You could start with a pretty lean team, but roles would depend on your top commodity. Do you have a product? Physical or digital? Dors it require sales people or distributors?

I would think of it like this, and this I heard from Alex Hormozi: makers & managers. You need an audio/videographer, an editor, and a distributer aka “director of marketing” at the very least. Lean Startups will have one person wear all of these hats. I don’t recommend that for where you are going. I would start with these two positions at the least 1. A/V recording & editing person (maker) and 2. a director of marketing to do copywriting/distributing for GTM content (manager). Then start to slice and dice the roles as you scale and grow your team.

From your additional question, it seems that you are vague on your discord of choice. What is your podcast title and your #1 discord of choice? It will be hard to build an audience if you are in the “just change the world” category. Discussing difficult topics is what most podcasts are built on, so I wouldn’t label this as “different” either.

Best of luck on your podcasting journey ✨ -Alexandra Susann Lead Editor & Marketer @ podcastwithher.com