Building and Scaling Reading Rhythms with Ben Bradbury

About this episode

Ben Bradbury discusses the growth of Reading Rhythms from a small gathering to a global community business.

Ben Bradbury, Co-founder and CEO of Reading Rhythms, returns to share how a rooftop book reading event with 10 friends became a thriving community business with nearly 700 reading parties around the world. We cover brand partnerships, community building strategy, and their new app, and much more! If you are looking to build a community-based business, this episode is for you!

People in this episode

Host: David Nebinski

Guest: Ben Bradbury

Topics covered

• community building
• business strategy
• reading events
• brand partnerships
• app development

Keywords

• Reading Rhythms
• community business
• reading parties
• brand partnerships
• app

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reading Rhythms

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