Deepak Kumar — The Community Man
I've built SaaS and micro-SaaS, a design studio, worked with Fortune 500 companies, creators, and brands, built communities, and wrote a book. This website is a living archive of my projects, ideas, and notes from the field. These are just the ones I can share publicly. Many more failed before they even had a name. Publishing a book is simpler than people think Taste + speed beats perfection Staying accountable is harder than building tools You don't need an agenda to bring people together Learned creators deeply—and made lifelong friends The fastest way to learn is to sit in rooms with practitioners VC Capital can't save you from bad market timing New ideas are not automatically winning ideas Agencies generate cash flow, but slowly drain you A crowded market is often validation, not a warning UI/UX matters more than most founders admit That somehow worked. No agenda. No escape. Just 15 strangers building, fighting, and figuring it out — Big Boss style. For days. Bonds formed in 72 hou
Community building speaker, writer and consultant. I build, study, teach and talk about communities. Over the last ten and a half years, I've built companies—most failed, a few worked well enough. I've built SaaS and micro-SaaS, a design studio, worked with Fortune 500 companies, creators, and brands, built communities, and wrote a book. This website is a living archive of my projects, ideas, and notes from the field. Projects A decade of building things. These are just the ones I can share publicly. Many more failed before they even had a name. Anyone Can Build a Community…
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