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Mark Birch, Community Builder

@markbirch.bsky.social
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Startup founder; startup ecosystem expert; Author of Community-in-a-Box; need help with your #community? Dm me 😊

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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Whenever I get stuck on something, I find a whiteboard ⬜ Sometimes I have a lot of conflicting ideas in my mind, and a whiteboard helps to get them out of my head. After an hour or two of furiously scribbling words, shapes & arrows, I can step back and begin to visualize the idea more clearly.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
One of the highlights of teaching at NCCU was visiting startups on campus💡 I met a drone entrepreneur, a student startup launching scooters, and an artist doing building cool stuff with paper. It's an entrepreneurial environment for builders to launch startups🚀
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
What better way to spend the weekend than checking out startup pitches 😂 I shared some thoughts on the need for community for Taiwanese startups to accelerate their GTM during their final session of an entrepreneurship course. Thanks for having me, it was a blast meeting the startups!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🦁 I'm super excited to be back in Cape Town this week 👋 I will be hosting a masterclass on community growth strategies. Then I speak at AWS Community Day South Africa on the topic of "Community as Code"😉 If you have any recs on places to visit or eat, LMK😁 See you soon Cape Town!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Spent some time tonight at the 9/11 memorial. People say never forget. I say learn from this moment so we can have a more hopeful and caring future.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
⏰ 3:59AM wakeup. Cold shower. Espresso IPO (3 cups). 1,000 pushups. Meditate on valuation multiples. Sprint plan in Notion w/ my Japanese fountain pen. Founder mode!!! LOL, forget the hustle theater—let’s build things that last 💪
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Was at Innovation City Cape Town last November for an event. It was a business matching session. I was in town to give a talk, and the team invited me to join. Ended up manning the AWS table, even though I just left AWS 😅 It was all good, made some good connections 😁
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Stop burning cash on stale growth tactics👎 🔥 Build communities that sell for you instead I grew a community from zero to 30K members across 24 cities with major impact! I'm in Cape Town Sept 18th to share my playbook of Community Flywheel + 11 step process + real metrics💡 trib.co/innocitytalk
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This is the real startup mantra Courtesy of Charles Bukowski
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Sometimes you just need to take a break to recharge 🔋 I get reenergized in the mountains ⛰️ - hiking, fresh air, clearing my mind. Tired of hustle culture telling us to work 15-hour days. That's just performative burnout waiting to happen. Work hard, yes. But rest so you can scale new heights 🏔️
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Winged my demo last week. It worked but was forgettable🤦‍♂️ Fixing bugs an hour before stage, no prep, pure improv in front of 100 people. Delivered "meh" when i could've been memorable. Talent saves you from disaster but only prep creates WOW moments. What's your worst "winging it" story?
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
👨🏻💻So I demoed last night at the PicCollage AI Demo Night, showed off tools I built to help me scale as a solo founder. Shout as well to my Taiwan Gold Card friends at our monthly happy hour my good buddy Anuraag from NYC to talk about AI adoption in the enterprise!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Great food discovery at a local weekend fair, a NJ shop that does a solid Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich 🙌
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Looking back to my first visit to Finland with 42Geeks, what an awesome experience and so much amazing tech being built there!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
😴 "Slept like baby. Woke every 2hrs and cried." Ben Horowitz. Work-life balance is not thing in early-stage startups. 3 factors that matter: fast decisions, passion through difficulties, luck on timing. www.foundersinthecloud.com/p/hard-thing...
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Remembering that time I went to a dinner and the slices of cake were bigger than my head 🤣
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
So awesome catching up with folks this week in Taipei😊 Hit the AWS Summit Taipei 2025✌ Mingled with friends at the 11Fleet event 🤝 Spoke at the Light Dao event on community building🎤 The warmth, welcome & collaborative spirit of Taiwan is real ❤️
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
你好 from AWS Summit Taipei ✌️ Let me know if you're here 😀
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🤔Is your talent program just a pipeline or a community? When I go to Taiwan Gold Card events, I feel I am part of a community that cares🤗 The Gold Card not only attracts highly talented professionals, but also helps them get settled and thrive in a community!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
💻 "The challenge with startup CTO? The role changes as you scale." As someone who has lived the role, Peter Bell shared 4 stages of the startup CTO’s. Peter's CTO playbook: foundersinthecloud.com/p/startup-ct... If you are a startup CTO, what has been the hardest stage for you?
