Lloyed Lobo - Co-Founder & President of Boast.ai | How to Build a Community

Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder and president of Boast.ai, which automates access to billions in R&D tax credits and innovation incentives so companies can fuel their growth while preserving equity and avoiding red-tape. Armed with $123M USD in funding, Boast.ai is on a mission to help innovative companies become successful.Lloyed also co-chairs Traction, a community of over 90k+ founders and tech professionals co-founded by Boast.ai, that brings leaders from the fastest growing companies like Shopify, Twilio, Slack, LinkedIn, GitHub, Cloudflare, and many more to share learnings on building, growing, and scaling startups via weekly webinars, regular meetups, and an annual conference.

➡️ Talking Points

00:00 — Intro

03:28 — Lloyed Lobo’s origin story

13:22 — Should the future of entrepreneurship be like HubSpot?

20:49 — How does an entrepreneur actually build a community?

47:15 — Doubling down all the effort on a single channel first or trying out different channels

58:20 — Lloyed’s thoughts on mental health

1:07:40 — Do all entrepreneurs suffer the same problems and issues?

1:20:00 — Where can people connect with Lloyed Lobo?

1:20:40 — The biggest challenge Lloyed Lobo has ever faced in his life

1:21:56 — The most impactful person in Lloyed Lobo’s life

1:22:47 — Lloyed Lobo’s book or podcast recommendation

1:25:40 — What would Lloyed tell his 20-year-old self?

1:26:35 — What does success mean to Lloyed Lobo?