Events

Come hang with members of The Commons community in New York City! We'll be meeting up in Central Park for a fun afternoon outside!

NYC IRL: Central Park 🌳

Wednesday evening join two of our incredible mentors, Leonardo and Romil, for an Office Hours with an AMA-style Q&A, covering everything from breaking into tech, to excelling in your role! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, June

Join for this fun hour of socializing and strengthening your connections within The Commons community!

Grow your network: Speed Socializing

This is an opportunity for you to learn from peers in the community who have had recent success in their career, like a promotion! Join us to hear some tips and tricks for how to succeed on the job 

(from amazing community members like Rabia and Luis)

Fireside Chat: Promotions

We're bringing together a group of all-star Commons alumni to share their tips on how to leverage your Sprint experience, make the most of the community, and answer your Q's in this office hours-style session 🚀

The Commons Alumni Panel

Elaine Min, Director of FP&A at HiMama (Series B Childcare Tech), joins us to discuss Strategic Finance concepts including common metrics and differences in the role at big tech companies vs startups/scaleups.

Speaker Series: Elaine Min from HiMama

An IRL meetup for our community in New York City! We'll be meeting on Thursday April 20 at 6:30pm EST at The Penrose on the Upper East Side.

NYC IRL, April

A fun meet up for our community in Montreal! We'll be meeting at Randolph Pub Ludique Quartier Latin for games, drinks and food. See you there!

Montreal IRL: Board Game Night

Join Girlboss and The Commons for a power lunch panel on 

Rachel Nazhand  (VP Business Operations at Zelis)

Rachel Nazhand is an experienced operations leader with a rich background working in consulting, seed stage to series C start-ups, and corporate environments. Though most of her career has been in fulltime roles, she partners with high growth organizations as a fractional ops executive and startup advisor through her consultancy, VPiR. These experiences enable her to mentor early career professionals and fellow operators, especially those navigating uncharted paths, through 1x1 coaching and workshops. Rachel is currently the VP of Business Operations at Zelis, a platform bridging the gaps of financial systems in the healthcare space.

Angelina Lu (Panelist, Sr. Product Manager at Wealthsimple)

Angelina is currently a Senior Product Manager at Wealthsimple and a part-time YouTuber with a focus on career wellness. Previously, she was a management consultant at McKinsey with project experiences across North America, Asia and Africa.

Lisa Kao (Panelist, Product Manager at Opendoor) 

Lisa is currently a Product Manager at Opendoor, a prop tech company focused on making it simpler and more convenient to buy and sell homes. Previously, she was on the strategy team at The Walt Disney Company’s Consumer Products and Parks division, and prior to that, was a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, where she served clients across North America and Asia Pacific.

Girlboss is a media company and community reaching over 2 million ambitious women and helping them to define and find success on their terms through our 

​​​​The Commons is where top talent comes to launch and accelerate their careers in the tech industry. By combining immersive learning sprints led by mentors at top companies with a tight-knit community, The Commons helps you land and thrive in strategic business roles in tech. You can apply to join The Commons waitlist 

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The Commons X Girlboss: Advocating for Yourself at Work

, Founder & CEO at Isempower, is joining The Commons for a session on how to translate your international work experience to your resume so you can stand out and land your dream role in the North American tech market.

Pat is the Founder & CEO of Isempower, Canada’s first technology solution for international student success.

Having moved from Thailand, Pat realized how difficult it is for international students to build a successful career and professional network in a new country from the ground up. Her lived experience of being an international student herself, combined with her passion for building community inspired her to found Isempower with a sole purpose to help international students stop settling for less. As a Founder & CEO of Isempower, she is on a mission to help international students build meaningful careers in a new country through integrating the ecosystem closer together using technology. Isempower platform integrates higher education institutions and employers across the nation to help international students learn, connect, and get hired.

Translating your International Work Experience

, Product Manager at DoorDash, for an insightful hour covering her take on making the move from BizOps to Product. You'll walk away from this session with an understanding of:

Transitioning from Ops to Product with Steph Chiu

Join us for a session on how to build your own professional portfolio. Naomi and Shafaq will be covering how they created their portfolios including deciding what content to include, no-code and low-code tools used, and how they make it stand out from the rest.

Creating a Professional Portfolio

Join members of The Commons community for the first official IRL meetup in Los Angeles!

The Commons LA IRL

The #community-advice channel is full of great questions covering a range of topics from on-the-job challenges to nailing the job search. We're bringing together a couple of mentors to provide their insight on some of the most popular questions, debate topics and hot takes we've seen over the past couple weeks 🔥

#community-advice, LIVE

Wednesday evening join two of our incredible mentors, Henry and Marie-Ève, for an Office Hours with an AMA-style Q&A, covering everything from breaking into tech, to excelling in your role! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, March

Join members of The Commons community in San Francisco for brunch!

