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Distributed.Clerk Cofounder & CEO on how to build a company that delivers incredible DX with Colin SidotiIn this latest episode of the Distributed podcast, host Jack Hannah interviews Colin Sidoti, Clerk Cofounder & CEO, to discuss what’s allowed them to grow so rapidly and deliver such an incredible developer experience for users. Colin reflects on how limited process fosters growth and allows his team of engineers and designers to excel.Colin also provides insight into the nontraditional ways Clerk streamlines work, including their hiring practices and unique team dynamics.Highlights:Understanding how Clerk has grown through a highly autonomous team cultureColin's insights on the im...
2025-05-1535 min
The Peel with Turner NovakSurviving Two Seed Extensions, Fixing Auth for AI Agents | Clerk Founder & CEO Colin SidotiColin Sidoti is the Co-founder and CEO of Clerk, the best way to build authentication and user management.I loved this conversation, because Colin is currently in the arena building Clerk. It has not been easy, and he takes us inside some of the harder moments of the past six years.We hit on three main themes: authentication; lessons raising multiple hard Seed extensions in the early days, including a recap before the A, and the demo that got a16z to invest; and things AI and MCP.
2025-04-171h 39
Scaling DevToolsClerk's Hockey Stick growth, with Colin SidotiIn this episode, we're joined by returning guest Colin Sidoti - the cofounder and CEO of Clerk.Clerk is a comprehensive user management platform. What we cover:- The origin story and South Park Commons- Clerk's dramatic growth since the first episode - what changed? What did they do right?- 7% growth per week- Tiny details that improve the developer experience- How to you know if a change is better - watching people's faces as they try it - The difficulties of bringing new joiners up t...
2024-09-1245 min
Building JamHow Clerk Builds Product | Ep. 20Building our startup, we get to meet and learn from the experts behind incredible products. Now we’re sharing these behind-the scenes conversations on our podcast, so you can learn from our journey too. Today, Colin Sidoti, CEO at Clerk, joins us to talk about how they build product.We discuss:(00:29) The first thing we want to know: how is Clerk design so crisp and good?(04:24) Comparing product cycles - Clerk’s demo day & Jam’s 25% guideline(08:45) Clerk’s 1st step in product development is writing the docs and it makes so much sense!
2024-09-0632 min
Scaling DevToolsGrowing in a community - with Colin Sidoti, founder of Clerk.devColin Sidoti is the CEO of Clerk.dev. Clerk helps developers build user management. They provide streamlined user experiences for your users to sign up, sign in, and manage their profile.What we coverHasn't auth been solved already?Growth and new customersPitching ClerkCommunitiesUser journeyWhere to hear from Colinhttps://twitter.com/tweetsbycolinhttps://twitter.com/ClerkDevhttps://clerk.dev/
2022-11-0816 min
PodRocketClerk.dev with Colin SidotiThe authentication strategy of the past isn't optimized for the new world of development. Colin Sidoti and his team at Clerk are building authentication for the modern web.
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2022-01-2531 min
Developers HangoutColin SidotiCheck out Clerk: https://clerk.devClerks Twitter: @ClerkDevColin's Twitter: @tweetsbycolin
2021-11-1938 min