This didnโt grow fast. I didnโt quit either... (the truth behind my 1$ community)
Anybody else start doing a bit of deep reflecting at this time of year? Because I definitely do BIG TIME, and this year especially feels like one of those years where patterns, lessons, and little โooooffff got it nowโ moments have been stacking up quietly in the background. And I wanted to share something Iโm genuinely proud of, not because itโs flashy or impressive, but because it would have been VERY easy to do the opposite. (OBVS I questioned myself. Multiple times, and some, oh hello, thereby cheeky mind) First up,I wanna be totes clear before I go any further, THIS IS NOT โTHE only WAYโ. Itโs just the way I did it. There are a million right ways to build things, and pivoting is defo not a failure. Sometimes, pivoting is exactly whatโs needed. This just happens to be one thing I didnโt pivot on, and Iโm very proud of that. Back in November 2024, I started my Skool Community, what is now called the Backroom. It wasnโt called that at the time; it was called Unstoppables, and TBH, the reason it existed at all was that my Facebook group literally vanished. Gone. Puffed away. No warning, no recovery, no support. It sucked alot at the timeโฆ If you know, you know. And that moment really landed for me because it showed me just how fragile some things actually are, even when we treat them like theyโre stable. We all know the story hey So I made a decision. I didnโt want to build something again that could just disappear just like that overnight, completely out of my control, pffffttt So, Iโd already been spending time inside other Skool communities, learning, observing, seeing how they worked, and I thoughtโฆ ok, nowโs the time, let's give this a bash But I didnโt do it in the obvious way. I decided to make it a $1 community. And not because I thought it would make money, it absolutely wasnโt a money play. That part matters. This was about energy. Intention. Boundaries. Keeping trolls out, spam out, and people dropping in with zero intention of actually being there.