Upstream Events: Leah Fessler from NextView Ventures, Marcella McCarthy from TechCrunch, Maia…
Hey everybody,
Hey everybody,
What a gorgeous weekend. See you at an event this week!
5 Things You Can’t Miss:
- Thursday at 10am ET: Teal’s Career Growth Summit kicks off this week and on Thursday, we’re hosting their Industry Insider Series on Upstream. Check out this amazing line-up of speakers and RSVP to the track (or tracks) you want to learn more about!
- Industry Insider Series: HR and Talent/Recruiting at 10am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Marketing at 10am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Sales and Revenue at 11am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Customer Experience at 11am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Community Management at 12pm ET
- Industry Insider Series: Product Management at 12pm ET
- Industry Insider Series: Strategy and Ops at 1pm ET
- Industry Insider Series: Startups at 1pm ET
- Tuesday at 6pm ET: Join us for a chat with Leah Fessler from NextView Ventures. We’ll chat about Leah’s journey from journalism to investing, her priority as an investor to funding women, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC founders, and her adorable pug. (RSVP)
- Friday at 3pm ET: We’ll chat with Marcella McCarthy from TechCrunch. Marcella covers start-ups in Brazil, Miami, and more, as well as health tech globally. (RSVP)
- Wednesday at 4pm ET: Ever wanted to learn how to sell? We’ll chat with the experts: Adam Liebman, Former Head of Sales for Singleplatform, Yext, Seated & Serena Garg, VP of Sales at ShopRunner (recently acquired by FedEx). (RSVP)
- Wednesday at 7pm ET: All things BD and Fintech will be covered on Wednesday’s panel with execs from Chime, Paxos, and Ramp. (RSVP)
Bonus: Happy Mother’s Day!
- Wednesday at 12:30pm ET: Celebrate Motherhood with Julie Weber, GP of The Helm & Stacey Delo, Founder of Apres and author of Your Turn: Careers, Kids, and Comebacks — A Working Mother’s Guide. (RSVP)
Reminder: You can join from web or mobile!
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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP
Open the links below from your phone or from your computer!
MONDAY the 3rd
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Upstream Admins Only Event #7 at 7pm ET
- The Helm Member Social at 7pm ET
- Torah Study in the Jews In Tech Community at 8pm ET
TUESDAY the 4th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Investor Series #36 with Leah Fessler from NextView Ventures at 6pm ET
- Pitch Night #21 with 150birds at 7pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 5th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Future of Motherhood with Julie Weber, GP of The Helm and Stacey Delo, CEO of Apres and author of Your Turn at 12:30pm ET
- Digital Health #5 — What Do Patients Want? at 12:30pm ET
- How To Sell at 4pm ET
Adam Liebman — former head of sales for Singleplatform, Yext, Seated
Serena Garg — VP of Sales at ShopRunner (recently acquired by FedEx)
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- First Wednesday in NYC in Serial Marketers Community at 5pm ET (IRL at Shake Shack in NYC!)
- Jews in Tech Meet & Greet with guest speaker Oliver Mitchell aka the Robot Rabbi at 5pm ET
- Top 5 Excel Keyboard Shortcuts You Need To Know at 5:30pm ET
- Sports Business Event #21 at 6pm ET
- Michigan Alumni Meet-Up #3 with Ross Chanowski from NuMarket at 6pm ET
- BD Meetup #26: Biz Dev and Fintech with execs from Chime, Paxos, and Ramp at 7pm ET
THURSDAY the 6th
Morning / Afternoon: 10pm — 5pm EST
- Industry Insider Series: HR and Talent/Recruiting at 10am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Marketing at 10am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Sales and Revenue at 11am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Customer Experience at 11am ET
- Industry Insider Series: Community Management at 12pm ET
- Industry Insider Series: Product Management at 12pm ET
- Community Community Lunch #6 with Alex Angel from Commsor at 12pm ET
- Stage One: Plant Discussion (Higher Ed Pivoters Community) at 12pm ET
- PR Pros Networking XV with special guest Brittney Bogues at 12:30pm ET
- Industry Insider Series: Strategy and Ops at 1pm ET
- Industry Insider Series: Startups at 1pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST
- Joy Soldier Meet-Up #7 with Waverly Middleton at 6pm ET
- Conscious Capitalism: who’s with me? at 6pm ET
Friday the 7th
Morning: 9am — 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- NFT Community Event #10 on Apymon and Bored Ape Yacht Club at 1pm ET
- Upstream Social #62 with Marcella McCarthy — Journalist at TechCrunch at 3pm ET
Notable Upcoming
- Jews in Tech Meet with On Freund — Operating Partner at PICO Venture Partners on 5/10 at 12pm ET
- Investor Series #37 with Stan Reiss — General Partner at Matrix Partners on 5/11 at 6pm ET
- Founders Helping Founders #9 — When do you let go of specific job functions as a founder/executive? on 5/12 at 2pm ET
- Serial Marketers SpeedUp #24 on 5/13 at 12pm ET
- Dealflow Event #4: Testflights and Companies I’m Seeing on 5/13 at 6pm ET
- Fireside Chat with Lauren Sweeney, Co-Founder and CMO of DeliverZero on 5/13 at 6:30pm ET
- Miami Tech Social #13 with Ana Paula González — Director of the Miami Initiative at SoftBank Group International on 5/13 at 7pm ET
- NFT Community Event #11 on 5/14 at 1pm ET
- Upstream Social #63 with Abe Brown — Senior Editor at Forbes on 5/14 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
