Decoded by Threado AI Mark Birch - How to build and scale a community globally!
🤙🏻 About the Guest - Mark Birch is a community builder, author, software entrepreneur, business development expert, and startup advisor based in New York City. He currently works at AWS sharing the stories of how founders across the globe benefit from building and scaling their startups on AWS. He creates content, speaks & presents, and enables community managers globally to build thriving startup communities.
🤙🏻 About the Host - Sharath Kuruganty is the Head of the Community at @ThreadoHQ. Currently, he is building Community Champs, a tight-knit community of world-class community leaders.
🤙🏻 Resources from the Podcast
🤙🏻 Shoutouts to awesome people
🤙🏻 Timestamps
00.00 - Introduction to the podcast
01.38 - Diving into Mark’s role as a Global Startup Advocate and how it plays out in community building
04.30 - Initiatives and how to focus on enabling tight-knit communities
05.59 - AWS Startup Shows on Clubhouse
07.15 - Building relationships with founders
08.49 - How to be scrappy and focus on the right goals
09.13 - Thoughts on dev communities
14.53 - How to pick the right signals for your communities
21.46 - How to disconnect but at the same time care about your community
29.39 - Qualities that make up an incredible community builder
36.53 - Community in a Box - a book my Mark Birch
42.36 - Five things Mark missed covering in the book
48.33 - Mark’s secret sauce to building communities
55.00 - Some crazy stories Mark’s heard
58.00 - Tips & tricks to host the best events & conferences
01.00.00 - Takeaways & learnings hosting virtual events
01.04.00 - Best ways to scale a community globally
01.06.00 - Closing thoughts & outro to the podcast
🤙🏻 Where to find Mark Birch- https://www.linkedin.com/in/startupmark
🤙🏻 Where to find Sharath - https://twitter.com/5harath?s=20