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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP
Reminder: Open the links below from your phone.
TUESDAY the 9th
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Active Investor #21: Mac Conwell Managing Director RareBreed Ventures at 6pm ET
- Investor Series #24 with Heather Hartnett — CEO and General Partner at Human Ventures at 7pm ET
- Pitch Night #9 with DRK Beauty at 8pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 10th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Digital Health #1 — Meet and Greet — hosted by Dr. Mala Mawkin at 12:30pm ET
- Valuation / Startup Equity 101 with Shriram Bhashyam — SVP of Biz Dev at Forage Global at 1pm ET
- February Founders Helping Founders — featuring TBD at 2pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Austin Startups Launch — Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder & MD Next Coast Ventures at 5pm ET
- Future of Work VC Series #3 with Taylor Stockton, GP of Pathway Ventures at 5pm ET
- Miami Tech Social #7 with Auston Bunsen — Co-founder at QuikNode.io at 5pm ET
- Early-stage building in Health & Wellness: Human Ventures’ Incubator for EIRS at 6pm ET
- Money Talks Speed Networking at 6:30pm 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) at 7pm ET
THURSDAY the 11th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Consumer Founder / Investor Meetup w/ Kiva Dickinson — MP of Selva Ventures at 4pm ET
- DEI in the Workplace with Marie Roker-Jones at 4:30pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST
- Joy Soldier Meet-Up #5 at 8pm ET
- LA Female Founder Series #2: Amira Polack, CEO of Struct Club at 8pm ET
- Upstream Duo Event with Justine and Olivia Moore — Investors at CRV at 9pm ET
Friday the 12th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Founders Friday // speaker to be updated soon! at 9am ET
- NBA Top Shot Convo #2 with Drew Austin — CEO @ Wade & Wendy + VC @ Red Beard Ventures at 12pm ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
Notable Upcoming
- Pitch Night #10 with Impulse on 2/16 at 6pm ET
- Sports Business Event #16 with Deepen Parikh — Partner at Courtside Ventures on 2/17 at 6pm ET
- Angel Investing 101 with Sheel Mohnot — General Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures on 2/17 at 8pm ET
- Executive Spotlight III — Salim Holder, CEO & Co-Founder, 4th Ave Market on 2/18 at 1pm ET
- Winning in Georgia runoffs, Ads for social good, and future of cause marketing with Philipp Tsipman, CEO of Outfox AI on 2/18 at 2pm ET
- Comms for startups vs venture vs establish company with Ashley Mayer — Senior Director, Communications at Glossier on 2/18 at 6pm ET
- Active Investor #22: Emerging Managers with Elizabeth Galbut SoGal Ventures / Kate Brodock W Fund on 2/18 at 7pm ET
- LA Female Founder Series #3: Christine Outram, CEO of Everydae on 2/18 at 8pm 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 8th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Chris Moreno — VP, National Partnerships at Luxer One at 8:30am ET
- Scott Markovits — Startup builder at 9am ET
- Lior Romanowsky — CEO at Jenna AI at 10am ET
- Kyle Rezac-Dennis — Founder at White Elephant at 10am ET
- Mark Kahn — Senior Attorney at PAG at 10am ET
- Stav Pischits — Co-founder at Cynance at 10am ET
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- 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
- 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
- Michael Schonfeld — Co-founder at Upstream at 5:15pm ET
- 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
TUESDAY the 9th
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
- Eric Broad — CEO at Bowery Legal at 2pm ET
- Alon Cohen — Founder at Pika Diapers at 2pm ET
- Jamie Hourahan — CRO at Kwali at 2pm ET
- David Logan — Managing Director at Umergence at 3pm ET
- Dave Weinberg — Partnership Recruiting at Gently Ventures at 4pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
WEDNESDAY the 10th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Shanna McEachern — Director of Operations at Alpaca Technology at 9am ET
- 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
- Harrison Remler — COO at Visionary Music Group at 10am ET
- Hanan Eldahry — CEO at HotHoods at 11am ET
- Alexandria Pugia — Software Developer at Upstream at 11am ET
- Ari Greenberg — Strategic Partnerships Leader 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
- Angel Djambazov — Business Development at Lab6 Media at 12pm ET
- Leo Morejon — Marketing at Applegate at 1pm ET
- Chris Johnston — Product Designer at The SilverLogic at 1:30pm ET
- Max Zamkow — Partner at Third Act Ventures at 2pm ET
- Ryan De Souza — Investor at Scrum Ventures at 2pm ET
- Mike Gelb — Founder at The Consumer VC at 2:30pm ET
- Oren Kozlowski — VC Principal at Founders Factory NY at 2:30pm 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
- 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 11th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Jason Kramer — Founder at Cultivize at 10am ET
- Therese Gedda — Founder/CEO at Reimaginez 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
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
FRIDAY the 12th
Morning: 8am — 12pm EST
- Chelsea Ferrette — Venture Attorney at 10am ET
- Stav Pischits — Co-founder at Cynance at 10am 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 13th and SUNDAY the 14th
Morning (13th): 8am — 12pm EST
- Alexander Golding — MBA at George Washington University at 11am ET
- Emily Gess — Account Manager at Titanium Marketing at 12pm ET
Afternoon (13th): 12pm — 5pm EST
- 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 (13th): 5pm — 8pm EST
Evening (14th): 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 at an event!
Alex