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Aravind Saji

Incubation Manager |...ย โ€ขย 1y

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™: Discordโ€™s ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฎ ๐ŸŽฎโžก๏ธ๐ŸŒ The ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? Start small, listen closely, and scale smart. Discord when launched in 2015, wasnโ€™t trying to be the โ€œ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ.โ€ It focused on ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜: gamers needed better tools to chat during multiplayer games. But then, something ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ happened... ๐Ÿ˜ณ What happens when you create a tool so good for one group that the rest of the world says, โ€œ๐‘พ๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’๐’โ€? ๐ŸŽ“ Students used it for study groups. ๐Ÿ’ผ Remote teams turned it into a workplace tool. ๐ŸŽจ Artists started hosting live classes. Today, Discord is a global phenomenon: ๐Ÿ“ˆ 350M registered users and 150M monthly active users ๐ŸŒ Communities ranging from coding boot camps to mental health support ๐Ÿ’ฐ Valuation? A mind-blowing $15 billion. Discordโ€™s journey wasnโ€™t about doing everything at onceโ€”it was about ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. โฆฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€: They doubled down on trust and loyalty. Customizability: Channels, bots, and roles let users build the community of their dreams. โฆฟ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Communities have the tools to build their world, not a cookie-cutter one โฆฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: They evolved as users demanded moreโ€”80% of servers today arenโ€™t even gaming-related! โค๏ธ Lesson for founders?๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† - Solve a single problem so well that it becomes the foundation for exponential growth. Start focused, grow by listening, and scale when your users are ready to take you beyond your initial niche. ๐‘พ๐™๐’‚๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐’Š๐™˜๐’‰๐™š ๐™–๐’“๐™š ๐™ฎ๐’๐™ช ๐™›๐’๐™˜๐’–๐™จ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’ˆ ๐’๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐’๐™™๐’‚๐™ฎ? hashtag#Community hashtag#TechInnovation hashtag#LessonsLearned hashtag#startups hashtag#founders hashtag#technology hashtag#groups

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