Million Dollar Community: Jay Clouse's The Lab
🆕 Deep dive
The Lab is a peer-to-peer community run by Jay Clouse, known for Creator Science. The Lab focuses squarely on creator pros - helping them reach and stay at the top of their game.
In this deep dive, we uncover how Jay grew The Lab into a $400k a year revenue stream with just 200 members.
We cover how the community got started, how it grows, functions, and makes money.
Here’s what to expect:
✔️ Origin Story: How The Lab community got started
✔️ The Offer: The value it offers its members
✔️ Revenue: How The Lab makes money
✔️ Growth: The tactics used to grow its membership
✔️ Tools: The tool stack it uses to power its community and business
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