Sarah Leary returned to Nextdoor in 2024 after stepping away in 2019. The platform now generates $247 million in revenue with 45.9 million weekly active users. Leary's focus is on enhancing community connections through time-sensitive information, local insights, and neighborhood news. Nextdoor is launching partnerships with local news outlets and improving safety alerts. Leary reflects on the challenges of building a lasting company and expresses deep personal investment in the platform, referring to Nextdoor as her 'baby.' Today, there are over 100 million users across 11 countries.
In 2019, Sarah Leary stepped away from Nextdoor but returned to help usher in a new era for the neighborhood social networking platform, now valued at $247 million.
Leary aims to reconnect with Nextdoor's original goal of strengthening real life communities, acknowledging the rarity of creating a ubiquitous platform with over 100 million users.
Three priorities—time-sensitive information, local insights, and neighborhood news—are setting the pace for Nextdoor's next chapter, with new partnerships and real-time safety alerts.
Reflecting on Nextdoor's growth since 2011, Leary recognizes the challenges in building enduring companies, saying, 'Nextdoor is my baby. I put my heart and soul into this.'
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