About Us
Jono Bacon
Founder and CEO
Jono has been building communities now for over 26 years. He has worked with over 200 companies to help them build productive communities...from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies.
He is the author of five books, including the award-winning 'People Powered' (Harper Collins) and 'The Art Of Community' (O'Reilly) and he writes for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and others.
Jono is also an active advisor and investor in numerous companies and funds (including Redpoint, Heavybit, Boldstart, AlienVault, HackerOne, and many others.)
Mindy Faieta
Head of Customer Success
Mindy has built a strong career working closely with customers in various roles, helping businesses from startups to large enterprises create exceptional customer experiences and build lasting relationships.
As the Head of Customer Success, Mindy has developed strategies to enhance team efficiency, foster community engagement, and improve collaboration.
With a background in public relations and communications, and skills in digital marketing and SEO, she helps our members connect with their users, developers, and customers and drive meaningful engagement and growth.
Comprehensive industry recognition
Peter Bell
Founder and CTO
I’ve been building tech communities for almost 15 years and I continue to learn new things every time I work with Jono. He’s amazing. The value and engagement in the Community Leadership Core is phenomenal. Run, don’t walk to join.
Tim Bradbury
Community Manager
With a focus on a range of topics including community engagement, measuring success, and demonstrating value, being part of CLC has helped my colleagues and I to take the pulse of our community and drive forward improvements in engagement and value.
Kris Ledel
Head of Developer Relations
I highly recommend Jono Bacon's Community Leadership Core for anyone looking to develop community building and leadership skills. The accelerator offers a well-structured framework and workflow, engaging coaching style, and valuable real-life case studies.
Kunal Nawale
Founder and CEO
We are an early-stage startup, and the Community Leadership Core has been instrumental in helping us get results, not just with our community, but also with content, events, messaging, on-boarding, and more. Highly recommended.
Noelis Soto
Community Lead
The Community Leadership Core has been an invaluable resource to me, as we build out our community. Jono’s coaching and trainings have helped us hone our community strategy and advanced our community advocacy skills. Connecting and learning from other community leaders in the group has been an added bonus!
Revital Barletz
Head of Community
The Community Leadership Core has been immensely valuable to me, providing me with a plethora of great ideas and an excellent framework for engaging with my community right from the outset.