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upcoming events hosted by zehra & a few besties

September 18, 2023

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Z List IRL hosted by Zehra

thursday 9/21

monday 9/25

  • The Z List & Carta: Fundraising Fundamentals

    • for who: investors, founders, operators

    • We’re focusing on navigating VC deals for this session of fundraising fundamentals from both the founder and investor perspective.

    • The Z List & Carta are back for round two of our fundraising fundamentals series.

thursday 9/28

wednesday 10/11

thursday 10/12

  • The Z List & Carta: Fundraising Fundamentals — waitlist

    • for who: investors, founders, operators

    • This session will focus on starting your own fund and feature a stellar line up of speakers who have gone from founder to Founding GP or angel investor to VC/GP. Can’t wait!

    • The Z List & Carta are back for round three of our fundraising fundamentals series.

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I never want people at my events to miss each other! This was when I knew I’d made it as a community builder — when someone turned to Instagram to find someone they’d seen at one of my events. We keep things strictly professional at The Z List but! We always want you to make friends & meet people in the process.


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NY Tech Week Events

monday 10/16

tuesday 10/17

Join us for a panel with Turner Novak (VC), Nichole Wischoff (VC), Nikita Bier (2 exits) & Ankur Nagpal (1 exit) all about founding, investing, and going viral. You will not want to miss this! Link below.

wednesday 10/18

thursday 10/19

friday 10/20

Opportunities (Fundraising)

Resources — a lot of folks reach out to me for recommendations of engineers, website devs, designers, & more. This new section of The Z List will feature recommendations from folks I’ve worked with.

  • Need a graphic designer? Alisha is the best — I’ve worked with her for my own branding and more (soon to be revealed). Fill out the form to work with her.

  • Need a website developer? Tamir is amazing and has been working with me on The Z List’s website. Fill out the form to work with him.

Besties' Events & Projects

a reminder on the below section! i only feature events when I've been to at minimum three of host's/organizer's past events and had a good time. no other events get featured unless they are sponsored (indicated).

wednesday 9/20

thursday 9/21

friday 9/22

tuesday - friday: 10/10 - 10/13

  • Boston Fintech Week!

    • Boston Fintech Week October 10-13, 2013 is a must-attend annual event for the global fintech community. This year, the theme is On the Brink: Building the Infrastructure We Need for a Bold Financial Future. Event organizer Fintech Sandbox will bring the fintech ecosystem together at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for a 2-day conference Oct 11 & 12 to discuss how new pathways for products, services and new distribution channels are - or maybe are not - ushering in the golden age of financial services. Register here.

    • for who: Fintech founders, entrepreneurs, investors, payments nerds, financial service providers, etc.

    • hosted by: FinTech Sandbox, Boston FinTech Week, & Emily O'Connor

Please reply to this email if you'd like to amplify your events with the z list community or if you'd like to collaborate on an event together.

Have fun! 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