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Some exploration of Hualien, super chill town, lots of low-key interesting and beautiful sights. The mountain backdrop is stunning 😍
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Tried pizza in Taipei at two different places, pretty decent! First photo is Gira Pizza and the second is Casanova Osteria. Both tend to get busy, so book ahead of time.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Reminders of how close Kyiv came to falling in the early day of the Russian invasion, and the trail and death and destruction they have caused.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Hung out at the seat of government of Estonia and met the finance advisor for the Prime Minister. Super interesting to hear from a government official on the Estonian economic miracle.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Excellent Ukranian meal at SHO, a moden and sleek restaurant. Enjoyed everything, especially the borscht.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Spent time in Kyiv earlier this week. Despite the ongoing war, life in the city continues on. Lots to do and see in this city that is one of the oldest in Europe.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Walking around the Old City of Tallinn, such a beautiful city 🤩
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Food in Tallinn, Estonia was much better than I expected 👍
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
With the former Prime Minister of Finland Esko Aho for the first day 42Geeks in Helsinki 🙌
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Landed in Helsinki ✌️
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Warsaw is pretty cool. A lot of history but also a lot of modern touches. Also super walkable and bike friendly!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Back on the NJ shore for a bit, and had a chance to get some decent weather over the weekend 🌞
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Some good & cheap places for sushi in Taipei 初鰻x職人味自慢 晴光店 First Eel x Artisan Taste Proud Seiko Store maps.app.goo.gl/f4NNfHWhc9YM... 躼腳日式料理 Lao Jiao Japanese maps.app.goo.gl/q4NJNUfhWi5k... 平成十九 Heisei 19 Heisei 19 maps.app.goo.gl/8i2L9LMv1qZe...
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Had an amazing time at the All-Chambers Taipei event, an evening to meet friends & make new connections with a diverse, global network of professionals in Taiwan to launch & expand their businesses 🇹🇼🙌
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This is quality ice cream in Tainan 🍦😋
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Taiwanese cuisine is delicious. Not over the top or spicy or complex, just good dishes that are balanced and flavorful and filling😊
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Japanese food in Taiwan is quite amazing, both great quality and delicious 😋 I love Taiwanese food, but sometimes it is nice to have other cuisine options to try.
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Plug and Play launched their first accelerator program in Taiwan, based out of Taoyuan. Great opening event to bring together Taiwanese founders and investors to announce the first batch of selected startups!
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Had an awesome hike up to Elephant Mountain (象山) this morning, such a great way to take in the entire expanse of the city and Taipei 101 😍
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Awesome week in California, caught up with so many folks 😊
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The scenery in Laguna Beach is so beautiful 😎
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Kind of a chilly day in Boston but cool beubg back here for a short visit 😁
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hanging out at the Mapparium in Boston, cool exhibit 🙌
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Super awesome Japanese curry joint called Lane 10 Curry Rice, low-key but super delicious 😋
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Amazing flowers as the Taipei Rose Garden 臺北玫瑰園
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
The new books have come in, just in time to take a bunch wig me for my return to Taiwan 🙌 trib.co/community-bo...
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Super excited to co-host a GenieFriends secret dinner in Taipei on March 28th. These curated gatherings bring entrepreneurs, investors, creatives, and influencers together to meet, collaborate & help each other. If the above describes you, join the waitlist or DM me. lu.ma/TAIPEI2
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Found the best book for managing email ever 🤣🤣🤣
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Got my first physical copies of the new book, excited to check this out! And if you want to pre-order Community-in-a-Box for Kindle, you can do so here - www.amazon.com/dp/B0F19J91Y...
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Mark Birch, Community Builder @markbirch.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Back at my favorite café Twatutian in Zhongshan District, Taipei
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