Building in Public
Building in Public
Section titled “Building in Public”Guide to building in public
How to share your journey openly and attract community support.
Section titled “How to share your journey openly and attract community support.”What Is Building in Public?
Section titled “What Is Building in Public?”Building in public means sharing your progress, failures, and learnings openly as you build. For local nodes, this means posting updates, sharing decisions, and being transparent about challenges.
Why It Works
Section titled “Why It Works”- Attracts supporters: People want to join something that’s actively growing
- Creates accountability: Public commitments are harder to abandon
- Builds trust: Transparency demonstrates integrity
- Generates content: Your journey IS the content
- Helps others: Other nodes learn from your experience
What to Share
Section titled “What to Share”Progress Updates
Section titled “Progress Updates”- What you built this week/month
- Metrics and milestones
- Photos from events
Lessons Learned
Section titled “Lessons Learned”- What went wrong and how you fixed it
- What you’d do differently
- Advice for others starting out
Behind the Scenes
Section titled “Behind the Scenes”- Decision-making processes
- Financial transparency
- Team dynamics
Where to Share
Section titled “Where to Share”- Twitter/X (reach the Web3 community)
- Farcaster (reach the crypto-native community)
- Blog posts (for depth)
- Newsletter (for committed followers)
- Discord/Telegram (for community updates)
Best Practices
Section titled “Best Practices”- Be consistent, weekly updates beat monthly dumps
- Be honest, share failures alongside wins
- Be specific, “We held our first event with 12 attendees” beats “Things are going great!”
- Engage with responses, building in public is a conversation
Moving Forward
Section titled “Moving Forward”Start sharing. Even small updates count. Consistency matters more than polish.