Upstream Events — Week of 1/25/21: Harry Hurst from Pipe, Zoë Bernard from The Information…
Hey all -
Hey all -
Can’t believe we’re rounding out the month already.
This Wednesday, Nikki Bogopolskaya and Danielle Mantich are hosting the first Upstream Book Club to discuss The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker. Next month, we’re reading No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier. Join us!
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Win of the Week: Have you gotten hired, fundraising, a life-changing intro, or made a new modern friend? Share your Upstream win with Alex/Sarah to get featured! We’ll pick one a week to spotlight.
This week we are celebrating Erik, who has built a thriving Gen Z VC syndicate and has closed their first deal with a second in the works.
New Feature Alert: Revealing the Multi-Speaker Format! This has been a long-requested feature… We’re super excited to help you host panels and group discussions.
Be in the room where it happened — Upstream’s first-ever multi-speaker event this Wednesday, 7pm ET with dynamic duo Ed and Eliot from BOLDstart Ventures.
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP
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You’ll see the event line-up below is a bit easier to read — thank you Community Member, Bridget Martinez, for the formatting suggestion!
TUESDAY the 26th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- The Dark Arts of Fundraising — Investor Perspective with Charlie O’Donnell from Brooklyn Bridge VC at 1pm ET
- Everything You Need To Know About… Getting Started On Substack with Nathan Baschez (Divinations at Everything Substack) at 5pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Active Investor #20: Steven Rosenblatt of Oceans Ventures at 6pm ET
- Pitch Night #7 with Candidates.AI at 7pm ET
- Investor Series #22 with Sarah Foley from SWAT Equity at 8pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 27th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Meme Marketing with Austin Pollock — Head of Brand Partnerships at Doing Things Media at 1pm ET
- Fellow Female Founders #11 with Sari Azout — Partner at Level Ventures at 3pm ET
- Future of Work Member Spotlight — Founders of Equitable Hiring Solutions at 4pm ET
- Origins: Pipe with co-founder and co-CEO Harry Hurst at 5pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Book Club #1: The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker at 6pm ET
- Early stage B2B investing with Ed and Eliot — General Partners at BOLDstart Ventures at 7pm ET (first multi-tile video event!!)
THURSDAY the 28th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Community Community Lunch #1 at 12pm ET
- Running In-House Legal and Public Policy with Michal Rosenn — General Counsel at Noom at 1pm ET
- January Founders Helping Founders — Featuring TBD at 2pm ET
- Network Your Way to a New Tech Job at 3pm ET
- Founder / Investor Meetup w/ Vincent Diallo, GP at Interlace Ventures at 4pm ET
- Miami Tech Social #6 with Nico Berardi — Founder and GP at Animo VC at 5pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Exponential: “Where are you in the Org Chart?” with Penny Truttmann at 6pm ET
- PR Pros Networking XIII at 6:30pm ET
- BD / Partnerships Social #19 with Melanie Besvinick — Director, Enterprise Partnerships at DoorDash at 7pm ET
- LA Female Founder Series #1: Shiloh Johnson, CEO of ComplYant at 8pm ET
- Joy Soldier Meet-Up #4 at 8pm ET
Friday the 29th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Founders + Executive + Changemaker Meetup at 12pm ET
- NBA Top Shot + Digital Collectibles 101 with Drew Austin — CEO @ Wade & Wendy + VC @ Red Beard Ventures at 1pm ET
- Media People Meetup, with Punchbowl News’ Rachel Schindler at 1pm ET
- Upstream Social #48 with Zoe Bernard — Reporter at The Information at 3pm
Notable Upcoming
- Investor Series #23 with Ann Miura-Ko — Co-founding Partner at Floodgate on 2/2 at 6pm ET
- Pitch Night #8 with Fishwife on 2/2 at 7pm ET
- Sports Business Event #15 with Brendan Kaminsky (former Social @ ESPN) on 2/3 at 6pm ET
- Cultural & Sustainable Travel Post COVID, Jessica Hall Upchurch from Virtuoso Travel on 2/4 at 5pm ET
- AMA with Frank Rotman, Co-Founder of QED Investors on 2/9 at 6pm ET
- Investor Series #24 with Heather Hartnett — CEO and General Partner at Human Ventures on 2/9 at 7pm ET
- BD / Partnerships Social #20 with Chris Fralic — Board Partner at First Round Capital (and former VP of BD at del.icio.us and half.com/eBay) on 2/10 at 7pm ET
- Sports Business Event #16 with Deepen Parikh — Partner at Courtside Ventures on 2/17 at 6pm ET
- Comms for startups vs venture vs establish company with Ashley Mayer — Senior Director, Communications at Glossier on 2/18 at 6pm ET
- Upstream Social #51 with Natasha Mascarenhas — Reporter at TechCrunch on 2/19 at 3pm ET
THIS WEEK’S OFFICE HOURS
