How to Scale a Slack Community to 10,000 Members

“What should we be thinking about as we scale to 1,000 then 5,000 then 10,000 members on Slack? What issues are we going to run into? What should we plan for?” I thought I’d share with all of you what I shared with them. Some of these points are specific to Slack, but many of them can be applied to any community. ✔️ The enormous importance of founding members ✔️ How to turn conversations into content ✔️ Community creep: the silent killer ✔️ The keys to scaling intimacy ✔️ How to build a community operating system Become a smarter community builder in under 10 minutes every other week 👇 This post isn’t about how to acquire new members, it’s about how to make sure your community doesn’t break as it grows. That said, I know you’re probably wondering how they grew a paid community so quickly out the gate. Three things they did: The founder had a big audience and a strong reputation already They leveraged their network to get well-known people to join as founding members (for free) They hi

“What should we be thinking about as we scale to 1,000 then 5,000 then 10,000 members on Slack? What issues are we going to run into? What should we plan for?” I thought I’d share with all of you what I shared with them. Some of these points are specific to Slack, but many of them can be applied to any community. ✔️ The enormous importance of founding members ✔️ How to turn conversations into content ✔️ Community creep: the silent killer ✔️ The keys to scaling intimacy ✔️ How to build a community operating system Become a smarter community builder in under 10 minutes every other week 👇 This p