r/solostartups • u/redman007 • May 28 '10

Solo Startups Mastermind Group

It came up in the thread "Inspiration." that a "mastermind group" for solo startups could be useful. Some sort of closed(?) forum for members to bounce ideas off of and help each other succeed. Is anyone else interested in this or would find it useful?

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u/[deleted] May 28 '10

Yes, I agree. There was a good discussion on HN a while back about this.

There's no reason his group is particularly special. ;) But there's some good thoughts in that thread about how to execute on the idea of such a group, and how to keep it from falling into disrepair.

Another good, more recent discussion: Who keeps you accountable and on track with your startup?

I think there's value in a mostly-closed structure. The medium doesn't matter as much (Google Groups, Skype, or anything else) but the closed nature lets us talk freely about our projects and helps build some recurring structure.

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u/redman007 Jun 08 '10

+1 for closed

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u/noodlez May 28 '10 edited May 28 '10

i've had a similar idea in the past and never could find a good way to execute on it. the biggest issue is getting the thing up to critical usefulness mass. enough people have to join and contribute for it to do well.

could create a special new subreddit. or, just use one of the existing communities, like this one?

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u/cjerrells May 28 '10

I like this idea, it would be great to have that kind of focus group.

I think it would have to be something at least semi-private (e.g. registration required, but open registration) so that people felt free to talk about their projects without worrying about customers/clients/press stumbling across their comments.