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MONDAY the 25th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Chris Moreno — VP, National Partnerships at Luxer One at 8am ET
- Scott Markovits — Startup builder at 9am ET
- Kyle Rezac-Dennis — Founder at White Elephant at 10am ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Kurt Benson — CEO/Founder at Tidal League at 12pm ET
- Eric Broad — CEO at Bowery Legal at 1pm ET
- Alex Taub — Co-founder at Upstream at 1pm ET
- Zach Levin — Founder at Law by Levin at 1pm ET
- River Tamoor Baig — CEO at SyncUp at 1pm ET
- Kazi Islam — Product at Upstream at 2pm ET
- Evelina Lavrova — CMO at Waves World at 2pm ET
- Danny Levy — Founder at Ting.io at 4pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Calvin Arterberry — Lead UX Designer at Travelers at 5:30pm ET
- Sean Callanan — CEO at Sports Geek at 5:30pm ET
- Emeka C Anen — Managing Partner at Just A Small Project at 6pm ET
- Michael Houston — Founder & CEO at ElevateU at 8pm ET
TUESDAY the 26th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Kyle Rezac-Dennis — Founder at White Elephant at 10am ET
- Dom Tancredi — CEO at Dom & Tom at 11am ET
- Sarah Wood — Head of Growth & Community at Upstream at 11am ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Ryan Babenzien — Founder at Greats at 1pm ET
- Neal Conlon — Entrepreneur Coach at 1pm ET
- Ja’dan Johnson — Entrepreneur at 1:35pm ET
- Jamie Hourahan — CRO at Kwali at 2pm ET
- Dave Weinberg — Partnership Recruiting at Gently Ventures at 4pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
WEDNESDAY the 27th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Scott Rosenbluth — CEO at Craze Management at 10am ET
- David Cutler — Founder at David Cutler Network at 10am ET
- Jennifer Dagi — Relationship Blogger / Coach at 10am ET
- Kyle Rezac-Dennis — Founder at White Elephant at 10am ET
- Hanan Eldahry — CEO at HotHoods at 11am ET
- Alexandria Pugia — Software Developer at Upstream at 11am ET
- Dhanush Ram — Associate at Speciale Invest at 11:30am ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Kine Paulsen — Partner at kinfizz at 12pm ET
- Greg Baroth — Social/Digital Consultant at 12pm ET
- Steve Gowa — Sales Enablement at Forcemultiply at 12pm ET
- Leo Morejon — Marketing at Applegate at 1pm ET
- Chris Johnston — Product Designer at The SilverLogic at 1:30pm ET
- Mat Kaliski — Principal at Acronym Venture Capital at 3pm ET
- Mark Wang — Patent Attorney at 3pm ET
- Shira Goldetsky — CEO at Sapient Search at 3:30pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 11:30pm EST
- Douglas Govindavajhala — Senior Software Engineer at 6pm ET
- Henry Chi — Investor at Capital Innovators at 8pm ET
- Michael Houston — Founder/CEO at ElevateU at 8pm ET
- Ron Schwartz — CEO at TechHub Limited at 9pm ET
- Chris Moreno — VP, National Partnerships at Luxer One at 9:30pm ET
- Josh Hone — COO at Column at 11:30pm ET
THURSDAY the 28th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Jason Kramer — Founder at Cultivize at 10am ET
- Paris Morris — Customer Advocacy Marketing at Salesforce at 11am ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Kerry Flynn — Reporter at CNN at 12pm ET
- David Berkowitz — Founder at Serial Marketers at 12:30pm ET
- Geoff Scott — CEO/CTO Coach at 1pm ET
- Matt Jessen-Howard — Partner at Noveus Capital at 2pm ET
- Ben Pulver — Head of BizOps at Banyan at 2pm ET
- Andrew McCarley — Senior Consultant at Peabody Aerospace at 3pm ET
- Jonathan Bennun — Product Growth at 3pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
FRIDAY the 29th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Bogdan Atanasiu — Founder at octobank at 9am ET
- Lio Slama — CEO/Co-founder at AskNeo.io at 11am ET
- Jaimin Desai — Founder at Reconcile at 11am ET
- Dave Weinberg — Partnership Recruiting at Gently Ventures at 11am ET
- Scott Rosenbluth — CEO at Craze Management at 11am ET
- Mark Kahn — Senior Attorney at PAG at 11am ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Steve Gowa — Sales Enablement at Forcemultiply at 12pm ET
- Kurt Benson — CEO/Founder at Tidal League at 12pm ET
- Neal Conlon — Entrepreneurship Coach at 12pm ET
- Alex Taub — Co-founder at Upstream at 1pm ET
- Geoff Cook — Co-founder/CEO at The Meet Group at 1pm ET
- Sarah Alister — Computer Science Student at 3pm ET
- Michael Galluppo — Founder at OLY.AI at 4:30pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
SATURDAY the 30th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Emily Gess — Account Manager at Titanium Marketing at 12pm ET
- Carey Ransom — President at Operate at 12pm ET
- Abhishek Sharma — Technical Program Manager at Pure Storage at 3pm ET
- Ali Jamal — Founding Partner at First Check Ventures at 5pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
SUNDAY the 31st
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
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 on Upstream.
Alex
