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What Is Your Entrepreneur Community or Tribe? FINDING AND PARTICIPATING IN A TRIBE CAN CHALLENGE YOU TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT LEAD TO GREATER OPPORTUNITIES.
by Jeff Roth
the desire of many workers to find something different to earn an income that offered more flexibility. Often, they turned to entrepreneurial tribes to find answers and support.
“Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.” —Michael Kapor
n a recent article entitled “8 Entrepreneurship Trends You
Perhaps the increase in these entrepreneurial communities, or tribes, comes from people having more time during the pandemic to think about ways to make more income, have more control over their time, and potentially more control over where and how they want to live. The Great Resignation, as the exodus from the workforce was called, was fueled partly by
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EXAMPLES OF ENTREPRENEUR TRIBES
Need to Know (2022-2024),” Josh Howarth notes the rise of entrepre- neurial communities. One example he offers is the site Indie Hackers, which supports entrepreneurs building online projects to generate revenue. He notes that searches for the name Indie Hackers is up 150% since 2017.
Entrepreneurial tribes, or commu - nities, exist around the globe and in many forms. Here are a few of them: • Think Realty members are interested in developing themselves in the real estate space. They want to network and grow with other like-minded entrepreneurs. The Think Realty community offers multiple ways for people to connect—through its print magazine, website, podcast, forums, conference, courses, etc. This tribes offers a great deal of value and, like most things, you get out of it what you put in. • Contrarian Thinking is a free newsletter that offers weekly passive income ideas and entrepreneurial leadership. Topics include fractionalized investing in real estate or franchises, investing in tiny houses, digital real estate, ice vending machines, car
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