Make It in Brooklyn Pitch Contest, March 29 at 5:30 p.m.
This edition of the ‘Make it in Brooklyn Pitch Contest’ is focused around food innovation, and will take place at Gotham Market at the Ashland in Downtown Brooklyn. For a chance to win $5,000 cash, you should apply if your food startup addresses issues around things like sustainability or agriculture.
The Future of Fundraising and Investing: Equity Crowdfunding, March 29 at 6:00 p.m.
Women 2.0, Republic and Product Hunt are coming together for this event surrounding investing and fundraising. At this panel, you can learn how to fund your startup from featured speakers, which include Pearachute founder Desiree Vargas, Raceya founder Abigail Edgecliffe-Johnson and iDisclose founder George Quinn.
Founder at Venmo and Others Discuss Tech Entrepreneurship and Immigration, March 29 at 6:30 p.m.
This panel on tech and immigration will feature Venmo Founder Iqram Mogadon-Ismail, Commissioner of NYC’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal and Knotel General Counsel Amit Khanna. The conversation will cover where we go from here when it comes to immigration with leaders across the tech, civic, and legal communities.
Hiring Your First Employees with CloserIQ, Skaled and Streamroot, March 30 at 6:00 p.m.
Your first hires are the most crucial for your business, which is why it’s important to not hire the ‘wrong’ person in the early stages of your startup. This panel will be discussing just that, covering the best hiring practices from leaders at CloserIQ, Skaled, Streamroot and Digital.NYC.
The Future Of Native: Will Obstacles Derail Growth For Publishers?, March 30 at 7:00 p.m.
This event will bring together some of the top experts in digital media to discuss questions around how can publishers continue to navigate the terrain of native advertising, as well as deliver on native’s promise to increase growth. This panel will feature leaders from Adweek, Hearst, The New York Times, BuzzFeed, The Atlantic, Quartz and MediaRadar.
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