🏡️ 116 Cohort #8 CC'ians & 15 New Ambassadors πŸŽ‰

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"The future belongs to tight groups of like-minded people working towards a single outcome."

- Will Richards @ Overnight Success, 2026 Community Industry Trends Report

Happy Easter friends 🐰 πŸ‘‹ Paz here.

Firstly - wow. Cohort #8 officially kicked off this week πŸŽ‰

Welcoming these 116 CC’ians across 18 countries has been a true honour.

Honestly this is what we live for at The CC.

And what an incredible signal this is that community building is the skill of the future.

Community is the new currency for building an impactful business.

More and more companies are investing in it.

And now more than ever. Especially with the world rapidly changing around us.

Such an honour to co-create our community container with CC’ians to build something that genuinely changes how people do business.

If you feel FOMO for Cohort #8 (I would lol). We have late applications until 7 April 🧑

Anyway read on to meet our 15 new Ambassadors, hot jobs, upcoming events & an April Fools meme at the end to make ya smile.

Grab a hot cross bun and enjoy the read! β˜•οΈ

Des & I at SOUTHSTART after our community session

This is where I’ll be spending my Easter at my local bathhouse in the Surf Coast Australia

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🏡 Meet Our New Ambassadors

Join us here in welcoming our 15 NEW & OG Ambassadors for Program #8 spanning Australia, India, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Nigeria, America and Hawaii 🌍 πŸŽ‰

We're so grateful to be building this movement alongside you all 🧑

Our legendary ambassadors

🏡 Behind The CC Scenes

Get a sneak peek into what’s happening at The CC. Written by yours truly, Paz.

Community Cohort #8 Speakers and Coaches

πŸ“£ Cohort #8 Is LIVE: Cohort #8 has officially kicked off. The energy on Day 1 was something else. Welcome the 116 people that joined us πŸ‘€

πŸ“™ 2026 Trends Report: Our 2026 Community Industry Trends Report is officially out. We interviewed 22 Key Voices from companies including Calendly, Notion and Burning Man Project. Download your free copy.

πŸŽ‰ 8k on LinkedIn: 8,000 of you are now following us on LinkedIn and that blows our mind. A huge thank you to everyone who's been part of this journey. Follow along.

🎀 SOUTHSTART: Loved partnering with SOUTHSTART & The Nudge Group to film our Interview Series with amazing founders. Recap for you.

🏡 Notion x The CC: 106 legends joined us for β€œHow To Know If Community Is Right For Your Business” with Notion yewwww. Grab the recording. Join our next event.

🧠 Our Brain: Access our Entire Community Brain on Notion that we built for you for free with legendary Alex Dam.

🎁 Notion gift: Claim up to 6-months of Notion Business (with Notion AI) free for startups.

🎟 Community Partners: We're pumped to be Community Partners for Blackbird Sunrise πŸŽ‰ Grab discounted tickets with our exclusive codes & join our private WhatsApp group for the inside scoop. Hit reply to access our WhatsApp.

Our Cohort #8 Kick Off yewwww

Missed the Cohort #8 deadline? We have late applications until 7 April 🧑 You can still get 5-months of support from us to build community.

πŸ”₯ Community Jobs

Find the hottest jobs in the community and startup space. Written by Parkhi.

Let’s C some hot jobs yewwwww

⚑Club Manager @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)
 
πŸš€Community Associate @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

⚑Community Engagement Coordinator @ Compass Education (Melbourne, Australia)

πŸš€Community Lead @ WeWork (Brisbane, Australia)

⚑Community Manager @ Aveo (Brisbane, Australia)

πŸš€Community Lead @ The Commons (Sydney, Australia)

πŸš€Community Manager @ Akcelo (Sydney, Australia)

πŸš€Social & Community Manager @ Tixel (Australia)

πŸš€Retail & Community Manager @ Mons Royale (Auckland, New Zealand)

⚑Community Manager @ DefinedTalent (New Jersey, USA)

πŸš€Community Lead @ WeWork (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

⚑Global Community Manager @ Wise (London, UK)

Are you hiring? Share the role with us here to be featured in our next newsletter to reach 4.3k+ community enthusiasts.

πŸ“† Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community x startup space. Written by Parkhi.

Come hang at Sunrise

πŸ“4 Apr – MLAI x StartSpace Monthly Saturday Co-working Day in Melbourne

πŸ“4 Apr – 🏡 Community Builders Brunch Lagos in Lagos

πŸ“7–10 Apr – Community Week Online 2026 Online

πŸ“9 Apr – Atrium Fireside Chat: Grow Your Community in Sydney

πŸ“9 Apr – Coffee & Meet in Wellington

πŸ“14 Apr – AI Lovable Hackathon: Community Tools Edition Online

πŸ“16 Apr – 🏡 Notion x The CC: How to Launch a New Community Online

πŸ“28 Apr – AI & Deep-Tech Pitch Night in Melbourne

πŸ“29 Apr – VC Deck Breakdown with Galileo Ventures Online

πŸ“29 Apr – Community as a Catalyst for Growth Online

πŸ“28 Apr – Blackbird x Founders Edge: AI Pitch Night in Sydney

πŸ“28 Apr – Community Capital Exchange in Sydney

πŸ“30 Apr – Startmate Demo Day - Summer'26 (at Sunrise) in Sydney

πŸ“30 Apr – Blackbird Sunrise in Sydney

CC’ians in Perth

CC’ians in Adelaide

CC’ians in San Francisco

CC’ians in Melbourne

Are you running an event? Add your event to our ANZ Startup Events Calendar here.

πŸ˜† Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. Especially if you felt like this on 1st April this week… πŸ˜‚

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team