About Early Stage Founders
Early Stage Founders is an online community focused on helping SaaS and service founders find their first customers, scale up to full-time revenue, and earn a living with their online businesses. ESF combines Growth Systems, coaching, and community to give members everything they need to get their online businesses off the ground - backed by a 100% money back guarantee.
The community at a glance
Early Stage Founders is a Discord Server for SaaS Founders and Indie Hackers with roughly 3K members. It has both a forum and a live chat communication style. It also includes 1:1 member pairing, events or meetups, member perks or discounts, an email newsletter, paid membership options, and courses or structured learning. On the Hive Index it ranks #3 in the Indie Business communities list.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
This community has a realtime chat
Pairing
Only 10% of SaaS communities have member pairingThis community sets up 1:1 pairing between its members
This community hosts offline events and meetups
This community has discounts and perks for its members (potentially for a cost)
This community has an email newsletter of related content
This community has a paid membership level
Courses
Only 14% of Indie Business communities have coursesThis community offers educational courses
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Early Stage Founders for?
- Best for SaaS Founders and Indie Hackers enthusiasts looking for a Discord-based community with forum discussion, live chat, events or meetups.
- Is Early Stage Founders free to join?
- Early Stage Founders is listed with paid membership options. The community link spells out current pricing and member benefits.
- How many members does Early Stage Founders have?
- Roughly 3K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is Early Stage Founders on?
- Early Stage Founders runs on Discord. Discord is an American VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform designed for creating communities. Users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats or as part of communities called "servers". Discord originally became popular in the gaming communities, but now has spread to software developers, crypto, and beyond.
- What topics does Early Stage Founders cover?
- On the Hive Index, Early Stage Founders is organized under SaaS Founders, Indie Hackers.
- How do I join Early Stage Founders?
- You can join Early Stage Founders by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the SaaS communities like?
- Communities for SaaS founders and operators covering pricing, churn, product-market fit, and growth. You will find communities on Slack, Discord, and independent forums where founders share MRR milestones, swap tactics for reducing churn, and get feedback on their positioning. Plenty of activity from solo and small-team operators alongside folks scaling bigger.
Added 8/8/2024
Monthly Stats
- 76
- Views /mo (-6%)
- 59
- Visitors /mo (-9%)
- 29
- Referrals /mo (-15%)
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