This didn’t grow fast. I didn’t quit either... (the truth behind my 1$ community)
Anybody else start doing a bit of deep reflecting at this time of year? Because I definitely do BIG TIME, and this year especially feels like one of those years where patterns, lessons, and little “ooooffff got it now” moments have been stacking up quietly in the background. And I wanted to share something I’m genuinely proud of, not because it’s flashy or impressive, but because it would have been VERY easy to do the opposite. (OBVS I questioned myself. Multiple times, and some, oh hello, thereby cheeky mind) First up,I wanna be totes clear before I go any further, THIS IS NOT “THE only WAY”. It’s just the way I did it. There are a million right ways to build things, and pivoting is defo not a failure. Sometimes, pivoting is exactly what’s needed. This just happens to be one thing I didn’t pivot on, and I’m very proud of that. Back in November 2024, I started my Skool Community, what is now called the Backroom. It wasn’t called that at the time; it was called Unstoppables, and TBH, the reason it existed at all was that my Facebook group literally vanished. Gone. Puffed away. No warning, no recovery, no support. It sucked alot at the time… If you know, you know. And that moment really landed for me because it showed me just how fragile some things actually are, even when we treat them like they’re stable. We all know the story hey So I made a decision. I didn’t want to build something again that could just disappear just like that overnight, completely out of my control, pffffttt So, I’d already been spending time inside other Skool communities, learning, observing, seeing how they worked, and I thought… ok, now’s the time, let's give this a bash But I didn’t do it in the obvious way. I decided to make it a $1 community. And not because I thought it would make money, it absolutely wasn’t a money play. That part matters. This was about energy. Intention. Boundaries. Keeping trolls out, spam out, and people dropping in with zero intention of actually being there.