Upstream Events: Senator Cory Booker, Product Teams in a Post-Vaccine World with Execs from Robinhood and Stash, Emily Jorgens from Ramp, Julia Govberg from First Round Capital, and more!
Hey everybody,
Big week ahead! Recommend you read closely because there’s a lot here.
5 Things You Can’t Miss:
- Friday at 4:30pm ET: Cory Booker will discuss the effects of the American Rescue Plan on small business, the future of the earned income and child tax credit, and his long effort to legalize marijuana. (RSVP)
- Wednesday at 8pm ET: What will product teams look like post-Covid? We’ll chat with Fazal Yameen, VP of Product at Stash, Dheerja Kaur, Product & Consumer Experience at Robinhood about back to the office, building culture, and more! (RSVP)
- Wednesday at 6pm ET: Join us for a group conversation on business development and healthcare with Ellen DaSilva, Director of Business Development at hims / hers, Shalina Wadhwani, Senior Director of Business Development at care/of, and Prabhat Dhar, Head of Business Development at headspace! (RSVP)
- Tuesday at 4pm ET: We’ll talk all things Ramp with Emily Jorgens, Head of BD and Partnerships at Ramp. Couldn’t be better timed — Ramp just raised at a $1.6B valuation. (RSVP)
- Wednesday at 12:30pm ET: Julia Govberg, Community at First Round, and Victoria Knox, Community at Public, will discuss the future of community and why companies need to be investing in their community. (RSVP)
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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS ROUND-UP
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MONDAY the 12th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
TUESDAY the 13th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Allies and Upstanders: Supporting AAPI and Black Colleagues in Tech at 3pm ET
- All Things Ramp with Emily Jorgens — Head of BD and Partnerships at Ramp at 4pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
- Investor Series #33 with Adriel Bercow from K50 Ventures at 6pm ET
- Pitch Night #18 with The Round at 7pm ET
- Michigan Alumni Meet-Up #2 at 7pm ET
WEDNESDAY the 14th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
Evening: 5pm — 8pm EST
BD Meetup #25: Biz Dev and Healthcare at 7pm ET
Panel includes
- Ellen DaSilva — Director of Business Development at hims / hers
- Shalina Wadhwani — Senior Director of Business Development at care/of
- Prabhat Dhar — Head of Business Development at headspace
Product Teams in a Post-Vaccine World at 8pm ET
Panel includes
- Fazal Yameen — VP of Product at Stash
- Dheerja Kaur — Product, Consumer Experience at Robinhood
THURSDAY the 15th
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- Serial Marketers SpeedUp #21 at 12pm ET
- Investor / Founder Meetup with Michael Ronan, Founder of Branded at 4pm ET
Evening: 5pm — 9pm EST
- Verify Your Corporate Values at 6pm ET
- Joy Soldier Meet-Up with Danielle Mantich at 6pm ET
- Sustainability Changemakers w/Akanksha Halbe, UN Foundation at 6:30pm ET
- Dealflow #3: Testflights and Companies I’m Seeing at 7pm ET
- LA Tech: Carolyn Jones — Program Director at Grid110 at 8pm ET
Friday the 16th
Morning: 9am — 12pm EST
Afternoon: 12pm — 5pm EST
- NFT Community Event #7 — Live Community Zed Horse Race at 1pm ET
- Community Spotlight: Sri Narasimhan, Venture Partner of Acronym Venture Capital at 4pm ET
- Upstream Social #59: Chat with Senator Cory Booker at 4:30pm ET
Notable Upcoming
- Miami Tech Social #12 IRL at Lucali’s on 4/19 at 6pm ET
- Commercial Real Estate Matching on 4/20 at 12pm ET
- Investor Series # 34 with Jay Drain from Maven Ventures on 4/20 at 6pm ET
- Closing Deals from Home 💰 on 4/20 at 7pm ET
- Pitch Night #19 with Realtime on 4/20 at 7pm ET
- Future of Work & Visual Tech with Abby Hunter-Syed, Partner at LDV Capital on 4/21 at 12:30pm ET
- Fellow Female Founders #16 (Guest Speaker — Rachel Fisher — co-CEO at HelloPLATO) on 4/21 at 3pm ET
- Sports Business Event #20 on 4/21 at 6pm ET
- Jews in Tech Meet and Greet on 4/21 at 8pm ET
- Serial Marketers Earth Day SpeedUp on 4/22 at 12pm ET
- Israeli Tech Mixer on 4/22 at 12pm ET
- Investor / Founder Meetup with Nate Cooper, Founder of Barrel Ventures on 4/22 at 4pm ET
- NFT Community Event #8 on 4/23 at 1pm ET
- The Future: Hybrid Work? And Networking on 4/23 at 2pm ET
- Upstream Social #60 on 4/23 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
