The 5 NYC tech events you need to put on your calendar this week

Written by Liz Warren
Published on Jul. 17, 2017

Each week, we bring you the top tech events happening around the city. Check out all our picks below, or head over to our full events calendar here.

Liz Crawford: Stories from Scaling Birchbox, June 17 at 6 p.m.

Attend this event to hear one CTO’s startup journey. Liz Crawford, now an EIR at Genacast Ventures, will share stories about her experience scaling Birchbox. You’ll get the chance to ask questions and hear directly from her and other like-minded professionals.

New York Venture Summit 2017, June 18 at 8:40 a.m.

Come to the New York Venture Summit 2017, the city’s largest annual venture conference, and be among 500 professionals in the community. You’ll hear from more than 50 VCs and angels on interactive panels and get the chance to listen to presentations from 50 Top Innovators.

Happy Hour Networking for Entrepreneurs & Professionals, July 19 at 6 p.m.

Attend this summer networking event at the St. Giles hotel in Midtown. It’s a free event for entrepreneurs to get together and share stories about their experience starting a company. You’ll get to make new connections, enjoy cocktails and play a few rounds of billiards.

Brooklyn TechBreakfast, July 20 at 8 a.m.

Start your day off with a networking breakfast at the LIU Brooklyn Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. You’ll meet with other techies, developers, designers and entrepreneurs who will give a number of tell/show-case style presentations. Representatives from Contap, Icebrkr, ContributeCloud.com and HoliSym will all make appearances.

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, July 20 at 7 p.m.

Attend this event for practical advice on how to increase user engagement. Nir Eyal, author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products,” will explain the psychology behind the world's most habit-forming technologies. He’ll tap into his teachings on the intersection of psychology, technology and business.

 

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