The Commons: SF IRL Brunch

The Commons is hosting an interactive case interview workshop to help you land your next strategic business role in Tech. The session will be led by Aarti, Senior Product Manager at Uber and mentor at The Commons. You'll walk away with tactical advice and practice cracking a case that you'd get in a typical interview at a Tech company, so you can put your best foot forward in this competitive hiring market.

​​​​The Commons is where top talent comes to launch and accelerate their careers in the tech industry. By combining immersive learning sprints led by mentors at top companies with a tight-knit community, The Commons helps you land - and thrive in - strategic business roles in tech. Our alumni have been hired by companies like Stripe, TikTok and DoorDash, in roles in Strategy & Operations, Product and Growth. Kickstart your career in tech by joining The Commons 

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The Commons MBA Exclusive: Cracking the BizOps Case Interview

The Behavioral Interview is often one of the first steps of any interview process. Lay the groundwork for landing the role by nailing this milestone. 

Join The Commons for a prep session on Behavioral Interviews. We'll be going through a list of common questions, best practices, and taking some time to practice our responses. 

The Commons: Behavioral Interview Prep

Wednesday evening join two of our incredible mentors, Milda and Madhav, for an Office Hours with an AMA-style Q&A, covering everything from breaking into tech, to excelling in your role! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, February

​Calling all operators and builders! Alexis Lopez is back for the final chapter of a 3-part series on automating workflows 🤖 Part 3 will cover building a Slackbot to help automate your workflows.

 is a BizOps Tech & Automation Manager at Spotify.

Automating Workflows, pt. 3

! Turner will give us insight into what a VC looks for in a startup, so that you can better evaluate startups that you're looking to join! We'll also have an open Q&A.

Banana Capital is a venture capital firm that invests globally across all sectors from Pre-seed to pre-IPO. They primarily invest at the Pre-seed and Seed stage. Portfolio companies include BeReal, Peanut, Snackpass, SoleSavy, JOKR and.... you guessed it, The Commons.

The Commons: Evaluate a Startup like a VC ft. Banana Capital

Join community members Liam, Luis and Rachel for this session covering the basics of developing a go-to-market strategy including Market Sizing, GTM strategy & adaptability "on the ground".

The Commons: GTM workshop

, seasoned people manager and former Director of BizOps at Zendesk, will lead a session & discussion on 

-Feedback & coaching (in developmental situations, and with high performers) 

-Ensuring accountability while being open & encouraging 

This is the first in a series of People Manager sessions we plan to lead, 

Mentors Only: Managing Your Team's Performance with Amanda Swim 

Meet up with The Commons community of London! An opportunity to meet other community members in the area IRL!

The Commons London IRL 🎡

, which aims to make technical things easier for less or non-technical people using AI such as converting plain english into a SQL query or scanning a SQL query for errors. Matt will be joining us to share more about his career experience, as well as share a demo and access to AirOps!

Speaker Series: Matt Hammel from AirOps

Join us for this roundtable panel on Chief of Staff roles in tech, co-hosted by 

 (Moderator) - Clara is the Founder and CEO of Ask a Chief of Staff - a company dedicated to finding a Chief of Staff for every executive while continuing to to build and share resource for aspiring and current Chiefs of Staff. She is a former Chief of Staff to a Series A turned B startup and was also the Program Director of On Deck’s Chief of Staff fellowship, growing that community from 80 to over 400 Chiefs of Staff. She will be moderating this panel.

 (Series C) - Harry is the Chief of Staff at Quantive (formerly Gtmhub), a global strategy execution software and services company helping organizations of all sizes and industries achieve their best possible results through greater strategic agility. From supporting initial OKRs implementations across their customer base to owning Quantive's internal strategy execution culture and OKRs process, he's gained a unique perspective on how organizations can be successful in their strategy execution journeys with the framework. A primary focus for Harry in his role at Quantive is to ensure leadership alignment with long-term objectives, lead the executive team to develop strategic plans and drive cross-functional initiatives.

 (VC) - Stacy is the liaison between the partners of Include Ventures and the rest of the organization, for whom she implements and manages workflow processes. As a social entrepreneur committed to creating inclusion and belonging in the workplace, Stacy launched ReWork Co. in 2021, to help companies shift their organizational culture towards a healthier work environment. She also co-founded Rooted in Community and What, a virtual community initiative created to support BIPOC communities to form a more genuine connection during the transition of in-person to virtual relationship building during the pandemic. Stacy earned her BA in American Studies from UC Berkeley.

