Building and Growing a Side Hustle to $1.8k MRR with Charlie Ward (GMT131)

In this episode, Charlie Ward explains how he created Weekend Club, the #1 Indie Hackers accountability community. He also shares his learning on how he pivoted to an online-only community from real life and what he learned by doing so.

In episode 131, you’ll learn:

  1. How to create an engaging and thriving community
  2. How Weekend Club grew to $1.8k MRR
  3. How Charlie measures success for the Weekend Club community

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About Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward is the founder of Weekend Club and the owner of Indie London. After speaking to hundreds of bootstrappers in the Indie London community, Charlie realized there was a huge need for increased accountability to help people build, launch and grow their business. So Weekend Club was born.

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