Ep140 – Kate Kendall (Founder – Atto & Indie Labs) on power dynamics, advisors & community

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep140 – Kate Kendall (Founder – Atto & Indie Labs) on power dynamics, advisors & community February 25, 2021 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Ep140 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Founder of Atto and Indie Labs, Kate Kendall. Kate is one of the pioneers of the Indie movement, supporting alternative approaches to building companies focused on profits rather than fundraising. She is the Founder of Atto, an accelerator and micro fund for female founders that champions the no-code movement and also runs IndieConf, an alternative conference built for those building profitable tech startups  Prior to this, she founded The Fetch, a curated reading list and discovery platform for professional events for several years before shutting the community down to focus on her next startup, CloudPeeps which continues to operate today. We discussed a range of topics in this interview including: 5.52 – How to leverage power dynamics to building effective communities19.23 – Kate’s decision to walk away from a Series A funding round to focus on building the Indie way34.08 – How to build global community movement through decentralised community models53.20 – How to set up advisory boards and advisory board agreements& much more! Links mentioned Kate’s Businesses The FetchCloudPeepsAtto Indie LabsIndie Conf Community Management Systems Circle.soMighty NetworksReddit  Centralised/Decentralised communities Ted TedX People  Jason LemkinCasey Fenton – CouchsurfingCasey Fenton (Founder of Couchsurfing) Podcast – Ep097 on Hacking your ego Mike Cannon-Brookes – Atlassian  Advisors  Joel Gascoigne – Buffer Ligaya Tichy – Yelp & Airbnb David Bill – CoTweet Maren Kate Donovan – Zirtual Special Thanks: Special thanks to Kat Loughrey for her help with research for this interview ? Feedback/connect/say hello: [email protected]@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Spotify, Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/startupplaybook/Ep140_-_Kate_Kendall_Founder_-_Atto__Indie_Labs_on_power_dynamics_advisors_and_community.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep140 – Kate Kendall (Founder – Atto & Indie Labs) on power dynamics, advisors & community appeared first on Startup Playbook.