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The little things make a big difference… for real. I’m truly grateful for the thoughtful package I received from the team at Clay (that flew all the way from the US to Poland!). As a partner and creator, I was delighted to find a sculpted figure of myself made from… clay 😉, along with a handwritten note and several other thoughtful gifts. I’m continually impressed by Clay's commitment to building a community where every member feels valued. Thank you Lele Xu, Thomas Colitsas, Peter Kang and the entire Team Clay for making me feel so welcomed and appreciated. Looking forward to continuing our journey together! 🌟 #clay

Ever wonder what a CEO of a $500M tech startup does at a silent retreat? Despite the caricature depictions we see in movies, clearly there is value in having leaders with a grounded vision, intention, and clarity. Our co-founders Kareem Amin and Varun Anand spoke with Sam Jacobs, AJ Bruno, and Asad Zaman on Pavilion's Topline podcast to discuss this and so much more. Check out the powerful excerpt from Kareem from the conversation below! Thank you for having us, Sam, AJ and Asad -- What a meaningful conversation! ~~~~~ I don't want to glorify it in a way that is inappropriate. I don't think it's like a solution to anything. The approach was not necessarily related to the company itself, but more, what is it that I'm trying to do? What is it that I care about? We reflected on what my goals are personally, and how they're aligned with the work that I'm doing day-to-day. That was the intention. … You can definitely be like, 'Hey, I'm opportunistically, starting a company to make a lot of money' and that's great… As long as you're aligned with your reasons, you can then align everything else with that. Or you could be like, 'Hey, this is a mission… I’ve been affected by this issue and I'm building it for this reason.' And that's another kind of fair reason, but it's important to know why you're doing it. When you're in a company, and it's small — all of your traits are amplified in it.

So if you are someone who changes their mind a lot or gets worried or anxious, you'll find yourself changing your mind a lot, or you're being anxious about decision-making. So if you can see yourself, clearly, you can start to debug these things that are getting in your way. And if you can debug those things, you can be ready when the opportunity is available. In our case, for example, just to make it concrete, we had a very big vision with a very abstract kind of desire. We knew a lot of the possibilities of how to implement that. But it took us some time to narrow down our vision and know that that's okay. We'll get there even though we've narrowed it down for now. That seems pretty simple, but then to do that in the thousands of little decisions that you have to do every day... That's very challenging... So the silent retreat was a way of being able to reflect on how my mind is making decisions and catch them as they're happening.

How do you build a $500M Series B company? 👀 In our latest episode of Topline, Sam, AJ, and Asad sit down with Kareem Amin and Varun Anand of Clay to uncover the strategies and insights behind their rapid growth and recent $46 million Series B round. Tune in to episode 67 to discover how they achieved this impressive milestone. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. 🗣🎙

The #1 most requested in-person event is a Clay hackathon. Thanks to Clay Experts Roshan Kathir and John Vrancsik, the first live build competition happened in Toronto this week with a 21k Clay credits prize. 🏆 Congrats to best table! Dwayne, Kurt, Riley, Martin 🤖, Furquan, Santiago, and Borna! (and congrats to best meme-able photo below :D) Check the winning table out here: https://lnkd.in/gCynJt7b

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗅 🤍🩵 So excited to co-host the first Clay event in Buenos Aires with David Emanuel Moreira and stellar presence of Michael Saruggia as a speaker. This is a great opportunity for the B2B Growth community in Buenos Aires to get togheter and learn about Clay. We recommend you to register fast due to very limited capacity. Click here to register: https://bit.ly/4bJEjfn -- Estoy muy emocionado de ser co-anfitrión del primer evento de Clay en Buenos Aires con David Emanuel Moreira y la presencia estelar de Michael Saruggia como orador. Esta es una gran oportunidad para que la comunidad B2B Growth de Buenos Aires se junte y aprenda sobre Clay. El evento tiene capacidad limitada. Te recomendamos inscribirte cuanto antes. Hacé click aquí para registrarse: https://bit.ly/4bJEjfn CC: Kae Burke Lele Xu

Before Clay, I added prospective companies to my ever-growing "prospecting list," a list of tasks I completed when I had time. With Clay, I add the company to my ever-growing Clay table, which automatically finds relevant prospects, researches them, and writes personalized emails. It's a game-changer.

Go George, Go! George Dilthey, our Head of Support, spoke at Salesforce Tower this week for the NYC Slack Community's panel discussing Slack for Customer Support leaders. We're super proud of our Slack community of 12K+ -- it serves both our community and support needs, and George is the big brains behind making it a thriving space. Learned a ton from other A-list panelists Jared Gaynes (Thena), Sara Dillon (Bryd), and moderator Zach Hawtoff (Tightknit) as well. Support leaders -- check out the full recording below! Thanks again for having us, Zach! 🙌

Double whammy tomorrow! Fabian Herhold 🎯✉️ and Patrick Spychalski are going deep on some advanced (and very creative) Clay workflows! 10AM EST -- check it out! :) https://lu.ma/mui8v71y

I learn something new every time I listen to Yash Tekriwal 🤔 -- which is great 'cause he's our Head of Education :D Check him out in tomorrow's Smartlead office hours, along with Sendspark CEO Bethany Stachenfeld and Smartlead's Akash Ravikumar! https://lu.ma/l11j3tnn

🦾Eric is 🐐. Not only is he a master with Clay, he also gives away the sauce for free.