 (UHNWI + Series A) - Gordon has spent most of his career in Chief of Staff and related roles, across a wide range of companies, industries, responsibilities, and geographies. He’s supported principals at a family owned winery and restaurant, the CEO of a series A tech company while raising series B, and an Ultra High Net Worth Individual. He spent a year as a founding team member of a philanthropic initiative in AI research, and is now exploring his next opportunity. Outside of work, Gordon is an average athlete across a variety of athletic pursuits (rugby, running, hiking, weight lifting), and actively seeks to learn more about math, philosophy, physics, and neuroscience. Gordon earned his MBA at INSEAD, and BA in Ancient Greek at UC Berkeley. 

 (Public) -  Nadiya Hayes is a Chief of Staff with six years of experience working alongside executive teams of public companies. Nadiya specializes in improving efficiency and effectiveness of rapidly growing organizations, running company-wide horizontal projects, and uplifting an overall health of teams and business. She is passionate about animal welfare and recently started a pro bono project to support animal shelters in Ukraine. In free time, Nadiya enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with her family and two dogs.

Speaker Series: Chief of Staff Roundtable

Members of the Talent and Business Analytics teams at 

 are joining The Commons for this company showcase. They'll be providing insight on the type of work the Business Analytics team tackles, some of the roles they are currently hiring for, and why Jobber is a great place to work.

Jobber's award-winning job tracking and customer management software for home service businesses, helps small business owners keep everything in one place, automate day-to-day operations, and provide their service at scale. Since its founding in 2011, Jobber has grown to over 500 employees and serves business owners in more than 60 countries.

Company Showcase: Jobber

, Senior Director of BizOps & Strategy at Hotel Engine, is joining us as a guest speaker to cover a range of topics including his career journey (pivoting from investment banking, BizOps at InVision, SurveyMonkey and Hotel Engine), advice on breaking into BizOps, typical BizOps career paths, and how BizOps teams vary depending on company stage. This is one you won't want to miss!

Speaker Series: Stuart Wilson from Hotel Engine

Join The Commons for this open house event on the following Sprints offered in early 2023: Strategy & Operations, Strategic Finance, Product, and Revenue Growth. A mentor from each Sprint will be joining us to shed light on what's tackled in the Sprint, and how they use these skills every day in their roles.

The Commons Open House

Wednesday evening join two of our incredible mentors, Luca and Noah, for an Office Hours with an AMA-style Q&A, covering everything from breaking into tech, to excelling in your role! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, January

Calling all operators and builders! Alexis Lopez is back for part 2 of a 3-part series on automating workflows 🤖 Part 2 will cover building an automated tracker and automating emails based on a predetermined logic.

The Commons: Automating Workflows pt. 2

Come hang with The Commons team & community! We'll spend the time catching up and playing some casual games. Join us for a boost before finishing off your work week!

Community Hang

Get your cocktail glasses ready for what will be a fun and interactive community event! Resident cocktail enthusiasts Madhav and Shubham will each walk us through how to make a holiday cocktail (or mocktail) of their choice. With drinks in hand, we'll head over into intimate breakouts for a mini digital networking social to round out the hour. 

Drink Number 1 : Peppermint Espresso Martini ☕️

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Holiday Fun: Commons & Cocktails 🍸

Tackling a job search or dealing with change at work isn't an easy feat. Tack on the recent news headlines and it all starts to feel a bit heavier than the days before. 

That's why we're bringing together three expert community voices. Join Armish 

, Fairuz (Strategy & Operations @ Dolly) and Stanley (Growth Strategy @ 2K)

to support you while you navigate it all. 

Together, they'll chat with us on weathering through tough times at work and offer tactical advice for all you job seekers out there.

The Commons: Weathering Tough Times & Job Search Chat 

Wednesday evening join two of our incredible mentors, Rachel and Tiffany, for an Office Hours with an AMA-style Q&A, covering everything from breaking into tech, to excelling in your role! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, December

The Commons IRL Chicago Hang 🎉

 for this workshop focused on expanding your no-code/low-code tool kit, and how to leverage these tools for your day-to-day as an operator.

No-Code/Low-Code Workshop ⚡️

The Commons IRL Toronto Hang 🎉

Monday Evening join two of our incredible mentors, Alex and Chris, for an Office Hours with an AMA-style Q&A, covering everything from breaking into tech, to perfecting your GTM strategy! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, November

IRL meetup for The Commons community of London!

