Nikhil Basu Trivedi & Mike Smith from Footwork, Stephanie Manning Cohen from Lerer Hippeau, Emily…

Hey everybody,

Hope you were able to get outside this weekend! Packed week coming up, see you at an event or two.

5 Things You Can’t Miss:

1. Tuesday at 5pm ET: Ever had to call a salon to schedule a haircut? With glow, that’s a thing of the past. Hear how Renee Russo and Annie Reardon will make booking personal care appointments as easy as making a dinner reservation at Pitch Night. (RSVP)
2. Tuesday at 7pm ET: Only thing better than one investor is two! Join Nikhil Basu Trivedi (former GP at Shasta Ventures) and Mike Smith (former COO of Stitch Fix) from Footwork VC and hear about their $150M debut fund. (RSVP)
3. Wednesday at 10am ET: Have a co-founder? Learn what you can do to strengthen your relationship in this conversation with the superbly talented Eric Friedman (ex-expa, foursquare, USV) and Steve Schlafman (ex-Primary Ventures, RRE, Lerer Ventures). (RSVP)
4. Wednesday at 5pm ET: Curious about what the platform role in VC is? Join Stephanie Manning Cohen, Senior Director of Platform at Lerer Hippeau, and Emily St. Denis, Head of Platform at Female Founders Fund, for a deep-dive on their day-to-day. (RSVP)
5. Friday at 3pm ET: Join Abe Brown, Senior Editor at Forbes, for our 61st Upstream Social! Abe writes about social media, creators, and digital culture. (RSVP)

Bonus:

• Teal’s Career Growth Summit is coming up May 4–6. Join a session with an amazing speaker and meet some new folks in your industry! (RSVP)
• Celebrate Mother’s Day on May 5th at 12:30pm ET with Stacey Delo, Founder of Apres and author of Your Turn: Careers, Kids, and Comebacks — A Working Mother’s Guide, in this special Future of Motherhood event. (RSVP)

Reminder: You can join from web or mobile!

Win of the Week: Has Upstream helped you professionally? Share your Upstream win with Alex/Sarah to get featured (& get a special Upstream gift!)

We’re super pumped to have been featured in Business Insider’s round-up of 14 apps that Gen Z investors are obsessed with right now! Thank you Corinne Riley for the shout-out! You can watch her talk in the Future of Work Community with Jing Herman here.

New Feature Alert: Improved Admin Onboarding

If you’ve been thinking about hosting your community on Upstream, you can request a new community within the app. Our Head of Community, Sarah, will reach out with this Welcome video to better understand how we can support you. We also have a video series for hosting your first event with Upstream here.

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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP

Open the links below from your phone or from your computer!

TUESDAY the 27th

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• Digital Health #5 — What do patients want? at 1pm ET
• #TellYourStory: Building Your Personal Brand in Tech at 3pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST

• Pitch Night #20 with glow at 5pm ET
• Michigan Alumni Meet-Up #2 at 7pm ET
• Investor Series #35 with Nikhil Basu Trivedi and Mike Smith at Footwork VC at 7pm ET

WEDNESDAY the 28th

Morning: 9am — 12pm EST

• Co-Founder Communication — Making It Work with Steve Schlafman and Eric Friedman at 10am ET

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• Future of Community Building with Julia Govberg, Community Manager at First Round Capital at 12:30pm ET
• Founders Helping Founders #8 — B2B SaaS pricing at 2pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST

• Platform Role in Venture Capital: What it is and how it has evolved at 5pm ET
• Emily St. Denis — Head of Platform at Female Founders Fund
• Stephanie Manning Cohen — Senior Director of Platform at Lerer Hippeau
• Top 5 Excel keyboard shortcuts you need to know at 5:30pm ET

THURSDAY the 29th

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• Executive Spotlight V: Darren Herman, Operating Partner, Bain Capital at 12pm ET
• Serial Marketers SpeedUp #23 at 12pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Healthcare Community Social — 4.29.21 at 6pm ET
• Duke in VC Networking — come with an ask! at 8pm ET

Friday the 30th

Morning: 9am — 12pm EST

• Founders Friday with Packy from Not Boring | Focus: make your writing more interesting & launching newsletters at 9am ET

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• NFT Community Event #9 at 1pm ET
• Forbes Under 30 Lister Mixer #2 at 3pm ET
• Upstream Social #61 with Abe Brown — Senior Editor at Forbes at 3pm ET
• Consumer Investor / Founder meetup with Michael Ronen at 4pm ET

Notable Upcoming

• Upstream Admins Only Event #7 on 5/3 at 7pm ET
• The Helm Member Social on 5/3 at 7pm ET
• Jews in Tech: Torah Study 📖with Arthur Shmulevsky on 5/3 at 8pm ET
• Commercial Real Estate Matching on 5/4 at 12pm ET
• Investor Series #36 with Leah Fessler from NextView on 5/4 at 6pm ET
• Pitch Night #21 with 150birds on 5/4 at 7pm ET
• Future of Motherhood with Stacey Delo, CEO of Apres and author of Your Turn on 5/5 at 12:30pm ET
• How To Sell on 5/5 at 4pm ET
• Michigan Alumni Meet-Up #3 on 5/5 at 6pm ET
• Sports Business Event #21 on 5/5 at 6pm ET
• Miami Tech Social #13 with Ana Paula González — Director of the Miami Initiative at SoftBank Group International on 5/5 at 7pm ET
• BD Meetup #26: Biz Dev and Fintech with execs from Chime, Ramp, and Paxos on 5/5 at 7pm ET
• Career Growth Summit — Industry Insider Series Events coming soon (5/6 10am-2pm ET)
• Community Community Lunch #6 with Alex Angel from Commsor on 5/6 at 12pm ET
• Stage One: Plant Discussion on 5/6 at 12pm ET
• PR Pros Networking XV — with special guest Brittney Bogues on 5/6 at 12:30pm ET
• Conscious Capitalism: who’s with me? on 5/6 at 6pm ET
• NFT Community Event #10 on 5/7 at 1pm ET
• Upstream Social #62 with Marcella McCarthy — Journalist at TechCrunch on 5/7 at 3pm ET

If you have any friends you think might like the events above, share the link with them so they can RSVP and join!

Can’t wait to see you at an event!

Alex