Thomas Knoll
co-founder and hustler at http://launchrock.com
- Internet
- Community Architect, Advisor and hustler
- Invited by Brian Norgard
- Member since December 3rd, 2010
what i'm passionate about
True community, love, and good questions.
Thomas is a community architect, community cultivator, and customer developer for brands including Zappos, UserVoice, and Seesmic.
While he has a technical background, he prefers to speak in gardening and architecture metaphors. He is inspired by storytelling, psychology, evangelism, architectural theory, social economics, game mechanics, cultural anthropology, compassion, and ants.
He was studying to become a missionary, but left that path because he grew tired of the business of religion. Now, he helps businesses convert customers into communities of evangelists.
Oh, and he falls in love with almost everyone he meets.
While he has a technical background, he prefers to speak in gardening and architecture metaphors. He is inspired by storytelling, psychology, evangelism, architectural theory, social economics, game mechanics, cultural anthropology, compassion, and ants.
He was studying to become a missionary, but left that path because he grew tired of the business of religion. Now, he helps businesses convert customers into communities of evangelists.
Oh, and he falls in love with almost everyone he meets.
- 9 endorsed
- 213 followers
- 36 votes
Most known as an expert in
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Community3
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Social Media Strategy3
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community development1
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love1
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startup marketing1
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cultural anthropology
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curation
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Customer Development
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social change
Rick Salters endorsed Thomas for community.
Chris Dumler endorsed Thomas for startup marketing.
Willo O'Brien endorsed Thomas for love.
Laura Gluhanich endorsed Thomas for community development.
Joshua Rudd endorsed Thomas for community.
Chris Van Dusen endorsed Thomas for social media strategy.
Brian Norgard endorsed Thomas for community and social media strategy.
Shane Mac endorsed Thomas for social media strategy.
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Thomas just gets it. It is not about just talking, it is about building and he does it like no one else I have seen. Every conversation is going to be something that I will take with me and walk away from with more knowledge than when I started.
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