At age 26, Andrew Guttormsen was living with his parents and took an unpaid internship to get his foot in the door at Teachable. His persistence and great ideas led to him becoming a core team member and he went on to eventually co-found Circle, a community platform now used by over 10,000 businesses.

With experience scaling two highly successful startups, Andrew shares valuable insights on implementing customer feedback as a growth strategy, why having tough conversations matters, and fostering online community engagement.

We Also Talked About:
Bouncing back after failure on the journey to success
Getting buy-in and implementing suggestions as a young intern
Details of a Chief Revenue Officer's responsibilities
How to shape the culture and interactions in an online community
The importance of giving direct feedback to help team members grow

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RESOURCES:
Learn more about Circle's community platform (affiliate link)
Discover why Circle is the best community management platform out there
Contact Andrew at andrew @ circle.so

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At age 26, Andrew Guttormsen was living with his parents and took an unpaid internship to get his foot in the door at Teachable. His persistence and great ideas led to him becoming a core team member and he went on to eventually co-found Circle, a community platform now used by over 10,000 businesses.
With experience scaling two highly successful startups, Andrew shares valuable insights on implementing customer feedback as a growth strategy, why having tough conversations matters, and fostering online community engagement.
We Also Talked About:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Bouncing back after failure on the journey to success</li>
<li aria-level="1">Getting buy-in and implementing suggestions as a young intern</li>
<li aria-level="1">Details of a Chief Revenue Officer's responsibilities</li>
<li aria-level="1">How to shape the culture and interactions in an online community</li>
<li aria-level="1">The importance of giving direct feedback to help team members grow</li>
</ul>
Want to hear more startup stories and advice? Be sure to listen to this episode and subscribe to the podcast!
RESOURCES:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Learn more about <a href="https://onlinebusinessliftoff.com/circle">Circle's </a><a href="https://onlinebusinessliftoff.com/circle">community platform</a> (affiliate link)</li>
<li aria-level="1">Discover why Circle is the <a href="https://onlinebusinessliftoff.com/best-community-management-tool/">best community management platform</a> out there</li>
<li aria-level="1">Contact Andrew at andrew @ circle.so</li>
</ul>
Want regular access to tips, techniques and advice from experts about growing your business? Sign up here:<a href="https://onlinebusinessliftoff.com/newsletter/"> https://onlinebusinessliftoff.com/newsletter/</a>

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This podcast is for new and emerging online business owners who are determined to do what it takes to reach their financial goals, help people along the way and learn a bunch of useful new skills. Have a love/hate relationship with the tech? We talk about that. Not sure you have what it takes to achieve success? We talk about that, too, plus how to deal with mindset challenges. Trudy Rankin, Founder of the Online Business Program, shares actionable tips that will help you really get your business growing, as well as interviews with experts and inspiring stories so that you can grow your online business with confidence.

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