Upstream Events — Week of 11/23
Hey everyone -
Happy holidays! This is a shorter events week with Thanksgiving on Thursday.
One quick announcement: I want to welcome Sarah Wood, our newest employee at Upstream. She will be Head of Growth and Community and today is her first day. Say hi to her on Twitter — @sarah___wood and read the blog post (here).
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If you have any friends you think might like the events below, share the link with them so they can RSVP and join!
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MONDAY the 23rd
Office Hours:
Chris Ackerman — Director, Partner Engineering at Facebook at 11am ET
Matt Colleran — CMO at Clamour at 12pm ET
Kurt Benson — CEO/Founder at Tidal League at 12pm ET
Kyrill Zlobenko — Head of Europe at Seedrs at 1pm ET
Alex Taub — Co-founder at Upstream at 1pm ET
Zach Levin — Founder of Law by Levin at 1pm ET
Kazi Islam — Product at Upstream at 2pm ET
Eric Schoenbach — Associate at Alpaca.VC at 3pm ET
TUESDAY the 24th
Creator/Passion Economy Mixer #2 at 1pm ET
Expert Series: Early Days at VICE with Ben Dietz (16 Years at VICE in Biz Dev and Sales) at 2pm ET
Investor Series #13 with Parul Singh — Principal at Founder Collective at 7pm ET
Office Hours:
Captain Planet — CEO/Founder at Tap + Founder at MakeSpace at 12:30pm ET
Neal Conlon — Entrepreneur Coach at 1pm ET
Ryan Babenzien — Founder/CEO at Greats at 1pm ET
Sarah Wood — Head of Growth and Community at Upstream at 1pm ET
Kate Kelly — CEO/Co-founder at Chelsea Capital at 1pm ET
Matt Restivo — Founder/CEO at mbark.co at 3:30pm ET
Dave Weinberg — Partnerships at Recruited at 4pm ET
Brad Jenkins — CEO at Seed Round Capital — 5pm ET
Brian Fakhoury — Investor at Underscore.VC at 5pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 25th
Expert Series: Path to VC straight out of school with Gaby Goldberg at BVP at 1pm ET
Jews in Tech Event #10 at 6pm ET
Upstream Social XXXIX — Special Thanksgiving Event with surprise guests at 7pm ET
Office Hours:
Jennifer Dagi — Relationship Blogger at 10am ET
Kine Paulsen — Partner at kinfizz at 12pm ET
Greg Baroth — Social Media Consultant at 12pm ET
Steve Gowa — Sales Enablement at 12pm ET
Neal Conlon — Entrepreneur Coach at 12pm ET
Eric Tash — Director of Digital Marketing at Qui Tequila at 1pm ET
Mike Gelb — Founder at The Consumer VC at 2pm ET
Sarah Wood — Head of Growth and Community at Upstream at 2:30pm ET
Mat Kaliski — Principal at Acronym Venture Capital at 3pm ET
Douglas Govindavajhala — Senior Software Engineer at Founder DG edtech ventures at 6pm ET
Henry Chi — Investor at Capital Innovators at 8pm ET
Ron Schwartz — CEO at TechHub Limited at 9pm ET
THURSDAY the 26th
No Events — Happy Thanksgiving!
Office Hours:
Jory Schwach — Founder at Andium at 8am ET
Andrew McCarley — Senior Consultant at Peabody Aerospace at 3pm ET
Eric Broad — CEO at Bowery Legal at 4pm ET
FRIDAY the 27th
No Events
Office Hours:
Hanan Eldahry — Founder/CEO at myHotHoods at 9am ET
Scott Rosenbluth — CEO at Craze Management at 11am ET
Lio Slama — CEO/Co-founder at AskNeo.io at 11am ET
Sarah Wood — Head of Growth and Community at Upstream at 11:30am ET
Steve Gowa — Sales Enablement at 12pm ET
Neal Conlon — Entrepreneur Coach at 12pm ET
Kurt Benson — CEO/Founder at Tidal League at 12pm ET
Alex Taub — Co-founder at Upstream at 1pm ET
Kine Paulsen — Partner at kinfizz at 2pm ET
Jake Wayne — Investor at Torch Capital at 3pm ET
Kaitlin Yapchaian — Executive Director, Product Marketing at The New York Times at 3pm ET
Michael Galluppo — Founder at OLY.AI at 4:30pm ET
Hanna S — Venture Scout and Product Strategist at 4:30pm ET
Notable Upcoming
Fellow Female Founders #9 w/ Medha Agarwal from Redpoint Ventures on 12/2 at 3pm ET
Miami Tech Social #3 with guest speaker — Mayor Francis Suarez on 12/2 at 5pm ET
Sports Business Event #11 with Ricky Engelberg (CMO of Vistaprint) on 12/2 at 6pm ET
Upstream Social XXXX — Kerry Flynn — Media Reporter at CNN on 12/4 at 3pm ET
Active Investor Social #17 w/ Paul Strachman Partner Red Sea Ventures on 12/8 at 7pm ET
Upstream Social XXXXII w/ Nick Vega — Tech Reporter at The New York Post on 12/18 at 3pm ET
We are always looking for awesome new faces at the events. Take a minute and think of someone you know that might enjoy these events.
Feel free to introduce them to me directly. Alternatively, just send them this email / links so they can join the community + rsvp direct.
I hope to see you at one!
Alex