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If you’re a consumer tech founder (including e-comm, b2b2c, marketplaces, etc.) and anticipate raising a round in the next year (before 2025) reply to this email! I’d love to schedule a chat :) I’ll be sharing more information about the venture fund that I’m joining in next Monday’s edition of The Z List.

Z List IRL hosted by Zehra

Throughout the next few months I’m working with JP Morgan and other sponsors to host small investor & founder dinners (5-15 people)! If you’ve attended No GPs Allowed or a founder event I’ve hosted keep an eye out for an email invite to one of these dinners.

tuesday 1/16

• Consumer Founders & Investors Breakfast

  • for who: Consumer VCs & founders  

Want to work with Zehra?

• I’ve worked at 14+ startups, actively angel invest, am an advisor for multiple companies, have run communities my whole career, and (of course) host events.

• If you’re interested in working with me in any capacity I have some bandwidth and would love to learn more :) fill out this form. 

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 an office space filled with other builders and creatives?  Sign up for Verci’s newest membership (I have a membership here too — we can co-work)

• Need a website developer? Tamir is amazing and has been working with me on The Z List’s website. You can schedule a call to learn more from him at the link above (mention Zehra or Z List in the additional notes section)

• Need a growth marketer? Ri has scaled social accounts to 140K followers and does so much more.

• Figuring out how to manage your money as a founder or wanna learn how to maximize your tax return?  Sign up for Carry.

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).

tuesday 1/9

• First Gen Happy Hour

  • for who: first gen investors, founders, and operators

  • hosted by: Mat & Connor 

thursday 1/11

• From Zero to Funded

  • for who: early stage founders looking to learn from founders who have raised VC

  • hosted by: Supermomos

monday 1/15

• Creator Economy NYC's Day of community, connection, and impact

  • for who: anyone looking to volunteer & give back to NYC

  • hosted by: Brett (Creator Economy NYC)

thursday 1/25

• Breaking Into Tech - Women In Tech x Her Workplace

  • for who: femme identifying folks looking to break into tech

  • hosted by: Marion (Women in Tech)

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! 💥🧿✨👩🏻‍💻