Presented during Pioneers Festival 2017 in Vienna, together with Airbnb. This talk highlights lessons learned from building www.dreamersdoers.me

1. PIONEERING COMMUNITY:
WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU

2. What's visible...

3. Making Community.
[COMMUNITY]Your Secret Weapon.

4. COMMUNITY
[they don't tell you]
(1) BEHIND-THE-SCENES
(2) WHY CARE?
(3) THREE THINGS
Today.

5. (1) BEHIND-THE-SCENES

6. Hi, I'm Gesche.
@geschehaas

7. The Accidental Community Builder.

8. Increasing the # of successful ventures launched by women.

9. Communities
...Aren't Always What You See.

10. Global recognition + reach
Partnership w Comcast NBCUniversal
Profitable & Impact
Powering the Sharing Economy 2.0
Where we're heading.

11. (2) WHY CARE

12. Running a Profitable Company.
Community

13. Source: Wikipedia

14. Source: Wikipedia

15. Never Been This "Easy"
to Create Community

16. (3) THREE THINGS
[they don't tell you]

17. Harder than you think
Behind
closed doors Can't force it
What they don't tell you.

18. Harder than you think
Behind
closed doors Can't force it
What they don't tell you.

19. Require Emotional Safety.
Strong Communities.

21. Harder than you think.
It takes a toll on *you*
Behind-the-scenes/can't force

22. Behind closed doors.
*Interconnections*
Details/strong leader = KEY

23. Can't force it.
F it / "Product-Market-Fit"
Authenticity

24. RECAP!

25. NOT easy to do well.
Communities are:

26. COMMUNITIES ARE ROCKET FUEL
...but when you do:

27. THANK YOU!