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๐Ÿ‘‹ Threado Wire - COVID Resources, Community Platforms, On Deck Fellowship & More...

Shalini Nair Tekwani
Apr 27, 2021
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Hi there ๐Ÿ™

At this hour, we need all hands on deck to fight the second wave of COVID19. Here are some curated COVID support channels put together by some of the communities and brands who are working around the clock to help those in need.

India COVID Resources

Twitter avatar for @TheProductfolksThe Product Folks ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€ @TheProductfolks
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia Covid Resources has Pan-India verified and updated resources for Covid-19. ๐Ÿ”—
indiacovidresources.in You can find the latest verified resources for: ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Beds ๐Ÿ’Š Medicines ๐ŸŒ€ Oxygen ๐Ÿš‘ Ambulances & more.
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April 25th 2021

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Verified COVID Relief Funds

Twitter avatar for @nikhiljoisrNikhil Jois @nikhiljoisr
As of 7:43 AM IST 25th April, there are 9 organisations you can donate to mentioned in this list some of us put together :
donate.indiacovidresources.in I have personally donated to all 9 of them. I urge you to pick at least one cause that resonates the most with you to support.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณDonate to India Covid ReliefThe Indian start-up community is coming together for providing Covid-relief and trying to ease the suffering of families caught in the eye of the pandemic storm - with donations from you.donate.indiacovidresources.in

April 25th 2021

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The time to act is now!

Twitter avatar for @NameetNameet Potnis @Nameet
How you can #DonateYourTime 1. DM @TheProductfolks - Building a single system to verify information - need callers 2. First-level patient screening 3. Platform for real-time availability of vaccines - need tech + ops
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIโ€ฆ #CovidIndia

Nameet Potnis @Nameet

#DonateYourTime For everyone who can donate any amount of time. Please immediately sign up here https://t.co/x5dxtCF98t You can be based anywhere. All you need is a phone and internet. Plz RT https://t.co/TV3p0TGMHe https://t.co/fwt3lb8obX
Sign Up for VaccinateIndia ๐Ÿ’‰Hi, please join us in trying to save the country! READ http://bit.ly/Vax-India-Home to get a quick understanding of what weโ€™re hoping to achieve. TL;DR: Weโ€™re trying to build out a verified list of crowd-sourced list of Vaccination Centers across the country so that people can get reliable informaโ€ฆdocs.google.com

April 25th 2021

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Thank you, for being a subscriber of Threado Wire. We are currently at 310+ subscribers strong and growing. We continue to drop in every week with our newsletter to update you about everything community!

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ What's trending?

๐Ÿ‘€ Discord walks away from Microsoft acquisition talks, may consider an IPO

Discord is considering plans to stay independent, possibly charting a path to its own IPO in the not-too-distant future. The two companies were deep in acquisition talks that valued Discord at around $10 billion before Discord walked away.

Twitter avatar for @StevenAmato10Steven Amato @StevenAmato10
Discord walks away from possible deal with Microsoft and looks toward possibly going public themselves. Interesting to see how an IPO would play out for them #BCNMI
WSJ News Exclusive | Discord Ends Deal Talks With MicrosoftChat startup to stay independent as it resumes interest in a potential initial public offeringwsj.com

April 20th 2021

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โ™Ÿ Garry Kasparov launches a community-first chess platform

Garry is building Kasparovchess - a platform in which legendary chess players will have free reign to share tips and tricks with players from various levels. Garry Kasparov is a Russian chess grandmaster and former World Chess Champion.

Twitter avatar for @seikatsuSten Tamkivi @seikatsu
Just discovered
kasparovchess.com @kasparovchess โ€” impressive lineup of people involved and high end production quality. Given that I have 2-3 budding chess geeks in the household โ€” well done, @Kasparov63!Kasparovchess - Learn and enjoy chessElevate your chess game with Garry Kasparov. Lessons from masters, puzzles and exercises, entertaining documentaries and interviews. A new way to enjoy chess.kasparovchess.com

April 24th 2021

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๐Ÿ“‰ Clubhouse downloads drop by 72% - a warning bell?

The social audio appโ€™s downloads fell 72% to 2.7M in March as compared to 9.6M in Feb. As the bigger platforms started cloning the social audio feature, this was inevitable unless there is continuous innovation.

Twitter avatar for @sportschrischris akers @sportschris
Clubhouse: $4bn valuation ignores downloads in freefall. The drop in demand is ominous. Between February and March, Clubhouse downloads fell 72%. "Hear today, Deaf tomorrow."
ft.com/content/0f4086โ€ฆ via @FinancialTimesSubscribe to read | Financial TimesNews, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldสผs leading global business publicationft.com

April 21st 2021

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๐ŸŽ™ Facebook invests in short-form 'Soundbites' feature, podcast support & Clubhouse clone

Facebook officially announced a suite of new audio products - an indication that itโ€™s taking the threat from Clubhouse and other audio platforms more seriously. The company is doing more than just building its own take on Clubhouse, however, itโ€™s also announcing tools that allow podcast creators to share long-form audio, a new Spotify integration for music and a brand-new short-form experience called Soundbites.

Twitter avatar for @vergeThe Verge @verge
Facebookโ€™s Clubhouse competitor is coming this summer
trib.al/yNnzGER
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April 20th 2021

28 Retweets94 Likes

๐Ÿ“š Learning Pit

๐Ÿ—๏ธ How Ryan Hoover built Product Hunt

Ryan built and sold Product Hunt to Angel List for $20M and is now a VC with Weekend Fund. Here are some tips he used to build Product Hunt.

