🏵️ Our Birthday TODAY | New White Paper

The CC turns 4 - come celebrate with us.

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Paz Pisarski
July 01, 2025

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“Community is the future of business. AI is only going to strengthen that.”

Hey from England legends 👋 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 

I’m back online from a 1-month break exploring Europe 🌏

We walked Madrid, went surfing in Hossegor and ate many Portuguese tarts in Ericeira. I’ve also been recovering from a nasty scalp skin condition so it’s all been happening!

Today also marks The CC’s 4th birthday 🥲 🎉 which warms our hearts.

If you had told me 4 years ago when Melia, Jaala and I hosted our first meetup at The Commons in Cremorne in 2021 that The CC would grow into what it is today, I wouldn’t have believed you…

A 17-person meetup turned 15.8k audience, 700+ community across 18 countries… training community builders at Google, Canva, MYOB & interviewing legends including Seth Godin, Derek Sivers, Steph-Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw about community…

These have been some of the best years and it’s an honour to serve you all 🧡

Read our gratitude & appreciate someone you’ve met through The CC here. Or hit reply to tell us your fave memory of The CC… go on…

We’re throwing a Birthday Party in Melbourne x Sydney with The Nudge Group x Forever Projects x Cake x LUNA 🎂

Plus our amazing team have put together the top events x jobs in the community x startup space for you to browse. Grab a cuppa and enjoy! ☕️

p.s welcome to our new 148 readers! You just helped us hit 3k subscribers so we’re so glad you’re here. Enjoy the read & hit reply to say hi!

Make us smile? Forward this email onto a friend to join 3k of us keeping up to date with the community x startup space, from an Aussie perspective 🦘

📙 Free Download: Our New Mastering AI For Community Building White Paper with Discourse

We partnered with Discourse and interviewed industry leaders in community to help you understand the evolving landscape of AI to leverage it effectively for your community.

Featuring wisdom from voices at companies including Zapier, Intros AI, Tightknit, Patreon, Dovetail and more.

🎁 Save $200 On Our Community Cohort #7

If you’re considering joining our next program this September, we’re gifting $200 off our Cohort #7 before this Thurs 3 July 🧡

Pop your details down here and you can book a call with our team to learn more.

Cohort #7 speakers will be announced soon… 😱 👀

🏵 Behind The CC Scenes

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

🎂 Our Birthday: We’re teaming up with The Nudge Group, Forever Projects, Cake and LUNA to throw a Birthday Party in Melbourne and Sydney. Come celebrate!

🎁 Cohort #7: We’ve just hit 880+ on the waitlist for Cohort #7... (!!!!???!!??!!!!) Last chance to get $200 off before EOFY sale ends this Thurs 3 July.

🌀 CHAOS Challenge Returns: CHAOS #2 dates are locked in and we’re running an 18-day challenge to help you set your community up to run without you. Pop your name down to hear when applications launch.

🎤 TIF Spotlight: Massive shoutout to Des John, our Interview Series Host, for representing us this week at Tropical Innovation Festival in Cairns!

🔍 Khoros Breaking News: We’re watching the Khoros story closely. Read this powerful take from past Cohort #3 speaker Rich Millington on what went down.

🧠 FUNdraiser Trivia: We’re partnering with Overnight Success for a trivia night supporting Forever Projects – helping women in Tanzania break the poverty cycle.

🪑 Free Coworking: Our friends at StartSpace offer free coworking in Melbourne for founders.

🎟️ Giveaway Winner: Huge congrats to Pinar for scoring a FREE spot in Cohort #7 (worth $2.6k!) through our recent giveaway.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 London: We’re in England for London Community Week. Get last minute ticket.

🌍 Global Summit: 382 legends have already signed up for our NEW 24hr online Global Community Summit with CMX x Led By Community. That’s a 24hr event…

🔥 Community Jobs

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

⚡Government & Community Relations Manager @ Hipcamp (Australia)

🚀Community Engagement Specialist Lead - 793 @ Braintrust (Australia)

⚡Senior Community Manager @ Bitget (Australia)

🚀Principal Product Manager (Community) @ Simply Wall St (Remote, Australia)

⚡Outreach and Community Engagement Manager @ Love to Ride (Melbourne, Australia)

🚀Community Manager @ Fever (Melbourne, Australia)

⚡Senior Community Manager @ Hustle (Melbourne, Australia)

🚀Community Sales Manager @ Regus (Perth, Australia)

⚡Community & Events Associate @ First Focus (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Community Engagement Manager @ M&T Resources (New South Wales, Australia)

⚡Community Lead @ WeWork (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Senior Community Manager @ Smarter Communities (Sydney, Australia)

⚡Community Manager @ Fever (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Community Engagement & Projects Coordinator @ Notion (Tasmania, Australia)

⚡Community Manager (Independent Contractor) @ Ollie (United States)

🚀Community Manager @ Raptive (Global)

🚀Community and Marketing Manager @ Hampton North (United States)

⚡Community Manager @ American Communities (Dallas, United States)

🚀Community Operations Specialist @ Esri (Redlands, California, United States)

Are you hiring? Share the role with us here to be featured in our next newsletter to reach 3k+ community enthusiasts.

📆 Startup & Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community, tech and the startup space. Written by Ines & Parkhi.

📍15 July - Build Club Product Hunt Launch Party 🎉 in Sydney

📍15 July - The 6-Month Head Start: Community Trends for 2026 Success Virtual

📍15-16 July - AIoT Global Summit Virtual

📍17 July - Up & Comers - An Evening for Founders, Supporters, Doers & Dreamers in Christchurch, New Zealand

📍22 July - Startup World Cup Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia

📍23 July - 🏵 AI Mastery for Community Building Virtual

📍25 July - Fintech Expo in Auckland, New Zealand

📍26 July - Founders Walk in Melbourne, Australia

📍29 July - The Startup Network Presents: Pitch Night! in Melbourne, Australia

📍31 July - 🏵 Melbourne Birthday Party in Melbourne, Australia

📍31 July - Startup People Summit Virtual

📍13 August - 🏵 Sydney Birthday Party in Sydney, Australia

📍9 September - Loop: The 24hr Global Community Summit Virtual

☕️ Community Builder of the Month

Learn more about Abbey Pantano, Founder and Community Architect @ The Impact Collab. Read the interview including the 3 tech tools Abbey can’t live without 🧡

🤪 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile—especially if you felt like this when you heard about our birthday parties 😆

Until next time,

Paz, Ines, Parkhi and The CC Team