Yuval Yarden

facilitating peer groups for CEOs in Tel Aviv

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

Founders with the most successful companies might not be the best founders to learn from.

They often have more ego, less time, and someone “more important than you” asking for help.

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

🎤🎤🎤 *tap tap tap*
Is this thing on?

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

I spent time with 15 founders this week and every challenge they faced came down to lack of focus.

Keep your eyes on the prize. Startups live and die by their ability to focus.

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

Last time I logged into X, it was called Twitter and I was living in the US. Time to dust this app off.

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@andruyeung Would love to join! Great way to ramp up after maternity leave 🙌🙌

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@ConnorPM + the skill set of knowing how to use it effectively! 🔑

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@MoniqueVilla At least when ur stuck you’ll have takeout to get you through 🤤

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@DavidSpinks Experiencing this now - “giving away your Lego’s” to team members (hiring ones you trust) and scaling the team (so you aren’t the one POC) is a huge challenge but it’s the answer to sustainability/growth.

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@GarryJohnsonIII @Charlton_87 !

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@GigNewfie @ninarstepanov I started moving all of our team meeting notes, links, info into it and sending people over - were a 5 person team so it was easier to get people on board. We didn’t have a great place to house everything before either so this was a net new solution not a transition.

[Vriti Saraf 🌐 3.0 @VritiSaraf]

@yyarden03 "if a user gets to the point where they feel used by the community, it's likely too late to save it"

[Vriti Saraf 🌐 3.0 @VritiSaraf]

@yyarden03 "Art of Gathering describes how you can 'exclude thoughtfully' which allows you to create safe spaces in your community for your users - if you allow people with misaligned purposes/priorities to join the community, what's the point of the community?"

[Vriti Saraf 🌐 3.0 @VritiSaraf]

@yyarden03 "We check in with every person in our community. https://t.co/8FemurXmV9 talks about passing the torch and fanning the flame... comes back to your purpose and why people want to be a part of the community."

[Vriti Saraf 🌐 3.0 @VritiSaraf]

@yyarden03 "How do you scale community and still make it feel personal? We use a tool called dots which is a mail merge for slack. But we respond to each person individually."

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

See you in a few hours!

[🌐 Community Conference 2021 @community_conf]

5/ Tuesday, 10/19 @ 2pm ET - Strategies for building successful communities
https://t.co/UfujrLbNgj

With @MarjorieAyyeee @shriyanevatia @yyarden03

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@TorresLuzardo Use RoboKiller it’s amazing!

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@DavidSpinks Active leader/counselor in youth group
President of on-campus club
Active community volunteer (turned first paid employee)
Community consultant + podcaster (@thekeystonepod)
Launched hobby community
Now work as Head of Community/Head of Product at Venwise (team of 3)

[David Spinks @DavidSpinks]

The barrier to starting a community has never been lower.

The barrier to keeping a community engaged has never been higher.

[Yuval Yarden @yyarden03]

@turoczy Also, sharpen the ask to the point where you lay say “actually x might be a better connection here” happy to ask if they are available to help! (Give others opportunity to be helpful who may see it as just that - an opportunity)