980 - WP-Tonic Show: We Discuss The Challenges of Building a Real Online Community in 2025

We Discuss The Challenges of Building a Real Online Community in 2025 With Special Guest Casey Woo, The Founder & CEO of The Operators Guild Casey Woo is a public market investor turned proven multi-stage, high-growth technology COO/CFO with over 20 years of experience at high-growth startups. I’ve seen a lot, aged a lot, and love it a lot… I also lead a community of over 1,200 of the world’s top operators (@Operators Guild) and invest (@FOG Ventures). #1 - Casey, can you provide the tribe with some more detailed information on your background and what led you to start Casey Woo? #2 - What have been some of the major challenges that you can share with us connected to building and developing an online community? #3 - Casey, I had the opportunity to interview David Siegel, CEO of Meetup, and he shared his personal experiences connected to working at WeWork with Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah. I wonder if you could share a couple of stories with us that have stayed with you, connected to this period of your life? #4 - I personally feel we facing one of the biggest technology bubbles in history, connected to AI and OpenAI, and its CEO, Sam Altman. What are your thoughts on this? #5— Are there any AI tools or services you have been using remotely or regularly that you would like to share with the WP-Tonic tribe? #6—If you had your time machine (H. G. Wells) and could travel back to the beginning of your career, what advice would you give? ----------------Sponsors------------------ Kintsa - https://bit.ly/3VskGBT WP Rollback Pro - https://bit.ly/3VskGBT LfiterLMS - https://bit.ly/3VskGBT ----------------------------------- Follow & Connect With Us ----------------------------------- ▬▬ LEARN FROM US ▬▬ ► Our course is" Are You Looking To Build Your Membership Website Quickly And EASILY On WordPress?" https://www.wp-tonic.com/course/ ▬▬ LET'S CONNECT ▬▬ ► FaceBook Free Group "The Membership Machine Show" Group Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/membershipmachine ► Podcast "The Membership Machine Show" https://f0k0.short.gy/oF9q9f ► X (Twitter) https://x.com/wptonic_com ▬▬ SPECIAL DEALS ON THE TOOLS WE USE TO BUILD (ONLINE COURSES) ▬▬ https://www.wp-tonic.com/deals/ ▬▬ ABOUT THIS CHANNEL ▬▬ We discuss everything connected to building a successful membership/community website in 2024, from the right technology to using up-to-date digital marketing techniques. //CONTACT: For business inquiries ONLY, please use this email: [email protected] -----------------------------------------Hosts of The Show ----------------------------------- Hosts of The Show Jonathan Denwood & Kurt von Ahnen of MananaNoMas https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathandenwood/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtvonahnen/ https://manananomas.com/ @MananaNoMas