performative or solemn. So wearing a splash of colour instantly breaks this up.
2. Go old school - you'll be scanning
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The coffee mug at my co-working space gets it 💡
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I AM SO PROUD ❤️ Our 'one pricing does NOT fit all' memberships are rolling in. Membership fees are automatically adjusted for folks in countries where the salary is much lower than that of the EU / US / AUS.
Why? Opening access. Equalizing disparity. Prioritizing diversity.
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I live on a Scottish island w/ 170 people, 7 hours away from the next big city. I’m also building a profitable, bootstrapped, growing company. Here’s my spicy take 🌶️
We’re going to see a rise of remote/rural founders building super successful companies.
Why? 👇🏽
1. being close
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Nearly cancelled my 1st podcast episode recording 'cos I got hit with imposter syndrome, comparing myself to everyone who's further ahead of me..
...but then realized there's total value in hearing the beginning of a story.
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Exciting milestone: made my first part-time hire today! eeeeeek!!
more details to come... 🎊
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Underrated strength that’s hard to teach: optimism
The electricity of being in a room with someone who has big vision and great energy is contagious
Hold on tight to this person, they’ll be your anchor through rough waters. & if you are this person: treasure it.
It’s a gift.
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Prediction: niche communities will seriously disrupt the $15billion coaching space.
I see the bubbles of peer-to-peer learning/support emerging, it's powerful, and is gonna be enormous.
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They say a sheep blocking the road on your morning run is a sign of a bangin’ week in business.
Let’s gooooo! 🐑
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Underrated skill of a strong community builder: writing.
Your words set the tone. They bring colour. Light. They live beyond you. They're the vibe, the expectations. They make people feel.
And if you can create a feeling, you create a place people feel they can belong.
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Absolutely LOLing at my supermodel strut on stage 🤣
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Founders, if you're keeping your head above water rn...
You're doing great.
❤️
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Wanted: superstar facilitators🤓
- Smart, savvy, generalist (duh)
- Design & deliver impactful workshops
- Ideally varied experienced with corporate/govt/universities
-Bias for optimism (aka lovey to work with)
Is this you? Someone you know? Intros welcomed 🙏
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If you have someone in your business who's a natural community builder, who connects ideas + people effortlessly - hold onto them with everything you've got.
That level of inherent emotional intelligence is difficult to teach.
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A generalist superpower: connecting seemingly disparate ideas.
Where others may just seem shapes, a generalist sees a home.
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