Upstream Events: Ben Smith from The New York Times, How To Mint Your Own NFT, Yasmine Morrison from Florida Funders, Female Founders Fund Pitch Competition, & More!

Hey everyone,

From marketing and media to minting NFTs to mindfulness and meditation, this week there’s something for everyone!

🔥 5 Things You Can’t Miss This Week: 🔥

1. 🗞️ Monday at 6 PM ET: Join Robin Monheit, Admin of the Media People Community, in conversation with Ben Smith, Media Columnist at The New York Times and former founding Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed News. (RSVP)
2. ☀️Tuesday at 6 PM ET: Meet Yasmine Morrison, Investor at Florida Funders, on this week’s Investor Series. Yasmine previously started several startups, worked with Amazon, and spent time as a VC at Antler! (RSVP)
3. 🧩Thursday at 12 PM ET: David Berkowitz, Admin of Serial Marketers Community, will interview Lara Vandenberg, CEO and founder of Publicist. Publicist is an online platform that connects top marketing talent with leading brands. (RSVP)
4. 🎤Thursday at 12 PM ET: We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Female Founders Fund and Lightspeed Venture Partners for their first-ever virtual startup pitch competition! (RSVP)
5. ☕ Friday at 3 PM ET: Join us for a conversation with Devin Tomb, Managing Editor @ Morning Brew! Previously, Devin was an Executive Editor at Hearst and Senior Editor at Condé Nast. (RSVP)

🎉 IRL Events 🎉

1. 🗽 NYC — Wednesday at 6 PM ET: Feeling stressed? Come to the Future of Work IRL Wellness event at Hydra Studios and feel better! With a meditation led by Jasmine Neal (Co-Founder of Tune) and interactive movement experience led by 28Muses, it’s going to be amazing! (RSVP)
2. 🌊Miami — Thursday at 6 PM ET: Kick off the fall right with the Upstream Community in Miami. We’re back at the DiLido Beach Club for our outdoor Miami Social. Can’t wait to see you all! (RSVP)

Note: Must Be Vaccinated to Attend IRL Upstream Events

💡Topic Spotlight: Crypto & NFT Events 💡

1. 🎨 Wednesday at 12 PM ET: Join Gisel Florez & the CryptoArt Community to discuss the future of NFTs, expanding web3 for artist & collector networks, and how to analyze analysis for on-chain & off-chain metadata. (RSVP)
2. 🖨️ Thursday at 4 PM ET: Want to learn how to mint your own NFT? This week, in Part 4 of our ‘How to: NFT & Crypto’ Series, we’ll walk through how to mint an NFT on OpenSea and Solana. (RSVP)
3. 🌀Friday at 1 PM ET: The Upstream NFT Community is back with our weekly chat. Come discover the up-and-coming NFT collections and see what everyone is talking about! (RSVP)

🌟 Win of the Week: 🌟

We’ve missed seeing you IRL! We love hearing the stories of life-changing connections made at our events.

Shouting out Priyanka Vazirani, Co-Founder at Volv, who met Willa from Public at the last IRL NYC event, which led to Public hosting a channel on Volv!

🚨 New Feature Alert: Event Discovery Column 🚨

Check out the new discover column on Upstream Web. Here you can see other events you might be interested in!

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP

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

MONDAY the 20th

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Media People Talks To… Ben Smith! at 6pm ET

TUESDAY the 21st

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Investor Series #55 with Yasmine Morrison — Investor at Florida Funders at 6pm ET
• Pitch Night #41 with Just Play at 7pm ET

WEDNESDAY the 22nd

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• Developing Cryptoart’s Future at 12pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Wellness NYC IRL meetup at Hydra Studios with Tune meditation and 28Muses movement experience at 6pm ET

THURSDAY the 23rd

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• Connecting Marketing Talent with Brands, Featuring Publicist CEO Lara Vandenberg at 12pm ET
• Female Founders Pitch Competition at 1pm ET
• How To: Set Up Your Crypto and NFT Wallet Part 4 — Minting NFTs at 4pm ET

Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST

• Miami Tech Social IRL September Gathering at The Ritz Carlton, South Beach at 6pm ET
• Networking Night in the Park at 6pm ET
• GIMBHI’s 2nd NYC Digital Health Hangout (IRL EVENT: NYC) at 6:30pm ET

FRIDAY the 24th

Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST

• NFT Community Event #31 at 1pm ET
• Let’s Talk Mental Health — Open Mic led by Wendy Willard (Strength Coach) + 3 matches at 3pm ET
• Upstream Social #80 with Devin Tomb, Managing Editor at Morning Brew at 3pm ET

Notable Upcoming

• Global Joy Soldier Meet-Up on 09/28 at 12pm ET
• Investor Series #56 with Joshua Siegel — General Partner @ Acronym VC on 09/28 at 6pm ET
• Pitch Night #42 with Highlight (Exceeding $1MM revenue in Year 1) on 09/28 at 7pm ET
• Future of Work Convention on Nubii with 15 virtual booths on 09/29 at 12pm ET
• WTF is… DeFi? With Jason Hitchcock — Partner at To The Moon Capital on 09/30 at 1pm ET
• Crypto Tax AMA with Forensic CPA Stanley Foodman on 09/30 at 5pm ET
• BD Meetup #33 on 09/30 at 6pm ET
• Sports Business Event #26 on 09/30 at 7pm ET
• B2B Buzz New York Social on 09/30 at 7pm ET
• NFT Community Event #32 on 10/01 at 1pm ET
• #36 Consumer founder / investor meetup with Nick Mindel, Partner at Amberstone on 10/01 at 3pm ET
• Upstream Social #81 on 10/01 at 3pm ET
• Meet & Greet with Guest Speaker Omri Dor, Founder and CEO Obligo on 10/03 at 3:10pm ET
• Upstream Admins Only Event #11 on 10/04 at 4pm ET
• Investor Series #57 with Laurel Touby — Managing Partner at Supernode Ventures (and former founder of Mediabistro) on 10/05 at 6pm ET
• Pitch Night #43 on 10/05 at 7pm ET
• Miami Tech Social #23 on 10/06 at 6pm ET
• El auge de los trabajos de criptomonedas on 10/06 at 8pm ET
• Fundraising Breakfast on 10/07 at 10am ET
• Community Community Chat #13 with Noele Flowers on Building a Lightweight Community Strategy on 10/07 at 12pm ET
• NFT Community Event #33 on 10/08 at 1pm ET
• Upstream Social #82 Jake Fischer @ Bleacher Report on 10/08 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