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Z List IRL hosted by Zehra

monday 3/11 austin

• SXSW Tech Carnival: Bulletpitch & Antler

  • for who: anyone! special note for interested investors: the carnival is made up of early stage founders (aka lots of deal flow)

  • hosted by: Bulletpitch (Brett) & Antler 

  • sponsored by the z list! yes that little z in the lower left corner is me along with Fidelity & Arc - two of my other favs. honored for this to be my first formal event sponsorship. have long admired both Brett and Antler :)

friday 3/15 new york

• Beauty Tech Lunch & Panel

  • for who: founders, investors, & operators in or interested in beauty

  • hosted by: Vanessa & Carta 

  • i’m speaking on this panel with: Annelise at Frontman, Serena at Seadrop and Vanessa at VeinMarket

saturday 3/16 new york

• Consumer Founders Tiktok/Content Accountability Group beta 

  • for who: consumer founders

  • hosted by: Zehra & Zibo (Z squared) 

tuesday 3/19 new york

• Consumer Founders & Investors Breakfast

  • for who: consumer founders & investors

  • hosted by: Zehra

thursday 3/21 new york

• Consumer Social: URL to IRL Panel

  • for who: consumer enthusiasts, founders, investors

  • hosted by: Zehra

tuesday 3/26 new york

• No GPs Allowed: Fintech Edition

  • for who: fintech investors (no GPs allowed though, sorry!)

  • hosted by: Zehra

thursday 3/28 boston

• Founders & Investors Breakfast Social Boston Edition

  • for who: any founder or investor based in boston!

  • hosted by: Zehra

  • The Z List goes to Boston!

april

• No GPs Allowed: Consumer Investors Edition

  • for who: if you’re a junior VC still investing in consumer!

  • hosted by: Zehra

Founder Resources

1. Applications for Arc, Sequoia's pre-seed and seed-stage company building immersion, are now open for founders in the Americas and Europe. https://www.sequoiacap.com/arc Questions? email [email protected] 

Big shoutout to Eunice, a longtime supporter of The Z List, for working on such an impactful program for early stage founders.

2. Thingtesting is a product discovery & review platform for consumer brands that's loved by 3.5M+ curious consumers. They just launched a new tool for omnichannel brands who want drive sell through in sales channels like Whole Foods, Target, Amazon, Sprouts, or Sephora. Calling all consumer brands: check it out here and mention Zehra sent you to get 2 weeks free. 

Jobs (investor, operator, founding opportunities)

The Z List job drop, powered by Parallel.

Goldhouse Co - Gold House is the leading Asian Pacific cultural ecosystem. 

I worked with Gold House Ventures for a year as a Venture Fellow. They are the absolute best. I highly recommend applying to the roles below particularly the VC investment associate role if you’re looking to break into VC. Happy to hop on the phone to chat through it as well if you’re applying. Also you’d work with Megan who I admire and love dearly.

• Gold House Ventures Investment Associate - Apply Direct

• Network and Membership Manager - Apply Direct

Xano - To help users and companies build without limits on a secure, scalable backend.

• Partner Advocate - Apply Direct 

• Head of Engineering - Apply Direct

• Content Marketing Manager - Apply Direct 

• Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Apply Direct

Valley - Valley increases the GDP of the innovation economy by making it cheaper and faster to find customers and sell your product.

• Founding Account Executive - Apply Direct

Crux - Making sustainable finance more efficient and interconnected.

• Engineering Leader - Apply Direct

Moss - Make farming easy, fun, and profitable!

• Electrical Engineer Intern, Robotics - Apply Direct 

• Software Engineer Intern, SLAM - Apply Direct

Want to get your jobs featured on the Z List? Sign up for the Parallel waitlist here.

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? Celine has been a friend for 4 years and is an incredible designer. She’s worked on brands that you’ve definitely seen on Twitter.

• 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)

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

• Feeling confused about your career in your Twenties? Join twenty: a program that helps ambitious twenty-somethings get the most out of this defining decade, both professionally and personally. As a member, you can…

  • 📞  Book 1:1 mentorship calls with leaders across industries

  • 🚀  Roadmap your life & career and explore what’s possible

  • 🤝 Join an incredible community of peers and mentors

  • 🎁 Gain access to resources, events, networking opportunities and more!

  I’m excited to set more twenty-somethings up to thrive >> Sign up here (mention my name so they’ll fast-track your app) and then use my promo code ZEHRA25 to get 25% off your membership!

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).

thursday 2/29

• NYC Future Founders Dinner

  • for who: current & former tech employees with experience in big tech / later-stage start-ups contemplating the next chapter of their career, interested in being more plugged into the start-up and VC ecosystem, or potentially want to become a founder at some point

  • hosted by: Connor & Belen

3/11 - 3/14

• The Lumos House (Blindspot x Andrew Yeung)

  • for who: current & former tech employees with experience in big tech / later-stage start-ups contemplating the next chapter of their career, interested in being more plugged into the start-up and VC ecosystem, or potentially want to become a founder at some point

  • hosted by: Andrew

thursday 3/28

• Making In America: Calling All Immigrant Founders & Creators

  • for who: immigrant founders & creators

  • hosted by: Sagnik 

  • I haven’t attended an event organized by this host but it’s a great panel featuring Ankur from Carry and Ali from SWSH and I support the mission + immigrants in NYC :)

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. 

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