Charlie Ward is an Indie Hacker and a founder of Ramen Club. He got his start organizing local meetups for the London Indie-hacker scene, but when COVID struck he had to make a hard pivot. In this episode we discuss community building, indie hacking, and how Charlie made the most of what could have been a sticky situation. Follow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charlierward Check out Ramen Club: https://www.ramenclub.so/ Follow Anthony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyCastrio Join Indie Worldwide: https://indieworldwide.co/ Follow Indie Worldwide on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_worldwide Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Why did Weekend Club change to Ramen Club 02:53 Why should one join Ramen Club 05:06 Behind the scenes of Content Creation 07:00 Secrets of the Youtube Game 08:08 how do people find out about Ramen Club 09:02 Is Ramen Club ramen profitable 09:28 What does the growth graph look like 10:38 Is it full-time right now? 11:25 What’s the growth plan now 13:00 The grind of content creation 16:01 The unfair advantage leading to ranking on google 16:43 What are Ramen Club goals for rest of 2022 17:45 Studio Ramen : The community builders hub 20:00 How to find out if a community is valuable 21:43 How can a community create stuff in the best way possible 26:53 Advise for Indie community builders 29:04 Timeline of Weekend Club and Ramen Club 30:52 Outro