Greg started a Slack community for Marketers with only 15 initial members, today that number has grown to over 4,000!

And his newsletter (The Grow) is now the fastest growing DTC newsletter in the US, with 20,000 subscribers.

So how was this achieved? And how can you replicate it in your own niche?

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Today on “The Portfolio” is SoleSavy… a membership-based sneakerhead community that provides tools and resources to successfully purchase exclusive products.

SoleSavy built their passionate community on SLACK and they’re currently doing over $1.5M ARR ��

TechCrunch article – 1/11/21: https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/11/sneaker-enthusiast-group-solesavy-raises-2m-setting-the-stage-for-a-community-driven-commerce-boom/

We (LAUNCH) first invested in SoleSavy through our LAUNCH Accelerator program, which is our startup accelerator where we help early-stage startups raise their seed round & grow their business. Learn more at http://launchaccelerator.co.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:11 What is SoleSavy?
0:44 Pitching Jason Calacanis in March 2020
2:15 SoleSavy product demo & inside look at the community
3:40 Learning about the sneakerhead community – Interview with Daniel Kalichman
5:53 How we sourced the SoleSavy investment
6:25 What is SoleSavy from the founder perspective
7:05 Dejon talks about his sneaker collection
7:40 How to build authentic community
8:58 Next 12 months for SoleSavy?
11:10 Dejan shares insights about the SoleSavy onboarding
14:01 How many paying customers?
14:21 Pricing a premium product
15:43 Fundraising & how Dejan raised a $2M seed round.
17:00 Helpful investors: Turner Novak (Gelt VC), Ben Narasin (NEA)
18:43 The future of SoleSavy in 5-10 years

Company: http://solesavy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/solesavy
Instagram: https://instagram.com/solesavyinc
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/solesavy

Co-Founder & CEO: Dejan Pralica
https://twitter.com/dp16
https://instagram.com/dp16
https://linkedin.com/in/pralica

Interview with a Sneakerhead: Daniel Kalichman
https://twitter.com/kalichmann
https://www.instagram.com/kalichmann/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-kalichman-bb1742147/
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Hosted by:
Presh Dineshkumar, Associate @ LAUNCH
https://twitter.com/preshdkumar
https://instagram.com/preshdineshkumar
https://www.linkedin.com/in/presh-dineshkumar-33202b115

About LAUNCH:
Our mission at LAUNCH is to support founders and inspire innovation.

We do this through a series of free events, podcasts, books, research products, and by investing millions of dollars a year into promising, early-stage startups.

To date, we’ve invested in over 200 startups, seven of which have gone on to achieve valuations over a billion dollars: Uber, Thumbtack, Datastax, Wealthfront, Robinhood Desktop Metal, & Calm. We invest in 50 startups per year through a series of private funds, the LAUNCH Accelerator and our public angel syndicate (TheSyndicate.com). Our check sizes range from $25,000 to $2MM.

This video walks you through how I use Slack to run a paid community (https://www.everythingmarketplaces.com). In this video, I show you how I initially setup Slack, configured it for my specific community, operate it, and then also some tips & insights on how I make sure all members get as much value out of the community as possible.

Learn more about & request to join Everything Marketplaces: https://everythingmarketplaces.com/#join

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