🏵️ Win 2 Free Places in CHAOS...

“In 2025, intentionality is topping as one of the strongest drivers of successful community building.”

--Idongesit Akpan, Cohort #5 & #6 CC’ian

Happy 1st of May legends! Paz here 👋

Sending this newsletter from sunny San Francisco during Startup Grind Conference x CMX Summit. Met the Co-Founder @ Instagram and Founder @ Superhuman yesterday… get the inside scoop. America hits different… 🤯

Meanwhile plenty happening at The CC HQ 🦘 We're halfway through Cohort #6, gearing up to launch Cohort #7 and have a giveaway happening for our new 10-day CHAOS Challenge #1 to reveal how your community x business can run without you..

Read on for all of the above, plus the top events x jobs x jokes to keep you smiling.

Grab a cuppa and enjoy! ☕️

🏵 Win 2 Free Places in CHAOS

We have 2 FREE PLACES to giveaway to join our new 10-day CHAOS Challenge #1 🎉 How to win?! Enter here.

Missed the deadline? Apply to join CHAOS.

In just 10 days, you'll learn how to set your community and business up to run without you. Including…

🔨 Build systems that run without you
💻 Automate repetitive tasks and free up hours each week
🧰 Choose the right tools (and actually get them working together)
🤖 Understand which AI tools you need to experiment with
🤝 Connect with others facing the same challenges

This is going to be pure CHAOS...

🏵 Behind The CC Scenes

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

🎉 Cohort #6: We’re half way through our Cohort #6 with 100 CC’ians across 10 countries! We’ve interviewed Steph Claire Smith x Laura Henshaw @ Kic during our Cohort #6 and many more legends. Inside scoop.

🎟️ Free TIF Ticket: We have 1 FREE GOLD ticket for one lucky founder to attend Tropical Innovation Festival 2025 🎉 Enter here.

📍 Melbourne: Join our 🎤 Mic Drop: Stage Presence Like a Pro featuring Chanie Hyde @ Rampersand with our friends at StartSpace.

🌅 Sunrise – Heading to Sunrise Day 2? Here’s our schedule picks & grab last minute tickets.

🎥 Need a videographer at your next event? Looking for podcast production support? Get an email intro to Nudge Productions. 

🌏 CMX Summit: Get 10% off CMX Summit tickets in San Francisco this week.

🤝 Looking for a new online home for your community? Explore our friends at Discourse.

🎁 Giveaway: We have 2 FREE PLACES to giveaway to join our new 10-day CHAOS Challenge #1 🎉 How to win?! Enter here.

🏵 Cohort #7: Be the first to hear when our Cohort #7 End of Financial Year Sale goes live. Express interest below to get an email.

🔥 Community Jobs

Find the hottest jobs in the community and startup space. Written by our Community Lead, Ines Schuber.

🚀Community Lead @ MYOB (Melbourne, Australia)

⚡Social and Community Manager @ Levi Strauss & Co. (South Melbourne, Australia)

🚀Community Impact Manager - Customer @ REA Group (Richmond, Australia)

⚡Community Lead @ The Commons (Melbourne, Australia)

🚀Community Executive @ The Great Room (Sydney, Australia)

⚡Community Associate @ Regus (Sydney, Australia)

🚀Partner Community Manager (12 months) @ Xero (Australia)

⚡Community Program Manager @ Get Real International (Brisbane, Australia)

🚀Communication Specialist @ Louise Mueller - Brightside Collective (Remote, Australia)

⚡Community Engagement Specialist Lead @ Braintrust (Remote, Australia)

🚀Community Manager @ Founders Pledge (New York, USA)

⚡Sr Community Relationship Manager @ Adobe (New York, USA)

🚀Senior Community Manager @ Culture Amp (New York, USA)

⚡Community Lead @ Aztec (United States)

🚀Community Lead @ Nibiru Chain (United States)

⚡Community Program Manager, AWS Support @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Seattle, USA)

🚀Sr. Community Program Manager, AWS Developer Experience @ AWS (San Francisco, USA)

⚡Community Support Lead @ Jobgether (Remote, APAC)

🚀Community Manager, Italy (Contract) @ Reddit, Inc. (London, England)

📆 Startup & Community Events 

Upcoming events in the community, tech and the startup space. Written by our Community Lead, Ines Schuber.

📍1 May - SHE RISES SUMMIT: Leadership & The Future of Multicultural Women in Melbourne

📍1 May - Startmate Demo Day - S25 (at Sunrise) SOLD OUT in Eveleigh, NSW

📍1 May - 🏵 Standard Ledger x Frontcover x The CC x FKS: Sunrise Coffee Meetup in Redfern, NSW

📍1 May - Ministry of Awesome: Coffee & Jam - #360 in Christchurch, New Zealand

📍1 May - Manawatū Innovation Showcase in Palmerston North, New Zealand

📍1–3 May - CMX Summit 2025 in Redwood City, USA

📍1 May - Blackbird Sunrise Australia in Sydney

📍2 May - Startup Bball 4v4 Tournament 2025 in New South Wales

📍2 May - WELLINGTON - Inspire + Succeed in Wellington, New Zealand

📍5 May - The Power of Parenthood: Reshaping Modern Workplaces in East Melbourne, VIC

📍6 May - The Mixer - Gold Coast in Gold Coast

📍6 May - 🚀 Startmate Accelerator W25 AMA online

📍7 May - AFC's FoundHer Breakfast Club in Melbourne

📍7 May - Connection Break: Networking for Community Leaders online

📍8 May - The Power of Parenthood: Reshaping Modern Workplaces in Sydney
 
📍8 May - Stone & Chalk EcoSystem Mixer: A Focus on FinTech in Melbourne

📍8 May - Build Club Product Hunt Launch Party 🎉 in Haymarket, NSW

📍13 May - Beyond Marketing: How to Position Community as a Business Driver with Avital Knoller online

📍13 May - StartSpace Flip The Pitch online

📍13-14 May - Transforming Healthcare Through Connection in Melbourne

📍15 May - Women Investors in Climate Tech in Carlton, VIC

📍15 May - 10x10 Melbourne | Thursday 15 May 2025 in Cremorne, VIC

📍15 May - WYNnovation Summit - Making the Future Happen Now in Hoppers Crossing

📍15-16 May - All Things In Moderation 2025 online

📍15 May - Community Meets CX: Elevating the Customer Journey with Christina Garnett online

📍21 May - 🏵 Mic Drop: Stage Presence Like a Pro in Melbourne

📍22 May - Community as a Strategic GTM Partner - How Apollo Integrates Community Across Departments online

📍28 May - UNSW Sydney Investor Summit in Sydney

📍29 May - RCL Community Coffee in Adelaide

📍29 May - AI Pitch Night with CAANZ in Sydney

☕️ Community Builder of the Month

Learn more about Valeria Chobotok, CEO & Co-Founder @ svoi., written by fellow CC’ian Pauli Sosa. Read the interview including the 3 tech tools Valeria can’t live without.

🤪 Let’s Laugh

We love to leave you with a smile. Especially if you’ve published a report recently and have ever felt like this 😆

Until next time,

Paz, Ines and The CC Team