Gina Bianchini is the founder and CEO of Mighty Networks. Mighty Networks helps creators bring their community, courses, memberships, and events together in one place under their brand.Mighty Networks has more than 10,000 paying creators, brands, and coaches today. Users include established creators and brands such as YouTube star Adriene Mishler, Xprize and Singularity University founder Peter Diamandis, author Luvvie Ajayi Jones, comedian Amanda Seales, Girlboss founder Sophia Amoruso and brands such as the TED conference and wellness scheduling platform MINDBODY.Before Mighty Networks, Gina was CEO of Ning, which she co-founded with Marc Andreessen. Under her leadership, Ning grew to 100 million people in 300,000 active social networks across subcultures, professional networks, entertainment, politics, and education.In this episode, we talk about the opportunities for creators to build a membership business, what the most successful community builders are doing today, the major problems with Facebook Groups, and why Gina believes that great sustainable memberships can be built with fewer than 30 members.Learn more about Mighty NetworksFollow Gina Bianchini on TwitterEnroll in my Community Building Crash CourseEnroll in my Memberships & Advanced Community Building WorkshopFull transcript and show notes***ABOUT JAY CLOUSESubscribe to my weekly newsletterFind me on TwitterFind me on InstagramEnroll in my course on podcasting, Podcast Like The Pros***LISTENER SUPPORTJoin our community on FacebookSupport this show through Buy Me A Coffee***SPONSORSTry Podia and save 15% for life as a Creative Elements listenerStart your free trial of SavvyCal and get your first month free using promo code ELEMENTSGet a free month of Blinkist PremiumTry Grammarly for free and save 20% on Grammarly Premium***PODGLOMERATE NETWORKThis show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Creative Elements, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Rocketship.fm and Freelance to Founder.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices