{"term":"clown-business-news","results":[{"@id":"https://rofl.clown.business/posts/executive-director","title":"New chapter: Executive Director, Safe Clowning Alliance","description":"Four weeks ago I was open to work. Today I'm humbled to share that I've accepted the role of Executive Director of the Safe Clowning Alliance, the body that now maintains the CCF standard. It's the first full-time position in the Alliance's history, and the first job I've had where the office comes with mats. Thank you to everyone who reached out, shared, or offered me bull work (Dusty, I'm keeping that in my back pocket). First priority: CCF Level 2. Stairs, advanced falls, and the full trip-and-recover. Protect your knees. I'm now paid to say so.","image":null,"date":1791277711194,"postDate":1790694000000,"octothorpes":["safety","certification","clown-business-news","pratfalls"]},{"@id":"https://rofl.clown.business/posts/ccf-v1-ratified","title":"CCF v1.0.0 ratified at ClownCon 2026","description":"This morning in Hall B in Sarasota, the Safe Clowning Alliance membership voted to ratify Certified Controlled Faller Level 1 as a v1.0.0 standard. 412 in favour, 3 against, 1 abstention (a mime; we're counting it as a yes). I presented in a personal capacity, as I'm currently between roles. Thank you to everyone who submitted comments, every candidate who fell for the pilot, and Dusty Calhoun, whose late comment on section 4.2 (“Rodeo don't have a mat”) became our new Appendix D: Falls Where There Is No Mat. Certify the landing, not just the fall. It's in the standard now.","image":null,"date":1791277704582,"postDate":1789743600000,"octothorpes":["safety","certification","clown-business-news","clowncon-2026"]},{"@id":"https://tristan.clown.business/posts/squeakly-pre-seed","title":"Humbled to announce Squeakly's pre-seed (and that I've joined clown.business)","description":"Some news: Squeakly has raised a $2.1M pre-seed to build the AI-native honk layer for the internet, led by Big Top Capital with participation from angels including Bozo D. Ringwald. I've also joined clown.business. Founders should be where their users are, and our users are clowns. The problem: the honk hasn't fundamentally changed in 140 years. A rubber bulb, a brass horn, a squeeze. Squeakly uses a large language model to generate the right honk for the right moment, in real time. We call it contextual honking. We're hiring founding engineers. Must love honks. Must be comfortable with ambiguity, including very loud ambiguity.","image":null,"date":1791277711463,"postDate":1789480800000,"octothorpes":["startups","honking","clown-business-news"]},{"@id":"https://bozo.clown.business/posts/two-tents-one-big-top","title":"Two great tents. One big top.","description":"Thrilled to announce that Ringling Strategic Partners and Big Top Holdings have agreed to merge, forming Ringling Big Top Strategic Holdings Partners LLP. RBTSHP is pronounced the way you'd expect, which is to say with a honk. Together we'll serve more than 300 corporate clients with the industry's deepest bench of slapstick, mime and balloon talent. I'll serve as Chief Honking Officer of the combined firm. I was asked whether I'd accept the role and said yes before the question was over. More to come. There will be synergies.","image":null,"date":1791277739612,"postDate":1787572800000,"octothorpes":["clown-business-news","corporate-bookings","leadership","mergers"]},{"@id":"https://bozo.clown.business/posts/keynoting-clowncon","title":"Humbled to be keynoting ClownCon 2026","description":"When the ClownCon committee called to ask if I'd deliver this year's keynote, I told them I'd need to check my calendar. I did not need to check my calendar. My calendar has been clear for this since 2019. ClownCon 2026 runs September 17–19 in Sarasota. My keynote, “The Honk Within”, is about the leadership lessons hiding in every squeeze. Also speaking: Coco Klein on balloon infrastructure, Penny Wise Jr. on friction, and Mimi Marceau, who confirmed her attendance by nodding. See you in Sarasota.","image":null,"date":1791277694126,"postDate":1783951200000,"octothorpes":["clown-business-news","clowncon-2026","leadership"]}]}