Growing a paid community to $800 MRR - Charlie Ward, Ramen Club (prev. Weekend Club)
Charlie is the founder of Ramen Club (formerly Weekend Club), a community of indie hackers, all working with each other to reach their side project goals and stay accountable. Ramen Club was born out of the London indie hacker meetup Charlie also founded called Indie Beers. Since then Charlie has become a prominent figure in the London indie hacker scene, also running the Indie London community. He's also a notoriously terrible mug reviewer.
- How would you describe Ramen Club?
- Where did you come up with the idea for Ramen Club & IndieBeers?
- What was your initial plan for making revenue with Ramen Club?
- What's your revenue now?
- What have you done specifically to grow those first few users?
On Community Building
- You've cultivated quite the community in London, why did you choose to build the community here?
- What does it take to build an active community? Is it as simple as just setting up a Slack and a Stripe account and away you go?
- What's been the biggest struggle building the community?
- What advice would you give to other indie hackers trying to build a community?
Recommendations
- Book: Influence
- Podcast: The Knowledge Project
- Indie Hacker: Wilhelm Klopp
Links
- Follow Charlie on Twitter
- Ramen Club (formerly Weekend Club)
- Indie London
- Indie Beers
Creators and Guests
