Krishan Patel’s Post

Don’t build a product for people. Build WITH them. And they’ll eagerly buy in. - Foster the community, - Research their problems and needs, - Present the perfect offer, - Iterate and evolve based on feedback and growth. Once the motion of ACP (Audience-Community-Product) is in progress, it's hard to stop it. Pass your ideas through the filter of the community, consolidate, iterate and feed them back in. With the right strategy, you’ll have a perpetual motion machine. A sustainable business that stands the test of time.

What's Your Goal as a Tech Champ? Hello, Tech Enthusiasts! As we journey towards becoming expert developers and tech champions, it's essential to reflect on our goals and aspirations. I’d love to hear from you: What is your goal after mastering your technical skills? Here’s mine, and what I aspire to achieve: My Goal: - Create My Own Startup: Build an innovative company that leverages cutting-edge technology. - Empower Youth: Equip the next generation with valuable skills to thrive in the tech industry. -Foster Innovation: Encourage creative solutions and forward-thinking ideas to solve real-world problems. - Build a Community: Create a supportive environment where young tech enthusiasts can learn, grow, and succeed. - Make a Positive Impact: Use technology to make a meaningful difference in society. Now, I invite you to share your goals. What do you aim to achieve once you become a tech expert? comment below! P.S: Your dreams and aspirations matter—let’s build a better future together!

After six years of organizing urban hackathons, we have developed a methodology that allows us to get the best results in a minimum time. The format of the urban hackathon by the voice of space includes two months of preparation, detailed planning, and coordination of participating teams. And the hackathon itself - a dynamic event that lasts non-stop for 48-72 hours. Teams work on prototypes that solve urban challenges based on the technical task defining the direction of their innovation activities. This structured approach ensures that the solutions are both creative and technically feasible. After the event, the teams work for a month to finalize their solutions. It ensures that innovative ideas are successfully implemented in real-world settings, making the voice of space urban hackathons a powerful tool for implementing significant and sustainable changes in the urban environment. Want to conduct a hackathon and grow a loyal community? Let's talk about it. 🤝

Do you have a Big Idea? Something you've been noodling on for a while? Sometimes, these big ideas are a little scary because to achieve them, we would have to change something - switch careers, re-train, move locations, or take some other risk. Take the fear out of the change by bringing it out into the open! Make a plan, decide how you can get from A to B, and then take tiny steps every day to make your dream a reality. Tell your friends and family, and then allow your community to show up for you. And if they don't show up, then get out there and find a community that will! Don't let your Big Idea burn out before it ever gets to exit your head ;)

5 lessons that helped me build my 7-figure solo empire: 1. Build a community 2. Ship fast 3. Give it time 4. Build systems to scale 5. Automate, delegate, or eliminate

Want to know the secret to building a community that thrives? It's not artificial intelligence or complex algorithms. It's simply recognizing that people are people. Whether you're building a micro-empire or a small community, remember that people want to feel seen, heard, and valued. Micro-communities are the future. The business world is moving towards more deeper connection, diverse collaboration, and empathetic design. As a micropreneur, you have a unique advantage. You understand the power of personal connection. Don't just create a community, be a part of it. Foster an environment where everyone feels not only welcome, but truly heard. Emphasize the value of each person, and you'll create a community that thrives.

❌ What’s wrong with Vancouver’s tech scene? As a newcomer, I've been exploring the Vancouver tech scene and connecting with experienced individuals to identify key challenges and potential solutions. Here's what's wrong: 1️⃣ Brain Drain to the US Low wages and high rents are driving talented individuals away, particularly to the US. ✅ Can I do anything about it? While I can't fix everything, my team at OpenBC is tackling the housing crisis by improving short-term rental regulation enforcement. 2️⃣ Pandemic Happened The pandemic caused a big loss of community in the tech scene in Vancouver. All of the in-person meetups stopped. ✅ Can I do anything about it? Things are starting to spin up again, but slowly. A lot of the people who were organizers before moved on to other things, so it's like the community has to re-learn how to be a community. To support each other, I'm planning to organize a meetup for community leaders in Vancouver. If you're one of them, please DM me. 👉 What can you do? Feel free to share your thoughts, experiences, and let's collectively shape Vancouver's tech scene!

Thank you Joss. Some key takeaways about building a sustainable community or ecosystem for me based on my current understanding and learning from collaboration with Strategic Doing Institute and Strategic Doing Networks: 1. It takes time and long-term investment. Building a community is not quick or easy - it requires patience and a long-term perspective. 2. It is an emergent process with many surprises and pitfalls along the way. Since it involves complex systems and human behavior, the process of community building is iterative and dynamic. 3. It involves moving from setting up and leading to eventually supporting an active ecosystem. The graphic shows the progression from establishing, to facilitating, to empowering. 4. Many people underestimate the challenges involved. Things like communication channels are not the same as robust communities and ecosystems. 5. Co-design and equal participation are important in the process, rather than top-down management. Community building requires intrinsic motivation and engagement from all participants. 6. it can depend on the context - some types of communities, like tech ones, may be easier to establish than those trying to create substantive change. Sustainable community building takes time, encounters unexpected challenges, requires shared leadership and co-creation, and is often more difficult than people assume. Patience, adaptation, and equal participation are key. Strategic Doing Networks has just launched 3 experimental communities using Strategic Doing Networks (SDN) as the Operating Systems (SDN-OS). 1. Reinventing University System 2. Flourishing Communities 3. Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystems We understand that there are no regid community boundaries. They all can evolve and emerge as we learn and adapt based on use cases. Ed Morrison

I believe that many people underestimate what it takes to build a sustainable community or ecosystem. Although it certainly depends on the area that you are in, building a community is not quick, nor easy, it is the long-term investment, not the shortcut. Be it for an individual or organization that is working on this, I think this graphic helps to capture some of the systemic structure. As you move from (the left) setting up and leading to (the right) supporting an active ecosystem. There are many surprises and pitfalls along the way, it is an emergent process after all.

From I to We to Us: A reiterative process   Love the simplicity of the graphics. It's a refreshing departure from complex and overwhelming visuals for system change. This simplicity aligns beautifully with the fundamental concept of systems design, where the goal is to move from complexity to simplicity.   I fully agree with Joss Colchester insight that, 'many people underestimate what it takes to build a sustainable community or ecosystem’. Moving from one level to another is not easy. It requires patience and grit, and often a change in values and skill sets.   The graphics set my mind wondering. What if we introduced another visual where all the circles are of a similar size, there is no leader, the 'I' has become 'we' and the 'we' has become ‘I’.   This could then reiterate with a larger collective leading the process of change, reaching out to a larger audience. When the transformative journey from I to we evolves into a journey from we to us. Rachel Sheila Kan Claudia Coveyduck Simon Hedley Jo Salter Siddharth Mukne MBA, PGDM Mark Hoda Ashna Anya Patel Asha Buch krishnakant Buch Mira Patel Sarita Jepps