The Commons IRL London Hang 🎉

This will be our official, 2022 end of year meet up for The Commons Calgary community!

The Commons IRL Calgary Hang 🎉

Hang out with your fellow Commoners at the amenity room in Justin's new apartment building!

FYI: Platters & beverages will be covered by Skillful

We acknowledge that we are meeting on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We thank them for having cared for these lands and waters since time out of mind, and look forward to working with them in partnership as we continue to work in this great city together.

7th floor balcony - look up J Collett on the front door panel to open the front door

The Commons IRL Vancouver Hang 🎉

The Commons IRL San Francisco Hang 🎉

, with extensive experience and expertise in the people and recruiting realms, as they share helpful tips on how to stand out during a crucial phase of the interview process: the recruiter screen.

Acing the Recruiter Screen

MTL get together! 

Calling all operators and builders! Alexis Lopez is joining us for part 1 of a 3-part series on automating workflows 🤖 Part 1 will cover advanced Google Sheets formulas to take your Sheets game to the next level. Stay tuned for subsequent sessions on automated trackers, emails and building your own Slackbot 👀

 is a BizOps Tech & Automation Manager over at Spotify.

The Commons: Automating Workflows with Alexis from Spotify

From diving into areas of interest and starting side hustles, to opening up new opportunities and connections, there are plenty of reasons to think about your personal brand, so we're brining in mentor 

 to provide a primer and Q&A on the topic.

Building Your Personal Brand

In any job, having the right tools can make all the difference and be a game changer when it comes to efficiency, organization and collaboration 🛠 Product management is no different. Join mentor Saumil, as he walks through the most important tools for any product manager to know about. This session will cover tool overviews, use cases, and alternatives.

Product Toolkit Essentials 🧰

One of the best ways to kick start your job search is to have conversations and ask questions ☕️

Thursday afternoon join two of our incredible mentors, Eileen and Julie-Anne, for an Office Hours where we will do just that! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, October

​There's no better time or place to meet community members AND level up by refining your answer to the age old question: "So tell me about yourself".

​We are firm believers that practice makes perfect - many community members (us included) have found that the more practice you have in telling your professional story out loud, the better it gets.

 is a really good read that I’d suggest at least skimming before hopping on the call. With the take-aways in mind, try to have an idea of what kind of role you’d like to mock pitch in this session. This will help you narrow in on the aspects of your professional story that are most relevant for the particular conversation you’re having.

​​TIP: Always be positive! Think about your forward trajectory and where you want to go next. Don’t get bogged down in what’s not great about your current role.  

Pitch Yourself! 📣

, VP of Revenue and BI at Lifehouse and mentor at The Commons. Rohan has prepared an incredible mock case that centres itself around simulating the kinds of questions you might face in an interview.

​We are SO excited about this one and hope to see you there!

Mentor Mini-Case Workshop

The Commons IRL MTL Hang 🎉

The Commons Vancouver IRL Meetup, November 2022

Monday evening join two of our incredible mentors, Drayton and Vidya, for an Office Hours where we will do just that! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

The Commons: Mentor Office Hours

Join us for a discussion on a hot topic for many in our community - MBAs. We have 4 community members on the panel for this one. 2 who have MBAs and 2 who thought about it, but opted not to pursue.

Great Debate: MBA

The Commons is hosting a mixer for members of The Commons community and new friends in business & tech. 💫

​If you're a member of The Commons or if you're looking to make new friends across business & tech, this one's for you.

​We promise candid connections with ambitious professionals, because that's what The Commons is all about. We're a very friendly group so if you're on the fence, just join us!

Feel free to forward this to your friends to register - spots are limited.

​It's at the two twos (296 Brunswick Ave, Toronto) - a cool venue at Bathurst and Bloor.

career development membership for ambitious professionals in business + tech

. We bring together a curated community who level up together for business roles in tech through learning, mentorship & community.

How? You apply to join the community via a 

 and participate in interactive learning experiences that are 100% led by mentors who work in tech. It's the easiest way to accelerate your career by building skills, gaining experience and making meaningful connections with mentors & peers who actually give a sh&t!

The Commons: Toronto Tech Mixer

Networking can be fun! We'll match you with curated connections & talking points to take the pressure off and help you get right into the conversation. You'll build 6-8 awesome new connections.

Location: two twos at 296 Brunswick Ave, Toronto (a super cool venue at Bathurst + Bloor).

The Commons: Toronto Speed Networking Mixer

For members of the Commons who have gone through our Core Sprint, you are all too familiar with Tableau and how to flex it as a tool to help support you in building awesome visuals for your data insights.

