How Bigger Pockets Grew to 2M+ Members
The Startup Ideas Pod
English - March 02, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 140 ratingsTechnology Business Entrepreneurship entrepreneur business business ideas Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today Greg is joined by Josh Dorkin, the founder of Bigger Pockets, a community helping millions of members learn how to invest in real estate. In this episode, Greg and Josh talk about Josh's (sometimes) cautionary tale about the grind of building a community out of nothing.
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Production Team:
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SHOW NOTES
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - The story behind Bigger Pockets
12:40 - Building an audience vs. Building a community
15:45 - Biggest challenges of running a community
18:18 - Protecting your brand
23:00 - Responsible monetization
28:44 - Creating products
32:57 - You don't need to be an expert
41:32 - Stop comparing
47:47 - Josh's cautionary tale