What are Business communities?
This list of communities is geared towards business owners, and range from communities focused on independent businesses, all the way to large scale corporations. If there's a business question you have, you are sure to find someone that can help you answer it in one of these communities.
About Online Communities on Slack
Slack is a business communication platform which offers many realtime chat features, including persistent chat rooms (channels) organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging. Slack is popular as a company communication tool, but offers realtime communication functionality to other types of communities as well.
Top picks from the Hive Index
Indie Worldwide
on slack
Indie Worldwide is a social club and virtual incubator for startup founders. A community for makers who can't get to an in-person meetup group or want to expand their circle beyond their local area. We host online video chats where you can make friends, meet co-founders, find new clients, and get advice. 100% online.2K members
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Ramen Club
on slack
Ramen Club is the Slack community, content and tools getting bootstrapped founders to ramen profitable, and beyond. "The accountability, advice and deeper bonds I get from Ramen Club have been pivotal to me reaching $3.5k MRR for Tiiny Host." - Philip Baretto, Founder, Tiiny Host"100 members
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Wannabe Entrepreneur Space
on slack
Bootstrapping a company or a side project is not an easy job! You might feel lonely or lost. There are always millions of questions in your mind and almost zero answers… Joining our WBE space can probably help!60 members
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Micro Real Estate
Micro Real Estate has resources, forums, and a marketplace for EV Chargers, vending machines and other hardware, along with listings for the micro-properties they operate on. Essentially, it's like a Sillow for EV chargers and vending machines with forums.ForumPairingNewsletter
Startup CPG
Startup CPG is here to help young CPG brands succeed. If you are a startup consumer brand with five employees or fewer, we will give you opportunities to shine, elevate your brand to decision-makers who matter, and connect you to those who have done it before. We will do everything in our power to help any brand working for a better food system. We’re here to lift you up, provide constructive feedback, advise on critical resources, and grow your network so you can make real impact.5K members
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Indie Worldwide is a social club and virtual incubator for startup founders. A community for makers who can't get to an in-person meetup group or want to expand their circle beyond their local area. We host online video chats where you can make friends, meet co-founders, find new clients, and get advice. 100% online.2K members
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MicroConf
Join a vibrant community of nearly 1,500 founders and aspiring founders of startups and SaaS companies from around the globe. We host a weekly live streamed AMA with founders of some of the most influential SaaS businesses from around the world, host various networking opportunities, and much more.2K members
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Pigeon Hack
A community of 600+ micro-preneurs and #indiemakers focused on audience first growth and general sales stuff.700 members
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An accountability-themed meetup turned slack channel for Indie Women.221 members
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Public Lab
Public Lab is the only private community dedicated to Building in Public. It brings together indie hackers, creators, and solopreneurs who care about authenticity and transparency in their building journey.100 members
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Ramen Club is the Slack community, content and tools getting bootstrapped founders to ramen profitable, and beyond. "The accountability, advice and deeper bonds I get from Ramen Club have been pivotal to me reaching $3.5k MRR for Tiiny Host." - Philip Baretto, Founder, Tiiny Host"100 members
ChatApplyPairingPerksEventsNewsletterPaidWannabe Entrepreneur Space
Bootstrapping a company or a side project is not an easy job! You might feel lonely or lost. There are always millions of questions in your mind and almost zero answers… Joining our WBE space can probably help!60 members
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CodeSwaps
The Slack community for makers. Support from members building profitable SaaS products and growing their MRR week on week. Access to VC scouts and Angel Investors from Calm Company Fund and CRAAG group. Feedback from experienced founders working on highly successful products.50 members
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Marketers Chat is for the indie marketer. No BS here!Chat
Enter Network
We’re a Supportive Community for European Founders of Early-Stage Startups. Building a business is a challenge — particularly when faced with a global pandemic. We are an online community of open-minded entrepreneurs from all over Europe who are willing to share their journey and truly help one another.ChatPairingPerksEventsNewsletter.svg)
Everything Marketplaces
We're a community sharing insights & about everything marketplaces. Building, launching, and running online marketplaces has its own unique challenges. We're a community that's sharing our experiences, insights, and problem solving about everything marketplaces.ChatPerksEventsNewsletterPaidMaker Economics
We're a Slack community of makers helping fellow makers reach financial freedom.ChatApplyPairing
HW Startup
HW Startup: A community dedicated to helping the growth of hardware startups! Ideas, validation, design, prototyping, fabrication, manufacturing, and distribution.Chat
Parrity
A P2P library with tutorials, courses, and how-to's made by the brightest business minds of our time.ForumChatNewsletter
