Ryan Paugh

Yeah, so I'm the COO.

My job is more behind the scenes.

We've got a great team here, 50 plus people in Boston and then around the country, helping us build community and helping us make sure that the experience that our members have from...

The first time that they hear about one of our networks and get on the phone to hear about the story to the moment that they become a member and the lifetime of their membership with us is just remarkable.

And what that really entails is a combination of having really great technology that allows us to know ourselves.

a lot about our members and present opportunities to them in really interesting ways.

And also having the human touch behind the scenes, real people who are actually taking the time to understand the members of our community and curating recommendations of people and resources and events that they should take part in, in order to build more social capital and enhance their business.

We charge to be a part of the community where there's annual membership dues.

We also have specific upgrades and enhancements that members can purchase.

Community Co.

And the way to think about it is Community Co.

is like the umbrella company of YEC, Forbes Councils, and all the other communities that we've built.

And we use a lot of the same philosophies and a lot of the same technologies in order to fuel those communities.

They're being paid out of the communities that we've built, whether it's our Forbes Councils, YEC, Founders Society, or any of the other organizations that we're building.

Founders Society, which is a community for earlier stage entrepreneurs and Forbes Councils are both membership fee-based organizations.

So it's the same model as YEC, just a different brand and a different area of focus for the members that are involved.

The Honor Society is $500 annual membership fee.

You get a lot of the same things that you get from YEC, more tailored to a earlier stage entrepreneur.

You're getting connected to your peers, a group of people that are going through similar business challenges as you.

You get access to our member concierge team who is helping