Collective Thoughts #19: Are You Ready for NFT NYC Next Week? Interview with LinksDAO, Women in Web3 Brunch, & More!
Hey everyone! Next week is NFT NYC! Can’t wait to see many of you at our women in web3 brunch on June 21 (RSVP) and Happy Hour on June 22 (RSVP). Can’t wait to see you there!
Hey everyone! Next week is NFT NYC! Can’t wait to see many of you at our women in web3 brunch on June 21 (RSVP) and Happy Hour on June 22 (RSVP). Can’t wait to see you there!
– Alex
what we’re reading
- As DAOs continue to blossom, here’s how to keep yours from wilting (TechCrunch)
- J.P. Morgan on its crypto plans: ‘The overall goal is to bring these trillions of dollars of assets into DeFi’ (Fortune)
- DAOs experience 8x growth in 12 months (Crypto News)
- Proposed bipartisan US crypto bill could be ‘sigh of relief’ for the industry (TechCrunch)
- No One Is Saying 'Crypto Winter' at Consensus (CoinDesk)
what’s on the calendar
1. ** NEW SERIES ** DAO Talks #1 - LinksDAO
Tues @ 5pm ET | (RSVP)
We're excited to present a new series called DAO Talks! For our Kick Off event, we're excited to welcome Mike Dudas (@mdudas), Founder of LinksDAO (@LinksDAO)
2. Future of Work Hot Takes & 2 Matches
Tues @ 5pm ET | (RSVP)
Join the Future of Work community for 20 min of learning & sharing of hot takes with Anisha Nandi, Cofounder of Verbate.io.
3. Serial Marketers SpeedUps
Wed @ 5pm ET | (RSVP)
Join the Serial Marketers SpeedUps to meet fellow experienced marketers and see how you can support each other.
4. NFT Community Event #68
Fri @ 1pm ET | (RSVP)
Our weekly meet-up where we’ll run through the latest proposals and what we’re seeing in the space.
where we’re going
miami
Think Tank Thursdays @ The Lab Miami
Thurs, June 16th 5pm - 9pm ET | (RSVP) | Location: The Lab Miami
We’re celebrating Think Tank Thursday's one year anniversary with the lab Miami & bartaco. At 6pm ET Upstream is hosting a web3 builders in Miami panel followed by pitch night mia, and networking.
Miami for Everyone @ Miami Dade College
Thurs, June 17th - June 19th | (RSVP) | Location: Miami Dade College
Calling all devs, designers and those who are tech curious. Venture Miami is hosting a three-day hackathon + workshops where participants will take their concept to an early prototype and have a chance to win up to $35k in prizes.
new york
Crypto Girl Summer Brunch @ NFT NYC
Tues, June 21st 11am ET | (RSVP) | Location: Launch House Chelsea Club House
Join us for a private web3 brunch w female founders x investors. brought to you by the shrimp society, alpaca vc, launch house, mercury, upstream, and aws startups.
NFT NYC Happy Hour
Wed, June 22nd at 6pm ET | (RSVP) | Location: Freehold in Union Square
Upstream, cryptoys, evaluate market, juicebox frens, kiki the bored ape, and jpeg morgan have teamed up to host an unforgettable Happy Hour at NFT NYC 2022.
who’s talking about crypto
virtual office hours
- Giovanna Sun | Co-founder at Artbit Club
- Michael | Founder of Trapperversity
- Olivia Janisch | Director of Business Development, Partnerships at SuperBrand
- Sam Payrovi | Founder-CEO at CONSORTIUM & CSTM HAUS
what we’re sharing in our group chats
- This video from our nft community event last week
- This twitter thread explaining the EVM
- This video explaining what solana is
- This article exploring the “blank to earn” model by Mark Grace from M13
- This tweet about a friendly soccer game at NFT NYC on June 24th
what we're screenshotting
what we're celebrating
- An epic NFT.NYC coming up in two weeks! check out this doc
- You can now try out an Upstream Collective in this demo!
- We’re hiring at Upstream! Join the team as a Developer, CX Lead, Content Manager, & more (Job Board)
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See you soon!
Alex
