Infobip Connect - NYC Tech Meetup
Dear devs, startups, and tech enthusiasts,
We are happy to invite you to the first Infobip Connect Meetup in NYC! Our event will be hosted in the The Farm SoHo!
The mission of our meetup is to present local tech initiatives and to introduce Infobip Developer Community tools and solutions, which are increasingly popular among developers and Infobip Startup Tribe that help startups from all over the globe achieve their goals.
🏫 Location: The Farm SoHo, 447 Broadway 2nd floor, New York, NY 10013, United States
📆 Date & Time: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
🎙 Speakers:
Patrick McGinnis, International Venture Capitalist, Creator & Host of FOMO Sapiens
Beth Ferreira, Venture Investor, formerly a General Partner at FirstMark Capital
Adam Thomas, Principal at Approaching One & Product Management Coach
Iva Vukina, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & President at ACAP New York
Filip Sasic, CEO and Founder of Entrepreneurs for Global Change
Mike Elsmore, Senior Developer Advocate at Infobip
We are looking forward to meeting you and exchanging experiences about dev, web development, and startup ecosystems in NYC, and the US. Connecting is easier with some refreshments, so food and beverages are on us ;)
🎫 Entrance: free with RSVP
🕰 Agenda:
• 6:00 – 7:30 pm – Intro & Keynote presentations
• 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Networking – Food and beverages sponsored by Infobip
⏳ About speakers:
Patrick McGinnis
Patrick J. McGinnis is an international venture capitalist, host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens, and author of Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice. Patrick coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), as well as the related term FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) in a 2004 article in the student newspaper of Harvard Business School. FOMO has since been added to the dictionary and FOBO has become an increasingly popular framework to describe choice paralysis.
Patrick is also the author of international bestseller The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job. He has been featured in The New York Times, Politico, The Financial Times, The Guardian, and Inc, and gave a popular 2019 TED Talk on FOBO and decision-making. Originally from Maine, Patrick is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School. He has visited 113 countries and lives in NYC. More at patrickmcginnis.com.
Beth Ferreira
Beth Ferreira was formerly a General Partner at FirstMark Capital. An accomplished operations leader, board member and venture investor, Beth focuses on supply chain, commerce infrastructure, next generation commerce and marketplaces.
Prior to FirstMark Capital, she founded and was the Managing Partner at WME Ventures, the venture capital arm of WME IMG, where she invested in innovative companies such as Glossier, Daily Harvest, Warby Parker (NYSE: WRBY), Within (acq. by Meta) and Masterclass.
Prior to this role, Beth was Chief Operating Officer at Fab where she led the strategic development and expansion of the company’s global operations, supply chain and customer service infrastructure. As an early senior executive at Etsy, Beth served as Vice President, Finance & Operations and played a pivotal role in transforming the company into a lifestyle brand and profitable global e-commerce platform, seeing revenue growth skyrocket during her tenure. Before joining Etsy, Beth has also held positions at Flatiron Partners, The Boston Consulting Group and Union Bank of Switzerland.
Beth holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.
Adam Thomas
What can we learn by following our curiosity, embracing the unknown, and creating amidst chaos? This is the question that propels Adam Thomas’s career as a technologist, product expert, and all-around thinker and creator. His answer so far? We can learn that our potential is limitless and we have an amazing array of options for living, working, and playing better.
Seizing every opportunity to dive deep into these topics and more, Adam regularly holds his signature workshop on product strategy, management, and leadership, publishes his newsletter on all things tech- and product-related, and is frequently booked as a speaker on podcasts, conferences, and other forums dedicated to bright ideas and big possibilities.
Situating the world of products within the contexts of culture and behavioral psychology, Adam breaks down technical subject matter into easy-to-grasp concepts, illuminating the insights that tech leaders, product developers, and brands can use to do more and do better when it comes to their product decisions.
Iva Vukina
Iva is Managing Director in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs. She leads the Investment Grade Financing and Corporate Derivatives businesses for the firm’s Consumer and Retail clients. Previously, Iva started and led the Credit Solutions business, which creates capital and tax efficient funding solutions. Iva joined Goldman from Citigroup in 2014.
Iva serves on the Board of Directors of the Grace Institute, the Zagreb School of Economics and Management International Advisory Board, and is President of the Association of Croatian American Professionals New York Chapter. She is co-chair of the Brooklyn Academy of Music Young Producers Executive Committee and a Public Theatre Young Partner.
Originally from Croatia, Iva is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Cornell University. She lives in Brooklyn.
Filip Sasic
He works globally with young startup founders and builds entrepreneurship development models in emerging ecosystems focusing on creating economic and social impact. He was the Managing Director for Southeast Europe at Network 20/20 where he managed an incubator program in the U.S. for tech-focused ventures from Southeast Europe. He mentors and supports future founders in their customer discovery, value proposition development, and building traction towards their MVPs. He also is the Founder of SEED (Southeast Europe Entrepreneurship & Development), an organization based out of Serbia. NYC, Southeast Europe, and the Adriatic are his home.
Mike Elsmore
Mike has been causing chaos on the internet for more than a decade. He’s been around to see a lot happen (and sometimes help it along). He loves building and learning in the open and sharing what he gains along the way. Currently, he's a developer advocate working with the SDKs at Infobip.
📩 Event questions?
Reach out to Marijan Cipcic, Tech Community Manager at Infobip: marijan.cipcic@infobip.com
Who should attend?
Devs, startups, and all tech enthusiasts are more than welcome to attend.
