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Date: Wed, 06 May 2026 18:46:28 GMT
Subject: How Clay builds roles around people
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<span class="preheader" style="color: transparent; display: none; height: 0; max-height: 0; max-width: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; mso-hide: all; visibility: hidden; width: 0;">A personal essay from the company’s tenth employee. </span>
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In our new essay series, “Firsthand,” we partner with early employees to tell these inside stories in their own words.
We’re launching the series with Mishti Sharma, Head of Narratives at Clay.
Sharma joined as employee number ten. The morning she signed her offer letter, it felt like she was admitting defeat. She hoped to pursue journalism and filmmaking, and instead, was joining a B2B data company to write about cold email.
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