Question for the rapid FIRE folks...
if you found a preexisting community with an expert and you wanted to partner without eatng from their pie, you could bake a new pie with your community, right?
So, if their community was for, say, "men over 50", but their expertise would also help "Ronin over 50"... you could license their repurposed materials for your community..."new money from old courses style". Or, "rent" them access as a guest teacher, handing them bolt on revenue. Both sides look good, everyone wins.
Plus, their growing parade members might be a good feedr for your community if they're complimentary.
"Hey I've got a community of 500 peeps with this xyz movement who want to know xyz... and it with your xyz mojo it would be a sin not to have you there. can I pay you to xyz?" Something like that?
And thats just a few plays and partner possibilities of many, many...
Am I thinking clearly?