Upstream Events: Laurel Touby from Supernode Ventures, Espree Devora from Women in Tech, Alex Nwaka from Touchdown Ventures, Noele Flowers from Commsor, IRL Event in NYC, & WTF is the Metaverse...
🗽NYC Friends: Our IRL events are back! 🗽
Join us October 13th from 6-8pm ET. Limited space, RSVP here!
Read on for awesome things happening this week.
🔥 5 Things You Can’t Miss This Week 🔥
This investor sold her company for $23M to start Supernode Ventures | Tues at 6pm ET
Meet Laurel Touby, who sold her company mediabistro.com to start Supernode Ventures with her partner Jenny Friedman. Known for their massive networks, they uniquely support founders with their experience as business journalists and successful founders. (RSVP)
Feeling stuck? This startup will match you with a dedicated coach | Tues at 7pm ET
Skye is a B2C tech platform for coaching that matches you with a coach to support your life and career founded by Jessica Wolf, ex-ICONIQ Capital & Forbes 30 Under 30. (RSVP)
Professional services are getting shaken-up. Find out how | Weds at 12pm ET
Discuss how professional services are being disrupted with Alex Nwaka, Principal at Touchdown Ventures who leads the firm’s enterprise software strategy. (RSVP)
What’s the formula for a viral podcast? Learn from this top podcaster | Weds at 9pm ET
Espree Devora’s podcast was named a Harper’s Bazaar Top 10 Podcast and she wants to teach you how to build a better podcast. (RSVP)
This 5-step framework will transform your community strategy | Thurs at 12pm ET
Join us for a chat with Noele Flowers of Commsor! Noele heads up the C School at Commsor and will teach us the 5-steps framework for building a community strategy. (RSVP)
💡Topic Spotlight: Crypto & NFTs 💡
1. WTF is the Metaverse? Ask every question you’ve been too embarrassed to ask
Thurs at 5:30pm ET | (RSVP)
2. Find out the hottest NFT collections at the NFT Community Meet-Up
Fri at 1pm ET | (RSVP)
🌎 Global Spotlight: LATAM 🌎
1. Our first event in Spanish! Talk all things crypto & LATAM with Paul Garcia
Weds at 8pm ET | (RSVP)
2. Kick off the LATAM Community with Carlos Moreira & Jorge Omar Alvarez
Thurs at 6pm ET | (RSVP)
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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP
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MONDAY the 4th
Afternoon: 12pm – 5pm EST
TUESDAY the 5th
Evening: 5pm – 9pm EST
- Investor Series #57 with Laurel Touby - Managing Partner at Supernode Ventures (and former founder of Mediabistro) at 6pm ET
- Pitch Night #43 - Skye (B2C Tech Platform) at 7pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 6th
Afternoon: 12m – 5pm EST
Evening: 5pm – 9:30pm EST
- Miami Tech Social #23 at 6pm ET
- El auge de los trabajos de criptomonedas at 8pm ET
- Formula to create an engaging podcast (Podcasters Community) at 9pm ET
THURSDAY the 7th
Morning: 9am – 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12m – 5pm EST
Evening: 5pm – 9pm EST
- WTF is... the Metaverse? With Breanna Faye - Metaverse Architect at 5:30pm ET
- LATAM Community Kick off Panel w/ Carlos Moreira (Globo Sr. Director of Global Media Ecosystem & Partnerships), Jorge Omar Alvarez (Co-founder and COO at Simbiosis) at 6pm ET
FRIDAY the 8th
Afternoon: 12pm – 5pm EST
Notable Upcoming
- Fireside chat with Paul Gambill - Ceo at Nori on 10/12 at 6pm ET
- Investor Series #58 Mark Volchek, Founding Partner @ Las Olas VC on 10/012 at 6pm ET
- Pitch Night #44 - Gentle Beast on 10/12 at 7pm ET
- Voice Advertising: What You Need to Hear, with Instreamatic on 10/13 at 12pm ET
- Membership Social (The Helm Community) on 10/13 at 12pm ET
- Future of Hiring - a panel discussion with HR/Talent Leaders on 10/13 at 3pm ET
- Transatlantic Venture Partners & Burkland Happy Hour on 10/13 at 6pm ET
- Great Partnerships #1 on 10/14 at 1pm ET
- NFT Community Event #34 on 10/15 at 1pm ET
- Upstream Social #83 with Karissa Bell - Senior Editor at Engadget on 10/15 at 3pm ET