🏵️ Celebrating 5 Years of The CC Today 🎂

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Hey friends 👋 Paz here.

So amazing to send you our July newsletter on The CC’s 5th birthday today 🥹🎂

FIVE years. I genuinely can't believe it.

So wild to see what we’ve built together from that first 17-person meet at The Commons in Cremorne in 2021.

And today? We’re 21.2k+ audience and 700+ community across 18 countries. A movement that's training companies in community at Canva, Google, Notion, TEDx & MYOB (!!)

Feeling very grateful for all your support along the way to get here. Especially our amazing team.

So this edition is our birthday edition (of course a 25% off gift for Cohort #9), and rounding up the top jobs x events in the community x startup space.

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the read ☕️

It's good to be 5 🎉

🏵 Behind The CC Scenes

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

🤐 SAVE THE DATE: ​Join the waitlist to hear when our secret parties launch in Melbourne x Sydney x Adelaide x Torquay x Brisbane 👀 

🌏 India Retreat: Craving a reset? We're trading screen fatigue for Himalayan air at our first community leaders retreat 🧡 See what's in store.

🏆 Startup Daily Awards: Nominations are in for the 2026 Best in Tech Awards with SmartCompany. The night is booked in Sydney this September 🎉 Get the lowdown.

🎁 Our End of Financial Year Sale is here and this is the only time we discount our program. 25% off our 8-week Community Cohort #9. If you want to be known for community building… this is where it starts. 🏆 Apply here.

🎁 Notion Gift: We've partnered with Notion and have up to 6-months of Notion Business (with Notion AI) for free for you. Claim here if you're a founder.

📞 Book A Call: Curious about how we can help you manage or launch a new community? Book a call with our team to chat more.

🤝 FY27 Partners: We have 2 more spots for companies to partner with us at The CC to co-create value, get in front of our 21.2k audience and drive more leads to your business, so read more & hit reply if you’re keen!

🎤 Loop 2026: We're co-hosting the global community summit 25-27 Aug with Led by Community & CMX, bridging the Americas, Europe & APAC 🌏 Apply to Speak or RSVP free.

🔥 Community Jobs

Find the hottest jobs in the community and startup space.

🔥 Community Lead @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Brand & Community Manager @ Cadmus (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Community Engagement Manager @ AWS (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Head of Class Experience & Programming @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Operations Coordinator @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Learning & Development Coordinator @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Partnerships Lead - ANZ @ Anthropic (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Strategic Venture Capital Partnerships Manager - APJ @ Vanta (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Community Impact Specialist @ IAG (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Country Marketing Specialist @ Notion (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Community Manager @ The Attention Seeker (Auckland, New Zealand)

🔥 Community & Communications Lead @ Beca (Auckland, New Zealand)

🔥 Community Management Specialist @ Binance (India)

🔥 Program Manager, Community (Contract) @ Airtable (USA)

🔥 Community & Content Marketer @ Rainforest (USA)

🔥 Community Lead @ Sui Foundation (Remote, USA)

🔥 Community Lead, Communications @ Critical Reflex (Remote)

🔥 Community Manager @ Colonist (Remote)

🔥 Community Engineer @ Cursor (Remote, USA)

🔥 Head of Community @ Nextdoor (Remote, USA)

📆 Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community x startup space.

📍 1 Jul – Building a Team That Scales: Insights from Companies Who've Gotten It Right in Australia

📍 1 Jul – Tech Women Mid Winter Webinar Online

📍 2 Jul – MQ Incubator Demo Day 2026 in Australia

📍 2 Jul – Ecosystem Mixer: Community Island in Melbourne

📍 3 Jul – Startup Sips: EOFY Edition 🍻 in Australia

📍 4 Jul – Founders Running Club in Australia

📍 4 Jul – AI Builder Co-working Day x StartSpace in Australia

📍 7–9 Jul – London Community Week 2026 in London

📍 8 Jul – 🏵 Community Coworking Day @ Sanders Place in Australia

📍 9 Jul – Startup World Cup 2026: Queensland Final in Australia

📍 14 Jul – Startup Networking & Fireside Chat w/ Kunal Kalro (Founder of Eugene) in Australia

📍 15 Jul – AFC presents From Idea to Shipped 🚀 in Australia

📍 16 Jul – Sydney Tech Pickleball in Australia

📍 5 Aug – 🏵 Melbourne: Save The Date in Melbourne

📍 13 Aug – 🏵 Sydney: Save The Date in Sydney

📍 19 Aug – 🏵 Adelaide: Save The Date in Australia

📍 22 Aug – 🏵 Torquay: Save The Date in Australia

📍 26 Aug – 🏵 Brisbane: Save The Date in Australia

😆 Community Builder of the Month

We’re so excited to have Cohort #8 Speaker & CC’ian Jon Yeo, Head of Curation @ TEDxMelbourne as our community builder of the month! Read his interview including the 3 tech tools he can’t live without 🧡 

😆 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. Especially if you’ve just experienced the end of financial year madness 🤪 😅

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team

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