A personal trainer for tech companies building audience growth and engagement every quarter.

We work with you every week to focus on the most impactul work, solve problems faster, and deliver results quickly.

About Us

23+ years Experience

Extensive experience across community, marketing, and devrel.

200+ Companies

Focusing on a diverse range of business and community goals and problem-solving.

Specialists in Tech

We work across SaaS, developer tools, open source, infrastructure, and more.

Data and ROI Driven

Everything we do is focused on improving measurable results every quarter.

Members include

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

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

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Nicole Huesman

Director of Marketing & Community Outreach, Linux Foundation

The Community Leadership Core is chock full of concrete insights and steps towards action to grow and nurture communities.

Peter Bell

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

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

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

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

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

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.