Hi all -- it's come to my attention that there are a TON of Skool founders who have thrown open the doors with no launch prep or audience building and now have 8 members. I'm thinking about putting together a summit to help them get 100 members with a focused relaunch! Who should I invite to speak at this type of a summit? Thinking about doing in August. TIA!

Specifically for those who feel like they have to do it all and are starting to buckle under the weight? I know you’re out there because I’ve talked to you, but the names of the communities are eluding me! @Victor Jackson has responded to our #Connections prompt today and is looking for something for his wife. See his heartfelt post here: https://www.skool.com/classifieds/connectionssection-support-for-the-strongest-person-i-know?p=46fe6d46 Let’s work together to make a connection! 😊

Now that I've had an exit with my first paid community (back in '21), I've learned the hard way how business buyers think about our businesses. If I'd understood how buyers look at communities back then, I could have gotten $100,000 more in my sale. Yes, it burns. And I'm here to help other founders avoid my mistake! Right after I sold, the buyer fired about half my staff. Eliminated what I thought were vital member services, including our job board and our weekend helpdesk hours. At first, I was furious. Now, I get it. To them, a business isn't their baby. They're not up nights worrying about the members' success. It's all dollars and cents to them! They looked at my business... and then they bought it. Because it was a valuable asset. Then, they made it MORE PROFITABLE. Because they're just in business to maximize profits. That's how they get the money to buy the next business. The painful part? If *I* had done that cost-cutting before I sold, I could have had a more profitable business. That's what your sale price is based on -- net profits. NOT gross revenue (which everyone talks about endlessly here on Skool!). Not only would I have had a higher sale price in my exit... I also could have taken home more cash every year, for many years before I sold, by trimming the extras. What could you cut in your business that would bring focus and make you more profitable? Want to talk with me about ALL the things buyers look for? I'm currently doing FREE calls for $10K+ MRR Skool owners (but not for much longer)! Not quite there yet? Come on down to Community Growth Academy and check out my course, Built to Sell. I unpack everything buyers look for in an acquisition and all my hard lessons learned!

Here's my question for you. If you already run a Skool group, where is it stuck? Are you still building out a full classroom before you open the doors? Did you launch but you're the only one posting? Have members joined, then drifted off without participating and you don't know why? I could go on… I ask because I've watched a lot of women get stuck at one of those spots, and I know how frustrating and isolating it feels. These are normal places to get hung up, so let’s talk about it to start getting you unstuck. Jump in the comments and tell me where you are. Pick the one that you’re really frustrated about and let’s try and figure it out together. I'll reply to every comment, and if I've got something useful for you, I’ll share it here. No DMs, and definitely no “do you want to jump on a call?” (I really don’t want to jump on any calls, sorry 😬) https://www.skool.com/skoolhers/about

Learn to build a community you can sell for a lucrative exit! I did it in '21, after growing my first paid community to 1500 members. Now, I teach other founders how to think like a business buyer, prep for sale, and get top dollar in their community sale. What's inside my Community Growth Academy? Currently, we're doing a 90-day More MRR sprint (that you can spy on, as a Premium member!) 🤝 BUILT TO SELL - step-by-step course on making your community salable 🚀 Proven 7-Step Launch + 1st Month + Year Course ✅ Worksheets, scripts & cheat sheets 💡 Marketing trainings And so much more! Join free here: https://www.skool.com/community-growth-academy/about Grab my free case study on how I built and sold my community here: https://pages.communitygrowth.school/cga-case-optin-page