Upstream Events — Week of 12/7
Hey everyone -
Hey everyone -
11 months down, 1 to go. Happy December!
We have three updates for you:
- Holiday Mixer: If you didn’t see last week, we released a new event format called the Holiday Mixer. Companies and communities are using it to replace their cancelled holiday parties this year.
- If you’d like to request for your company — https://holidays.upstreamapp.com
- The release was covered by The New York Post, Forbes, Product Hunt, and our blog.
2. PetCon — We partnered with PetCon this year to power their virtual Meet & Greets. It was an amazing success (see these adorable photos here, here, and here!) and our blog post.
3. Pitch Series — It’s back! Per popular demand we have brought back this event format where early-stage startups pitch their company in the video intro and take Q&A after. We’ve scheduled the next three below.
- 12/9 at 8pm ET — Pitch Night #2 with recurrent: They provide clean and earth-friendly skin and hair products for teens, from the former co-founder of Dapple Baby
- 12/16 at 8pm ET — Pitch Night #3 with Phood: They enable college students to use meal plan dollars to order food from third-party delivery services
- 1/6 at 8pm ET — Pitch Night #4 with LoanSense: They are bridging a huge gap that’s preventing folks with student loans from accessing bigger, better mortgages
We don’t say it enough, thank you for being here and for your support of our growing community. We couldn’t do it without you!
And of course, if you have any friends you think might like the events below, share the link with them so they can RSVP and join!
Reminder: Open the links below from your phone.
MONDAY the 7th
Media People Kickoff #1 with special guest Jeff Jarvis at 6pm ET
HR #5 Speaker and Social: Brock Yetso President and CEO of the Ulman Foundation:
Creating Community and Doing Good at 7pm ET
Upstream Admins Only Event #2 at 7pm ET
Office Hours:
Scott Markovits — Startup Builder at 9am ET
Mike Teichberg — Founder at InventivHR at 10am ET
Kurt Benson — CEO/Founder at Tidal League at 12pm ET
Alex Taub — Co-founder at Upstream at 1pm ET
Zach Levin — Founder at Law by Levin at 1pm ET
Kazi Islam — Product at Upstream at 2pm ET
Sam Shikiar — Managing Director at Shikiar Asset Management at 2pm ET
Evelina Lavrova — CMO at Waves World at 2pm ET
Geri Kirilova — Partner at Laconia at 3:30pm ET
Mike MacCombie — Director of Platform at ffVC
TUESDAY the 8th
Investor Series #15 with Sara Deshpande — Partner at Maven Ventures at 6pm ET
Active Investor Social #17 with Paul Strachman Partner Red Sea Ventures at 7pm ET
Stanford Alumni Mixer #2 with Johnny Hwin Partner at Studio Management at 8pm ET
Office Hours:
Ann-Marie Alcántara — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal at 11am ET
Neal Conlon — Entrepreneur Coach at 1pm ET
Ryan Babenzien — Founder/CEO at Greats at 1pm ET
Sarah Wood — Head of Growth & Community at Upstream at 3pm ET
Dave Weinberg — Partnerships Lead at Recruited at 4pm ET
Leo Morejon — Show Host at ProveItMatters.com at 5pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 9th
Everything You Need To Know About: Getting The .com For Your Startup with Eric Friedman at 1pm ET
Exponential: Partnerships and Peace at 1pm ET
Mountain Region — Community Kickoff at 2pm ET
Fellow Female Founders #10 with Michelle Nie from Norwest Venture Partners at 3pm ET
Social Impact Holiday Mixer at 6pm ET
