We are absolutely delighted to welcome Tracy Agyemang to the Upstream team! Tracy is an incredibly hard working and talented student at the University of Virginia.
Tracy joins our team as a Business Development Intern and is going to help us shape our go-to-market strategy. We were awed by Tracy’s dedication, contagious enthusiasm, and work ethic. We can’t wait to work with her!
Tracy is a 2nd year student at the University of Virginia, majoring in Commerce with concentrations in Marketing and Information Technology, alongside a track in Real Estate. …
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March is here. Happy Women’s History Month!
So exciting to see all the new communities flourishing. The LQBTQ+Up Community led by Levi Sanders is hosting their second event this Wednesday (RSVP) and The NFT Community hosted by Drew Austin and myself is up and running (RSVP for the kickoff event). If you’ve wanted to launch your Upstream community, there is no better time than now!
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Can’t believe it’s March next week… let’s make this last week of February count.
A few events to highlight:
- Future of Work Ideathon with Marie Roker-Jones, Co-founder of Essteem: Wed at 2pm ET (RSVP)
As we honor Black History Month, we will discuss how to create trusted spaces for inclusion. Together we will explore: “How can employers, managers, and team members help foster social well-being for BIPOC employees?”
2. LGBTQ+Up Event with Shachar Grembek, Co-Founder and CTO of Reps AI: Wed at 1pm ET (RSVP)
In addition to co-founding Reps AI, Shachar is the founder of LGBTech…
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Sarah Alister to the Upstream team! Sarah is a superbly sharp and passionate student (and early Upstream user!) who we are incredibly lucky to have join us as a Business Development Intern.
We were blown away by Sarah’s contagious enthusiasm, spot-on product feedback, and commitment to paving the way for women in tech.
Sarah is a first generation American from New York City. Currently, she is a freshman undergrad residing in San Diego as a Computer Science major with minors in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. …
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Love a four-day week! This one is action-packed. Let’s get started.
The Serial Marketers community is hosting a themed week of events and content around Esports and Gaming, kicking off February 22, 2021. You can join any of their amazing panels, breakouts, and office hours — link to sign up here! H/t David Berkowitz and Zachary Rozga for putting this together.
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Action-packed week ahead. Let’s get started!
Win of the Week: Have you gotten hired, fundraising, a life-changing intro, or made a new modern friend? Share your Upstream win with Alex/Sarah to get featured! We’ll pick one a week to spotlight.
This week we’re celebrating Cari Pérez and the team at General Assembly for supercharging their weekly team catch-up by making it an Upstream event. We love helping companies energize their internal networking.
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Welcome to the 14th month of 2020…
Last week the Upstream Book Club led by Nikki Bogopolskaya and Danielle Mantich kicked off with a fantastic first meeting. This month we’re reading No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier who will be making a special guest appearance on Wednesday, February 24th at 6pm ET (time may change). Join us!
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Win of the Week: Have you gotten hired, fundraising, a life-changing intro, or made a new modern friend? Share your Upstream win with Alex/Sarah to get featured! …
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Can’t believe we’re rounding out the month already.
This Wednesday, Nikki Bogopolskaya and Danielle Mantich are hosting the first Upstream Book Club to discuss The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker. Next month, we’re reading No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Bloomberg’s Sarah Frier. Join us!
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Win of the Week: Have you gotten hired, fundraising, a life-changing intro, or made a new modern friend? Share your Upstream win with Alex/Sarah to get featured! We’ll pick one a week to spotlight.
This week we are celebrating Erik, who has built a thriving Gen Z…
We’re absolutely elated to welcome Alexandria Pugia to the Upstream team! Alexandria is a talented full-stack developer who will work closely with Michael, Zhanna, & Kazi. Alexandria is warm, generous, funny, and kind. She loves coffee, her cat Theodore, and playing piano. Not only a rockstar developer, Alexandria is also a poignant and prolific writer about her experience as a software engineer.
Alexandria joins us from Acoer where she was a software developer working on COVID-19 solutions for companies like Delta Airlines. Alexandria is energized by helping others succeed and is recharged by classical music and warm baths. …
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I hope you all stayed safe this past week. We are living in some wild times. Grateful for this community and how you are all supporting each other. Personally, I know I could use the human connection more than ever. Hope to see you at an event this week!
We’d love your input on future Upstream events. Who is someone you’d love to hear as a guest speaker? Is there a topic you want discussed? Send us recommendations!
On a celebratory note, today we welcome employee #6, Alexandria Pugia, to Upstream! Alexandria is joining Michael & Zhanna…
