Sam Ovens on The Real Truth About Building a Community | Ep. 5

Join my free weekly newsletter to get 1 free audience growth tip to scale your online business: https://www.mattgray.xyz/newsletter Join the Founder OS Course to build a proven system for audience growth in 2 hours here: https://www.mattgray.xyz/courses If you’re interested in working together 1:1 join here: https://www.mattgray.xyz/coaching Want to join Skool? Create your community here: https://www.skool.com/refer?ref=2b96c93c29d84a3f88306d3eeae5fcbe I had the pleasure of having a 1-hour long conversation with this absolute legend. For those of you who don't know who this is, Sam Ovens is the former founder of Consulting.com the e-learning platform that at its peak was making over $35M/year. He sold his business and started a new company called "Skool" a new online community-building platform for creators. In this podcast, Sam and I go over what it takes to build a strong community. The importance of consistency. Plus his future vision for Skool. This is something you don't want to miss. It was an honor to have a 1 on 1 conversation with this legend and I hope you find it as valuable as I did. Twitter: https://twitter.com/matt_gray_ Instagram: https://instagram.com/matthgray YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@realmattgray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgray1 Sam Oven's social channels: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sam.ovens/feed/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UC2wTiY8JLWNub751LN-5QvQ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-ovens-63a275199 0:00 Introduction 1:40 Starting “Skool” 4:19 Biggest challenges in running a software business vs online learning platform 12:19 What does a strong community look like for Sam Ovens 23:30 How to best use “Skool” 29:55 How Sam Ovens stays focused and disciplined after all these years 38:40 The moment Sam decided to sell consulting.com 41:40 Frameworks within religions and how they transfer to a strength of a community 48:00 The similarities between developing software and biology 57:01 Vision for Skool