Axel Sukianto built Generate — a 1,500+ member community of senior B2B marketers — by refusing the usual growth playbook. He treats growth as talent concentration (not list-building), would turn down 10,000 members, made word of mouth his only channel, and lives by a "no pitching, no selling" rule.

About Generate

Generate is the community Axel built — 1,500+ in-house B2B marketers across Australia and New Zealand. It's where you ask the questions you can't ask anywhere else, share the wins your non-marketing mates don't get, and find out what's actually working from people doing your exact job. No pitching, no selling — just senior marketers making each other better. It's application-only and personally curated (Axel reads every one), so the room stays worth being in.

If that's you, apply to join: https://generate.community

In This Episode

0:00 Cold open

1:54 The merch question that started it

4:11 Why he didn't set out to be a founder

6:32 The channel doesn't matter

7:57 Build the community you want to be in

10:22 Why size changes everything

15:59 Talent concentration over growth

19:05 Word of mouth is the only channel

20:18 Programs that create value

25:43 From corporate lawyer to marketing

28:24 Starting from 1 to 10

31:20 Getting through the void

34:24 Who Generate is for

About the Guest

Axel Sukianto — Founder, Generate · Marketing Leader, Truescope

Hosted by Adam Spencer — Founder, W2D1 Media and Day One Network

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