CSE Winter Learning Series: Community-Driven Growth
CSE Winter Learning Series, Session 2: Community-Driven Growth: Turning users into advocates and ambassadors
Founders Only | Virtual | Cameras On
Early growth doesn’t come from shouting louder — it comes from earning trust and activating the people who already believe in what you’re building.
Join fellow founders for Session 2 of the CSE Winter Learning Series with Chrystal Price, focused on community-driven growth at the earliest stage: how to turn early users into advocates and ambassadors without audience scale, budgets, or dedicated community teams.
This session is designed for founders who:
Have early users, but limited word-of-mouth
Rely on referrals that feel inconsistent or accidental
Aren’t sure when “community” actually matters — or how to do it without distraction
This is not a branding or social media session.
It’s a hands-on working session built around founder-operable systems.
What You’ll Walk Away With
Your Early Advocate Map
A clear way to identify which users could become champions, and why.
A First Champion Playbook
How to engage, support, and activate your first 5–10 advocates in a way that feels natural, not transactional.
A Founder-Run Ambassador Motion
A lightweight approach you can run yourself, without tools, platforms, or headcount.
This Session Is For
Bootstrapped, pre-seed, and seed-stage founders
Founders working toward first traction or early revenue
Product, platform, or physical product companies with repeat users
Teams without dedicated marketing or community resources
Founders who want growth driven by trust, not spend
Format
✔️ 60 minutes
✔️ Short framework + guided working session
✔️ Live Q&A
✔️ Cameras on — highly interactive, founder-only room
Host
Chrystal Price
Chrystal Price is an operator and community builder with deep experience helping early-stage founders turn relationships, trust, and proximity into sustainable growth.
10+ years supporting early-stage founders through community-building, partnerships, and trust-led growth
Deep experience helping founders turn early users into advocates, ambassadors, and referral engines without relying on ad spend
Led and advised community-driven initiatives across startups, nonprofits, and ecosystem organizations