Propel

The community for builders

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The community for builders

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Join a curated network of rising stars who want to build the next big thing as founders or executives. Accelerate your career with access to ambitious peers, mentorship, events, courses, and much more.

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Miitra

Maker

Hi Product Hunt! Excited to be here and to get your feedback. 😸 Propel is the community for future builders. Emily, Scott, and I started it when we realized that peers and mentors had been crucial to our own (moderate) success, but there was no dedicated place for people like us to come together without spending a ton of money or quitting our day jobs, which none of us were ready to do yet. Since launching this summer, we’ve grown into a tight-knit community of a couple hundred members and dozens of advisors. We were excited (and pleasantly surprised tbh) to see members of the community hire each other, invest in each other’s companies, team up to start side hustles, and build an incredibly positive support network. We’ve built out a cohort system, mentorship, mini-courses, a curated job board, off-the-record events, and more thanks to lots of input from the community itself. We’ve also started working on this full time! 😬 As we head into 2021, we know a lot of folks are thinking about their next step, whether that’s getting a promotion, switching to a new role, or starting their own thing. We wanted to start talking about Propel more publicly to invite new members to take that journey alongside all of us. If you apply to join, you’ll get access to everything mentioned above and more. What else would be helpful to you in your journey to be a builder? We’re always looking for new things to build for the community. 🚀

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6yr ago

Propel has been a great way to grow my network with people all over the company, in different stages of their careers, and in different industries. Propel currently has a few learning tracks. After the first few sessions of the learning track, Launching a Business, I was inspired to start thinking more critically about my ideas and knew I was not alone. Emily and I created a new group called Idea Propeller. This enabled me to share my ideas with a group of other propellers in a very open and safe place. What is most exciting about Idea Propeller is that it creates a forum for propellers to share and receive feedback on tactical next steps along with big picture questions about where the world is going in regards to their idea/industry. Definitely recommend joining this community

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6yr ago

Propel

Maker

@schaffer_ochstein thanks for always collaborating with me, can't wait for more of these!

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6yr ago

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Connecting with others is one of the deepest human desires we have, yet we've seen at Weekend Fund that builders at the earlier stages are lacking community. Way to go, Propel!

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6yr ago

Miitra

Maker

Thanks, @vedika_jain! Community is so important.

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6yr ago

What are some things you think Propel is uniquely doing better/different than some of the other programs out there doing similar-ish things?

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6yr ago

Miitra

Maker

@aaron_cohn Good question! A few things we think about: 1) We're a community first. That may be a little difficult to think about tangibly, but if you talk to our members and advisors, the give-first, generous environment creates a very different experience. 2) We reach people before they start building and often before they even know what they want to build. We believe that's a crucial time when we can have the largest positive impact. 3) Our membership model (a reasonable monthly membership fee) is designed such that most of our members keep their day jobs and use Propel as a way to advance their longer term career objectives, rather than quitting their jobs and focusing on this full-time. We believe this helps us reach a lot of talented people that otherwise would be excluded from groups like this.

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6yr ago

@taguthrie solid answers! I like. Thx for the peek behind the curtain!

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6yr ago

Joining Propel has been a bright spot of 2020! I've been able to connect with other operators at early-stage companies and talk through challenges that they have worked through before. It's a group of bright and ambitious builders!

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6yr ago

Propel

Maker

Thank you, @elizabeth_stockton! We're fortunate you're a part of this ✨

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6yr ago

Super cool idea. Communities (particularly online ones) are only going to increase in their importance moving fwd

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6yr ago

Miitra

Maker

@eric_tarczynski 100% agree - thanks, Eric!

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6yr ago

Propel has been my professional development channel the past few months. From learning tracks to meeting other people like me, I feel more confident in my day job and as I continue to explore new ideas. Highly recommend if you're looking to find people with high energy around creating and building!

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6yr ago

Miitra

Maker

Thanks, @jacqueline_albright! Such an honor to have you as an early member of the community - we're better for your presence :)

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6yr ago

iHeart AdBuilder

Propel has been incredibly valuable for me this year. In a world where it is only harder to grow your network (@ 2020), Propel has helped dramatically. Beyond that, I have been wildly impressed by the community. Couldn't speak highly enough of Propel

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6yr ago

Propel

Maker

@george_matelich thank you for being such a key part of our west coast presence!

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6yr ago

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