🏵️ Win 1 Free Place To Cohort #9

Hey you 👋 

Paz here.

Sending you this newsletter as I work remote in Indonesia. Very tropical vibes here after an amazing month of August for our 5 Birthday Parties Australia Tour 🎉

And welcome to the first day of September! That’s 4-months left of 2026.

That also means we’re 1-week out from starting our Cohort #9. This will be the last time we run our program this year. The next one is March 2027, 7-months away.

So final reminder that if building community is important to you or you’re keen to launch a new one, pop your name down here to get our Cohort PDF and book a free call with our Cohort Alumni to chat more about our program. Applications close 7 September.

Plus you can win 1 free place to Cohort #9 by registering for our Info Session and reposting this on LinkedIn 🎁 Winner announced at random on 7 September.

And for everyone who’s here to keep a finger on the pulse of the community x startup world, read on for the top jobs, events and new grants in this space.

Grab a cuppa and enjoy the read ☕️

🏵️ Last Chance To Join Cohort #9

This is it. Our final Community Cohort of 2026.

If you’re keen to understand how to master the art of community-building and spend time with our Speakers & Coaches this year, explore our Cohort #9.

📅 Mon 7 Sept - Fri 30 Oct 2026
💻 100% online in US, EU & AU timezones, IRL gatherings globally
👉 Apply before 7 September

We've locked in the most INSANE lineup of Speakers and Coaches so you can learn from them.

🏵 Behind The CC Scenes

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

🎤 Cohort #9 Speakers & Hosts Announced: We locked in Priya Parker (author of The Art of Gathering) for Cohort #9 and there are 7 days left to apply to join us. You’ll spend 90mins with Priya Parker and our amazing Speakers.Apply now.

🌏 Expanding to US & EU: We're expanding our Community Cohort #9 to the US and EU timezones thanks to our new Cohort Host, Margaux Miller 🙌 Now you can join from anywhere in the world to catch live workshops. Download Cohort PDF.

📖 Priya Parker's New Book: Cohort #9 Speaker Priya Parker's The Art of Fighting is out this September, with special book launch gatherings coming via our Ambassadors 🧡 Register for gatherings.

🏆 We're Award Finalists: The CC is a tripe finalist (Best Regional Startup + Best Startup Marketing + Industry Champion) for 2026 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 🎉 Celebrate with us at the Gala Dinner on 10 September.

🎧 Loop 2026 On Demand: 600+ RSVPs for our Global Community Summit, Loop, with CMX x Led by Community! Recordings will be live soon.

🤝 New Partnership with Pledge 1%: We're excited to partner with Pledge 1% to support their mission to empower companies to pledge 1% of their equity, product, profit or time back to their communities. Take the pledge.

👋 Farewell Ines: After an incredible 4 years, our beloved Community Lead, Ines, has wrapped up at The CC 🥹 We're endlessly grateful for everything she's brought to our community. Say farewell.

🚀 We're Hiring: We're growing the team and on the hunt for two legends, a Cohort Lead & a Marketing Lead to help us expand 🧡 Apply here.

🎂 Our 5th Birthday Australia Tour: THANK YOU to everyone who celebrated with us across Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane & Torquay, together we raised $5.6k for Forever Projects 🥂 Donate here.

🔥 Community Jobs

Find the hottest jobs in the community and startup space.

Especially as we’re hiring for a Cohort Lead & Marketing Lead @ The CC 🎉

Plus our friends at Innovation Bay are on the hunt for a Membership Growth Manager 🔥

🔥 Community Engagement Manager, AWS DCC InCommunities @ Amazon Web Services (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 Community Coordinator @ KICK (Melbourne, Australia)

🔥 APAC Campaigns & Content Lead @ Notion (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Community Lead, Sydney @ WeWork (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Community Manager (EOI) @ Tank Stream Labs AI Hub (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Social Media & Community Manager @ MASH (Sydney, Australia)

🔥 Community Associate, Brisbane @ WeWork (Brisbane, Australia)

🔥 Community Engagement Manager, Data Centres @ Anthropic (Friendly Beaches, Australia)

🔥 Community Partnership and Engagement Advisor @ Auckland Council (Auckland, New Zealand)

🔥 Community & Culture Program Manager @ Airbnb (United States)

🔥 Global Community Programs Lead @ Airbnb (United States)

🔥 Community Lead @ WeWork (Berlin, Germany)

🔥 Head of Community and Ecosystem @ World Foundation (Remote)

📆 Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community x startup space.

📍 1 Sep – Startup to Scaleup Summit 2026 in Sydney

📍 1 Sep – Melbourne Tech Mixer by TEN13 + Vanta + Stripe in Melbourne

📍 1 Sep – FinTech Pitch Night (Intersekt Side Event) in Melbourne

📍 2 Sep – New Tools for Discourse Communities Online

📍 3 Sep –SF Community Builder's Dinner in San Francisco

📍 4 Sep – 🏵 Clear in Tension: How to Get Better at Conflict in Community Online

📍 4 Sep – Queenstown Women in Health Tech Coffee Catch-Up in Queenstown, NZ

📍 7 Sep – 🏵 Cohort #9 Info Session: How To Master Community-Led Growth Online

📍 8 Sep – What Investors Look For with Startmate's Ben Simai Online

📍 9 Sep – Co-Founder Connect #2 in Melbourne

📍 9 Sep – Cremorne Connect: The VC Rosetta Stone – Decoding VC-Speak in Melbourne

📍 16 Sep – 🏵 Melbourne Community Dinner in Australia

📍 16 Sep – 🏵 Sydney Community Dinner in Australia

📍 17 Sep – 🏵 London Community Dinner in England

📍 17 Sep – From Audience to Pipeline: Influence-Led Community & B2B Growth Online

📍 18 Sep – Startup Lunch Club in Melbourne

📍 18 Sep – 🏵 Perth Community Dinner in Australia

📍 19 Sep – 🏵 Torquay Community Brunch in Australia

📍 19 Sep – 🏵 Lagos Community Brunch in Nigeria

📍 23 Sep – Aligning Community Value with Organisational Goals Online

📍 24 Sep – KiwiSaaS Wellington Conference in Wellington, NZ

📍 29 Sep – Open Competition Pitch Night in Melbourne

💰 NEW: Grants Roundup

New section alert 🎉 Thanks to our newest partner Grant Help, we're kicking off a monthly roundup of government funding to help you build a financially sustainable business and community.

Grant Help's team of experts help you access ongoing funding opportunities, so you can grow your business and compete on the global stage with their no win and no fee strategy.

💸 R&D Tax Incentive (R&DTI): Claim back a chunk of your product, software or process development costs.

🌏 Export Market Development Grant (EMDG): Supports international marketing and expansion. It's between rounds right now, so register your interest to hear when it reopens.

🖤 First Nations Business Grants: Dedicated funding to help Indigenous-owned businesses start, grow and scale.

🏙️ City of Melbourne Community & Event Grants: Funding for local events and initiatives that bring people together.

Keen to explore one? Hit reply and we'll personally email intro you to the Grant Help team to learn more about the grant 💬

Email gets clipped? Read full version here.

☕️ Community Builder of the Month

We’re so excited to have Helen Lawson Williams, Co-Founder & CEO @ TANK - Ending Burnout. as our community builder of the month! Read her interview including the 3 tech tools she can’t live without 🧡 

😆 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. Especially if you’ve been working remote lately like this 😂

Until next time,

Paz and The CC Team

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