I’m always grateful for all the love and support from the community. Today, let me take a moment to tell you why.
Welcome to the 5th Edition of The Hustle Book. Thank you all for subscribing to my newsletter. As always, a lot of stories, a lot of pictures, and behind-the-scenes to share with you all my dear friends
Let’s be real here - we are a bootstrapped startup with almost no tangible incentives for our community members compared to any funded startups.
You see when you are part of a circle of funded startups. There are always incentives in place - you can get gigs, get full-time opportunities, attend their events, get merch, stickers, stationaries, badges and lot more things.
And ngl those always help the startups to gain momentum and users in their platform — eventually build the community big
But think the same in the case of a bootstrapped startup where they have no funds for random experiments and especially giveaways. They are always operating from the mindset of constraint and creativity. Only time and effort is what they have got.
Why would someone still choose to join you? What are the incentives? - Quite literally nothing, if you think of it.
Today, I’m writing this with my heart out for the love of my community people. From my learnings and building connections in person with some of our community members — it has been a fulfilling journey for us.
Recently I wrote to an investor saying, we have no pedigree from our past, our hardwork and our community is the only pedigree we have and we can show. That is our proof of work
We started out as a small team, from small towns, have no pedigree education background, no experience working with big-shot startups, but surely had a passion for education, career, and the intent to help other individuals like us with Proof of Work and today here we are with you all.
Other than our help, knowledge and opportunities we have nothing else to offer to our people. This is something we always try our best to go the extra mile, to provide a heart-warming experience to our community members.
If you are reading this, high chance that you are part of the Fueler community and someone might have told you about Fueler.
📖 Also, read my past edition on community building →
We are Fuelers and we stand for something, we are here to create a new future where your efforts will unlock new doors for you
Imagine getting to connect with your ideal
Imagine getting to hear from your favorite founder or creator
Imagine getting a chance to work with your favorite startup
Imagine getting an exclusive invite to events, sessions and clubs
Imagine someone somewhere getting inspired by your work and telling you one day about it — it feels great, trust me I’m telling you
Hence create Proof of Work
~ was working on ads, I have named it “fueler ads from the the future”. wdyt - let me know? ~
Thanks for reading, and thanks a lot for your presence and contributions in Fueler Community. As always, Team Fueler is grateful to you :)
P.S: Oh hey, btw you can now find your favorite brands here — create new proof of work for them, and get recognized and a chance to work with them.