Twitter avatar for @dillonzfoDillon Zhang Forrest @dillonzfo
1/ .@rrhoover wasn't a founder that investors typically like: - He was solo. - He was non-technical. He built and sold @ProductHunt to @AngelList for $20M and is now a VC with @weekendfund. Here are Ryan's smart tactics to build PH into an industry-known brand... ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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April 20th 2021

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๐Ÿ’ป How brands can use Discord

Everyone's catching up on the new craze in town - Discord. Initially launched as a platform that allows gamers to talk to each other via audio chats while playing and streaming, Discord has evolved into a place where people can gather on โ€œserversโ€ to discuss various topics of interest. Similar to Slack channels, Discord users can customize servers around different topics, from science, to anime to technology. Here's a read on how you could use it to build your brand's community.

Twitter avatar for @jguemesjguemes @jguemes
The download on Discord: How brands can take advantage of Gen Zโ€™s new chat app
prweek.com/article/1713514 via @prweek #Trending #gaming @jguemesThe download on Discord: How brands can take advantage of Gen Zโ€™s new chat appEveryoneโ€™s talking about Clubhouse, but Discord may be the new frontier.prweek.com

April 23rd 2021

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๐Ÿ“ 1 slide explanation for Community Building

Twitter avatar for @Chupwneddie briseรฑo ๐ŸŒŽ @Chupwn
Here it is :)
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April 21st 2021

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๐Ÿ’ป How to start a media company in 2021

A take on how community is essential for media companies too going ahead!

Twitter avatar for @gregisenbergGREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg
How to start a media company in 2021: Step 1: Newsletter Step 2: Newsletter + podcast Step 3: Newsletter + podcast + hosted community (ie: FB or Discord) Step 4: Newsletter + podcast + hosted community + owned community Step 5: Newsletter + podcast + communities + paid products

April 25th 2021

266 Retweets2,141 Likes

๐Ÿคต Indian creators you must follow!

Twitter avatar for @ashandilya64Anshu Shandilya @ashandilya64
Drop names of Indian creators, we must follow ๐Ÿ‘‡ I'll start first: @sahilypatel, @abnux, @SankethYS, @ayshptk, @krishnerkar_ , @BhimteBhaisaab, @WankhadeRutik @iamarnob6543, @mahakmakharia, @5harath, @mkhundmiri

April 25th 2021

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๐Ÿ“š Loved reading these? Head over to our resource repository for 100+ curated reads โ†’ https://wire.threado.com/


๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Featured Tool for community building

Hive - Run masterminds on autopilot at scale

Twitter avatar for @HainingMaxMax Haining ๐Ÿ’ฏ @HainingMax
As a community builder, I have a love hate relationship with masterminds. They're golden, but hard to manage as you grow. That's why I'm excited to launch the waitlist for Hive; a tool to help communities run masterminds on autopilot at scale ๐Ÿ
behive.cxJoin the Hive WaitlistBe part of our beta communitybehive.cx

April 23rd 2021

9 Retweets73 Likes

Hive is co-founded by Max Haining - the man behind 100DaysOfNoCode. Hive let's you organize, manage and track masterminds to scale connections in your community. Hive normalizes member-led masterminds by selecting hosts, whilst feeding you insights on how each group is performing, thereby easing out a community manager's job!


๐Ÿ‘ฉ ๐Ÿ‘จ Featured Community Builder

Meet David Spinks : Co-Founder of CMX, VP of Community at Bevy and the author of The Business of Belonging.

David Spinks is the Founder of CMX and the VP of Community at Bevy. For over 10 years he has worked to help community professionals thrive, advised the worldโ€™s largest organizations on community strategy, and developed frameworks that have been used by thousands of community teams.

CMX is a network of over 20,000 community professionals. He also hosts a weekly podcast called Masters of Community where I interview the worldโ€™s top community builders and experts.

You can also check out his newsletter here.

Website | Twitter | LinkedIn


๐Ÿ“… Upcoming Community Events

โ“ Live Expert Q&A: How to radically stand out from your competition with Louis Grenier (Founder, Everyone Hates Marketers) on 28th April 9:00 PM IST.

๐Ÿ“ฑ Product Teardown on Go Dutch with The Product Folks on 1st May 5:30 PM.


๐Ÿ”ฆ Spotlight on a CBC (Cohort-Based-Course)

On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF)

The On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF) is a ten-week remote program that brings together an incredible group of founders who are in the early stages of building their next startup. On Deck fellows founded 330+ companies and raised over $250m from incredible investors. There are over 1,400 ODF fellows building the next great wave of companies.

Twitter avatar for @beondeckOn Deck @beondeck
We are excited to announce weโ€™ve raised $20 million from 180+ of the worldโ€™s top investors and operators to create the modern educational institution for the next 100 years. ๐Ÿ“ฝ Hereโ€™s a look at the journey weโ€™re on, and where weโ€™re headed:
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March 25th 2021

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Next Cohort Starts : June 10th, 2021 (ODF10)

Application Deadline : 31st May, 2021

Checkout this thread for a few more CBCs:

Twitter avatar for @benbarbersmithBen Barbersmith ๐Ÿงฌ @benbarbersmith
Who runs a cohort-based course? Drop a link to tell us about it! ๐Ÿ‘‡

April 23rd 2021

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Thatโ€™s it for this week. If you liked our content, please do give us a shoutout and spread the word. ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐ŸคŸ

You can find us here on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Would love to hear your feedback and help you out with anything around Community Building. Feel free to write back. We read EVERY reply.

Cheers,

Team Threado

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