Running A Conference During A Pandemic with Jim Louderback — CEO of VidCon (Expert Series) at 7pm ET
Pitch Night #2 with recurrent at 8pm ET
Office Hours:
Scott Rosenbluth — CEO at Craze Management at 10am ET
David Cutler — Founder at David Cutler Network at 10am ET
Kine Paulsen — Partner at kinfizz at 12pm ET
Greg Baroth — Social/Digital Consultant at 12pm ET
Steve Gowa — Sales Enablement at 12pm ET
Mike Gelb — Founder at The Consumer VC
Mat Kaliski — Principal at Acronym Venture Capital
Douglas Govindavajhala — Software Engineer at DG edtech Ventures at 6pm ET
Therésa Gedda — Founder/CEO at Reimaginez at 6:15pm ET
Mark Wang — Patent Attorney at Law Office of Mark Wang at 7pm ET
Henry Chi — Investor at Capital Innovators at 8pm ET
Ron Schwartz — CEO at TecHub Limited at 9pm ET
Josh Hone — COO at Column at 11:30pm ET
THURSDAY the 10th
Everything You Need To Know About: Comms For Your Startup with Carolyn Penner at 1pm ET
Worthy for Thirty Executive Spotlight I — Jeff Ragovin, Chief Commercial Officer, Fyllo at 3pm ET
Jews in Tech Hanukkah Party At 7pm ET
Joy Soldier Meet-Up #1 at 8pm ET
Office Hours:
Jory Schwach — Founder at Andium at 8am ET
Geoff Scott — CEO/CTO Coach at 1pm ET
Matt Jessen-Howard — Partner at Noveus Capital at 2pm ET
Nikki Bogopolskaya — Brand Partnerships at TikTok at 3pm ET
Kate Kelly — CEO/Co-founder at Chelsea Capital at 3pm ET
Andrew McCarley — Senior Consultant at Peabody Aerospace at 3pm ET
Jasmine Neal — Co-founder at Tune at 3pm ET
Shawn Kallet — CEO at DeepWater Strategies at 4pm ET
Eric Broad — CEO at Bowery Legal at 4pm ET
Nick Jaber — Head of Growth at NeoEYED at 6:40pm ET
FRIDAY the 11th
Founders Friday — LAST FF OF 2020
Tough Decisions with Kat Cole — COO & President at Focus Brands (Expert Series) at 12pm ET
Founders + Executive + Changemaker Weekly Meetup at 12pm ET
Upstream Social XXXXI with Cat Clifford — Senior Entrepreneurship Writer for CNBC.com at 3pm ET
Office Hours:
Lio Slama — Co-founder/CEO at askneo.io at 11am ET
Hanan Eldahry — CEO at myHotHoods at 11am ET
Dave Weinberg — Partnerships lead at Recruited at 11am ET
Jake Wayne — Investor at Torch Capital at 11am ET
Sarah Wood — Head of Growth & Community at Upstream at 11:30am ET
Steve Gowa — Sales Enablement at 12pm ET
Kurt Benson — CEO/Founder at Tidal League at 12pm ET
Neal Conlon — Entrepreneurship Coach at 12pm ET
Ned Schoenfeld — CEO of Cove Hill Consulting at 12pm ET
Alex Taub — Co-founder at Upstream at 1pm ET
Priyanka Somrah — Analyst at Work-Bench at 2pm ET
Kine Paulsen — Partner at kinfizz at 2pm ET
Michael Chow — CEO/Founder at Dart Technologies at 4pm ET
Michael Galluppo — Founder at OLY.AI at 4:30pm ET
Office Hours on Saturday and Sunday — 12/12 + 12/13
Ali Jamal — Founding Partner at First Check Ventures at 5pm ET (12/12)
Charles Hudson — Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures at 6pm ET (12/12)
Nicole Priel — Vice President at Ibex Investors at 1pm ET (12/13)
Notable Upcoming
BD / Partnerships Social #16 on 12/15 at 7pm ET
Pre-Seed Investors Gathering #3 on 12/16 at 6pm ET
Sports Business Event #12 with Marc Kohn (Chief Content Officer at Overtime) on 12/16 at 7pm ET
Pitch Night #3 with Phood on 12/16 at 8pm ET
Serial Marketers SpeedUp #12 Holiday Mirth Spectacular on 12/17 at 12pm ET
PR Pros Networking XI — with special guest Brian Wallace on 12/17 at 6:30pm ET
Upstream Social XXXXII with 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
