Small Bets - Campfire Community for Indie-business,...

About Small Bets

Interested in entrepreneurship? Forget about starting a company. Try making $1,000 with a small project first. We learn a lot more from small wins than from big failures. When you join Small Bets you'll find a support network ready to help you get your first small wins, along with regular live workshops to teach and inspire you.

The community at a glance

Small Bets is a Campfire Community for Marketers, Business Owners, Founders and startup builders, Indie Hackers, Building in Public, and Micro Startups with roughly 4K members. It has been around since 2021. It has a live chat communication style. It also includes events or meetups, member perks or discounts, an email newsletter, paid membership options, and courses or structured learning. On the Hive Index it ranks #2 in the Building in Public communities list and #4 in the Micro Startups communities list. It is the 8th largest community in the Indie Business topic page.

On Campfire

Established 2021

4K Members

Community Topics

Community Features

Chat

This community has a realtime chat

Events

This community hosts offline events and meetups

Perks

This community has discounts and perks for its members (potentially for a cost)

This community has an email newsletter of related content

Paid

This community has a paid membership level

Courses

This community offers educational courses

Community Reviews

“I just joined @dvassallo’s course for cohort 5. The Discord is FULL of amazing makers. It’s like a curated group of the best from Twitter, plus more interaction and value.“

- Dan

5/25/2022

“Taking this course and joining this Discord has been an incredible learning journey. Top notch, creative, generous, engaged people coming together to figure out how to design work around life. Makings solopreneurship not so solo.“

- Miche

5/25/2022

“You don't need another course but this by @dvassallo legit freed me from self-sabotage and procrastination. It's value dense, affordable and the community is still small and quite active.“

- Monica

5/25/2022

“This course by @dvassallo will show you: How to think about starting a business; How to reduce the risk of failure; How to use randomness to your advantage. Truly one of the best courses I've taken.“

- Hassan

5/24/2022

Frequently asked questions

Who is Small Bets for?: Best for Marketers and Business Owners and Founders and startup builders and Indie Hackers and Building in Public and Micro Startups enthusiasts looking for a Campfire-based community with live chat, events or meetups.
Is Small Bets free to join?: Small Bets is listed with paid membership options. The community link spells out current pricing and member benefits.
How many members does Small Bets have?: Roughly 4K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is Small Bets on?: Small Bets runs on Campfire. Campfire is a chat application similar to Slack or Teams, but it's fully customizable by the owner of the community. Easily invite people. Make rooms. @mentions, DMs, and mobile support.
What topics does Small Bets cover?: On the Hive Index, Small Bets is organized under Marketers, Business Owners, Founders and startup builders, Indie Hackers, Building in Public, Micro Startups.
How do I join Small Bets?: You can join Small Bets by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the Marketing communities like?: Marketing is one of the bigger topic areas on the site, with communities covering pretty much every corner of the discipline: SEO, paid, content, social, growth, and everything in between. Most of the action happens across Discord and Slack, with some solid independent forums in the mix too. If you are looking to sharpen your skills, swap tactics, or just talk shop with other marketers, there is a lot to dig into here.