As a generalist, I could never find my place in any startup communities. So I built one. Here's how the first 45 days has gone👇🏽

Hey! I'm Milly.

I've worked exclusively in startups for the past 8+ years, always wearing many hats (my previous role was the Director of Misc 😅). As a generalist, I absolutely dreaded searching job boards - everything was so specialised and didn't appeal to my skillset (which is pretty varied!). I wanted to find a place where wearing many hats was an asset, not a fault.

It got me thinking.. I can't be the only person out there who works like this. But if that's true, why don't I know anyone else? And so, I started digging.

Here's what's happened next:

1: I networked the shit outta LinkedIn, honing in on everyone who looked like they fit the bill. I was met with intrigue, questions, excitement and in some cases - a ridiculous amount of passion. This signalled one thing - keep going.

2: Bought the domain generalist.world. Built a basic MVP on softr.io + airtable. Created a new community on Slack.

3: Got myself on Twitter - started spreading the word, & speaking to lots of people to understand their experiences.

4: Scoured job boards, company career sites, stalked cool companies that were 'hiring'. Exemplifying the 'do things that don't scale' - if someone needed a job, I'd go out and hunt one down for them.

I've built a community of 300+ generalists from all walks of life, interests and businesses in one place. We have 40+ generalist jobs (+ more in our community), & made my first $1500+ in revenue.
Partnerships started coming in. That's right, inbound partnerships. Our very first one? YC's Work At A Startup.
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We now have bi-weekly events, a growing job board, and a very active & supportive community. I'm going full-time on this from next week, where I'll be focusing on the B2B angle. The calibre of talent in our community is bananas and I'm on a mission to bring this value to the mainstream narrative.

Generalist World is a community + opportunity hub just for generalists (finally).

If this resonates, I'd love to meet you! :)