Sam Ovens on The Real Truth About Building a Community | Ep. 5
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I had the pleasure of having a 1-hour long conversation with this absolute legend. For those of you who don't know who this is, Sam Ovens is the former founder of Consulting.com the e-learning platform that at its peak was making over $35M/year.
He sold his business and started a new company called "Skool" a new online community-building platform for creators. In this podcast, Sam and I go over what it takes to build a strong community. The importance of consistency. Plus his future vision for Skool. This is something you don't want to miss. It was an honor to have a 1 on 1 conversation with this legend and I hope you find it as valuable as I did.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-ovens-63a275199
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Starting “Skool”
4:19 Biggest challenges in running a software business vs online learning platform
12:19 What does a strong community look like for Sam Ovens
23:30 How to best use “Skool”
29:55 How Sam Ovens stays focused and disciplined after all these years
38:40 The moment Sam decided to sell consulting.com
41:40 Frameworks within religions and how they transfer to a strength of a community
48:00 The similarities between developing software and biology
57:01 Vision for Skool
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