👉🏼 About the Guest:

Derek is the founder of Remote Jobs, the world's repository for remote jobs, and the creator of Daily UI, the #1 design challenge, with a combined total of 650K+ email subscribers. Join him in this episode to learn how he grew his user base from 0 to 650K+!

👉🏼 About the Host:

Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generated $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 24,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. He recently sold his second SaaS product, GuestLab, and he is working on a startup idea while hosting this show.

👉🏼 Sponsor Corner:

Shoutout to Acquire.com for sponsoring The Undefeated Underdogs podcast! They’re the best online marketplace to buy/sell startups and I know many founders who have sold their businesses there. If you're looking to wind down your business and cash in some of your founder chips, check them out - https://try.acquire.com/sharath/

👉🏼 Description:

Listen in as Sharath and Derek discuss taking lessons from building community, how to curate the perfect service, how to monetize your user list, and more!

👉🏼 Timestamps:

00:00: Episode Highlight
00:43: Shoutout to Acquire.com
03:08: Introduction to Derek - founder at Remote Jobs
04:30: Growing your email list when you have 0 internet presence
10:23: Derek's lessons from organizing meetups & community
15:14: Lessons from 10+ years of building community
22:32: How to juggle a side project with a full-time job
29:37: Employee mode vs founder mode
37:30: How to grow your user base using curation
46:20: Breaking the tipping point of users to get to exponential growth
48:22: Hacks to grow a user list from 0
52:10: Common mistakes when building a user list
1:01:20: How to monetize your newsletter
1:08:07: Derek's new and upcoming projects
1:11:43: Outro and closing thoughts

👉🏼 Resources:

Link to Acquire.com: https://try.acquire.com/sharath/
Playbook: https://www.playbook.com/

👉🏼 Where to find Derek:

Twitter: https://x.com/derkolstad
Remote Jobs: https://remotejobs.com/
Daily UI: https://x.com/dailyui

👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath
Website: https://5harath.com/
Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/
Founder Gigs: https://foundergigs.com/

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