Upstream Events: Amanda Goetz from House of Wise, Kate McAndrew from Bolt, Sophia Kunthara from Crunchbase News, How to Set Up Your Crypto Wallet: Part 2 & 3, and more!

Hey everyone,

Blown away by the awesome guest speakers we have this week and throughout September. Watch your email, you won’t want to miss these!

Check out the Upstream Channel on Youtube- we’ll be posting full recaps of our guest speakers going forward.

5 Things You Can’t Miss This Week:

1. Monday at 5PM ET: Join the Miami Tech Community and meet Amanda Goetz, founder of House of Wise, a company that empowers women to take control of their sleep, sex, stress, and wealth through trusted CBD products. Learn about her recent $2M seed round and her move to Miami! (RSVP)
2. Tuesday at 7PM ET: Looking for a new job but not ACTIVELY looking? You need to know about Pearl! Pearl is an SMS-based “personal recruiter in your pocket” for busy people to put their job search on auto-pilot. Come to Pitch Night and hear from Tim Connors, founder of Pearl. (RSVP)
3. Wednesday at 1pm ET: You’ve heard of gig work but have you hired half-time engineers? Or quarter-time designers? Vlad, cofounder at TurtleOS, will speak alongside several leaders about the future of Fractional Work. (RSVP)
4. Thursday at 4pm ET: Come to the ConsumerVC meet-up with Kate McAndrew, Partner at Bolt. She’s invested in Tonal, Spark Grills, Bobbie Baby, and in everything from personalized health, to infant formula, to the mobile metaverse. (RSVP)
5. Friday at 3PM ET: Get the inside scoop on the latest startup and venture capital news with Sophia Kunthara from Crunchbase News. (RSVP)

Reminder: You can join from web or mobile!

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Last week we hosted a “How to Set Up Your Crypto Wallet” teach-in with 120+ RSVPs. If you missed the “How to Set Up Your Crypto Wallet” teach-in, you can catch the whole event on Youtube here!

We build on this series this week on Thursday at 5pm ET, discussing what to do after you buy, how to evaluate when to sell, how to use Discord effectively, and more. (RSVP)

Next week, we’ll have Part 3 with Mike Dudas, Founder of The Block and VP, BD & Ventures at Paxos, to teach how to set up Hardware Wallets. (RSVP)

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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP

Open the links below from your phone or from your computer!

MONDAY the 30th

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm ET

• Meet & Greet with Guest Speaker Omri Dor, Founder and CEO Obligo at 3:10pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Miami Tech Social #20 with Amanda Goetz — Founder of House of Wise at 5pm ET
• Upstream Admin Mixer at 6pm ET

TUESDAY the 31st

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm ET

• Commercial Real Estate Matching w/ 506 Club at 3pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm ET

• Investor Series #52 with Tahl Milburn — Investor @ New World Angels at 6pm ET
• Pitch Night #38 with Pearls at 7pm ET

WEDNESDAY the 1st

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm ET

• Fractional Hiring & Fractional Working — conversation hosted by Vlad Lokshin, Cofounder of Turtle + openmic + 3 matches at 12pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Dealflow Event #7: Testflights and Companies I’m Seeing at 6pm ET
• HOperations at 6:30pm ET

THURSDAY the 2nd

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• Conscious Capitalism 101: Belief Driven Buyers at 3pm ET
• Investor / Founder meetup with Kate McAndrew, Partner at Bolt at 4pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• How To: Crypto and NFT Wallet Part 2 — What To Buy, Discord, and Getting Started at 5pm ET

FRIDAY the 3rd

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• NFT Community Event #28 at 1pm ET
• Upstream Social #77 with Sophia Kunthara — Reporter at Crunchbase News at 3pm ET

Notable Upcoming

• Creator Economy X Future of Work with Cody McCauley of Bloomberg Beta and Chris Lamontagne, CEO of Spri.ng on 09/08 at 12pm ET
• Female Founders #19 — Women in FinTech on 09/08 at 3pm ET
• How To: Set Up Your Crypto and NFT Wallet Part 3 — Hardware Wallet with Mike Dudas at Paxos at 1pm ET
• Conscious Capitalism 101: Communicating & Verifying Corporate Values on 09/09 at 3pm ET
• Investor Series #53 with Jeff Morris Jr. — Founder and Managing Partner at Chapter One on 09/09 at 5pm ET
• Upstream Social #78 with Nicole Perlroth — Cybersecurity Reporter at The New York Times and author of “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends” on 09/09 at 6pm ET
• Pitch Night #39 with Maya on 09/09 at 7pm ET
• NFT Community Event #29 on 09/10 at 1pm 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