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Looking for startups interested in community-led growth

Hi there! I'm looking for a couple of startups that want to build a community around their product or brand and could use some help with strategy and management in exchange for case studies.

My background is in digital marketing and strategy, and I've spent years working with early-stage founders on the 0 to 1 phase. I'm also currently building my own project (a maternal mental health platform), so I'm very much in the trenches too :)

What I'm really after is startup-specific community experience because I think it's a really underused growth lever at the early stage. So if you're building something and community is on your roadmap, I'd love to chat!

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on May 19, 2026
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    Hi, I might be interested in this. I have a community project on logistics for single parents and could use some help with marketing. just looking to talk though. I may not pay for your services.

  2. 1

    This resonates. I'm building Mental Detox — an AI journal for anxiety, stress and sleep. Solo founder, no team. Community is something I've been thinking about but haven't had the bandwidth to build properly while coding everything myself. Mental health space actually has a strong community angle — people dealing with anxiety or burnout naturally look for others who get it. Would be open to a conversation if you think there's a fit.

  3. 1

    Case studies are cool but make sure you define scope fast. Startup people hear “help with strategy” and suddenly it’s 20 hours a week. Pick one metric and one deadline or you’ll become free therapy.

  4. 1

    Hi, Anastasia Green.
    I am interested in your idea.
    If you don't mind, let's connect.
    +639634160157

  5. 1

    Community-led growth holds massive potential for early-stage companies and outbound acquisition, but RevOps leaders and sales teams often struggle to connect it to actual pipeline. It can become another "spray and pray" if you can't clearly see which community interactions genuinely lead to deals. Focusing on creating clear, attributable paths from community engagement directly into your sales process helps prove its value. This moves it beyond a soft metric to a core acquisition strategy, which is critical for those focused on revenue impact. Happy to DM if useful.

  6. 1

    Hi ☺️
    I'm a community manager I can join you in building, retaining members and nurture them to use your product.
    To connect with me

    Deborah Njoku Chiamaka on linkedin

  7. 1

    BrewChat is about connection but we have not built out our community yet. I'd be interested in talking with you to understand how you might think that community might look if we were to go that route

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    Community-led growth feels massively underrated in early-stage startups, especially now that products are becoming more AI-native and easier to replicate.

    The moat increasingly becomes trust, ecosystem, and founder/community relationships.

    I’m building at the intersection of finance systems, automation, and AI for startups, and I’ve noticed founders with strong communities usually make better operational and fundraising decisions too

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  10. 1

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    Hi Anastasia, this is an incredible initiative! Community-led growth is indeed a game-changer for early-stage startups that is often overlooked.

    I'm the COO & Partner at Inside Insane, a digital UI/UX design agency, and we also manage ThemeBagan. We have delivered over 1,700 projects for global clients, but as we look to scale further and increase our product reach, building a highly engaged community around our product ecosystem and brand is definitely on our roadmap.

    We would love to collaborate with you, act as a case study, and give you the full creative freedom to build and execute a growth strategy for us. It sounds like a win-win partnership!

    Could you please check my profile bio here to get my direct email, or let me know the best way to reach out to you?

    Looking forward to connecting!

  12. 1

    Hi Anastasia, I have www.travellar.app
    Any ideas?
    I'm happy to chat

    Guillo

  13. 1

    Hi Anastasia,

    I'm currently building an AI SaaS product based on a very personal pain point: the difficulty of fully understanding and remembering conversations in a foreign language during meetings and calls.

    The product focuses on:

    • real-time transcription
    • live translation
    • AI summaries
    • conversation memory

    It's still in beta testing, but I'm already seeing that people care a lot about reducing stress and cognitive load during multilingual conversations.

    Your idea about community-led growth sounds interesting, especially because I think products like this benefit a lot from early user feedback and shared workflows.

    If this kind of project sounds relevant to what you're looking for, I'd definitely be open to chatting and participating.

  14. 1

    One of the biggest advantages early-stage startups have is closeness to users.

    Community-led growth turns that closeness into a long-term moat.

    People often focus only on acquisition, but communities create something harder to copy: belonging and trust.

    Also respect that you’re offering value first in exchange for case studies — that’s how strong long-term partnerships usually start.

    https://teams.live.com/l/invite/FAAk3iOSJkDyS11JQE?v=g1

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