Charlie Baron - Co-founder - Tribe

Does this count as Breakfast with Founders? 🍻 Last week I met with Charlie Baron in Lisbon 

Charlie is the co-founder of (tribe - we help grow communities) - a social community where members work, play and connect together.

They behave in a certain way and platforms risk getting in the way. It's important to consider how easiest you can acquire communities with as little friction as possible.

We spoke about:

- Community community community. Charlie has built a community from the ground up, attracting founders and freelancers in and around Lisbon with the sole purpose of bringing back IRL connections. To date, IRL communities have struggled to remain engaged between events, tribe are changing that.

- Building in smaller cities vs global metropoles. Smaller markets like Lisbon can act as great way to try and test your product with a more targeted user group. They're also great for acquisition as you can rely on word of mouth and existing networks in order to do so. Sometimes, they're less spoilt for choice too - making your product more attractive.

- The paths of least resistance. Community and creators already exist. They behave in a certain way and platforms risk getting in the way. It's important to consider how easiest you can acquire communities with as little friction as possible.

- Fundraising and exits. With any opportunity - we want to answer the 'how big can this become' and 'what could an exit look like'. Personally, I'm okay with the exit not being entirely planned out (as we're talking about startups here where things change quick), but it gives me a sense of a) the type of investor this could attract b) the type of exit this could entail (ie. tech, customers, IP, market share etc)

Unfortunately our beers came to end soon after as someone decided to grace the public square with the presence of their guitar and voice.