In this workshop two of our incredible mentors 

 will take us one step further into the world of data visualization and Tableau. Together in this workshop we will: 

Fairuz & Lauren have lots planned for this hour together. We hope to see you there!

The Commons: Data Viz & Tableau Workshop w/ Mentors Fairuz & Lauren

You're invited join the Commons community for a primer on Strategic Finance roles in tech, led by The Commons mentor 

Megan helps lead our Strategic Finance Sprint: a 5-week online learning experience to help you level up for StratFin roles in tech.

: A primer on Strategic Finance roles in tech. Megan will reveal how StratFin roles differ by company stage from Series A/B through post-IPO, the 4 general types of StratFin roles and how that tracks into your day-to-day, and provide advice on how to leverage your experience in banking, accounting or corporate finance at a large company to break into StratFin roles in tech.

we're bringing you right to the source — hear what StratFin actually is (and isn't) directly from our mentors based on their lived experiences

Learn more & apply for the Strategic Finance Sprint here: 

https://www.jointhecommons.co/sprints/strategic-finance

The Commons: Demystifying Strategic Finance

Ryan Rego is Senior Manager, Product Adoption at Plooto and a mentor at The Commons. Ryan is joining this roundtable as a hiring manager and will be sharing his advice for job-seekers going through a recruiting cycle.

Raza Khan is a BizOps Manager at Webflow and an alumni of The Commons. Raza is joining the roundtable as someone who has recently been through the BizOps recruiting cycle, and will be sharing his tips on how to navigate the process.

Recruiting Roundtable: Ryan & Raza

, Head of Growth & Product at Purified News for an insightful hour covering his take on making the move from BizOps to Product. This will be a packed hour where Tobin will share:

We're really excited for this one, and hope to see you there! 

Community Chat: Making the Move from Ops to Product w/ Mentor Tobin

Join in for Skillful's next Vancouver meet up at Brewhall! 

For those taking public transit, the closest SkyTrain is Main St. Science World. 

Vancouver IRL Skillful Meetup - Aug 5

​Hi everyone! Please join us for a Speaker Series on Product led by 

, Product Manager at Google and Mentor at The Commons.

: A primer on Product! Product continues to be a VERY hot career path. Yet not many people can accurately describe what it is. There's so much info available online it can be dizzying. We're bringing you right to the source — hear what product is (and isn't) directly from Kaiz based on his lived experiences. We'll talk about these topics & leave time for Q&A.

: Kaiz is a Product mentor at The Commons and will be leading the upcoming Product Sprint alongside other mentors. Sprints are curated & intimate learning experiences centred around a team project to simultaneously build skills, experience and meaningful relationships. Kaiz and the rest of our Product mentors have experience defining and executing product strategy and product operations across different stages of startups. They are our accessible experts - rising stars in tech who live & breathe product daily. They're excited to get to know you and support you through your learning journey with actionable feedback, support and guidance.

: Tuesday August 2nd at 12pm EST on Zoom!

Product Primer with Kaiz, PM at Google

, Manager of Product Adoption at Plooto, for an interactive workshop covering what it means to make the move from being an individual contributor (IC) to a manager role! 

We can't wait to dive into this session with you all and we hope to see you there! 

Community Chat: Moving from IC to Manager w/ Mentor Ryan Rego

​​​👔 ➡️ 📈 Thinking about pivoting from Accounting into Tech? Join three Skillfulers who have made the jump in a fireside chat and Q&A.

- Shezal is the Controller at Waabi, and is a Skillful Alum. Waabi is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. Before working in tech, Shezal worked as an accountant at KPMG.

Hinal is currently a Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A at Vena Solutions, and is a Skillful alum. Vena Solutions is the only native Excel complete planning platform built for Microsoft 365 with Power BI embedded. Before working in tech, Hinal worked in accounting at KPMG and Goodmans LLP.

Ryan is currently a Product Manager at Resolver Inc. and is a Skillful alum. Resolver’s Risk Intelligence Platform traces the extended impact of all types of risk and translates those effects into quantifiable business metrics. Before working in tech, Ryan worked in Risk Advisory at Deloitte.

​​​Skillful is where top talent comes to launch and accelerate their careers in the tech industry. By combining immersive learning sprints led by mentors at top companies with a tight-knit community, Skillful helps you land - and thrive in - strategic business roles in tech. Skillful alumni have been hired by companies like Stripe, TikTok and DoorDash, in roles in Strategy & Operations, Product and Growth. Join Skillful by participating in any of their upcoming Sprints. 

Skillful Office Hours: Pivoting from Accounting to Tech

​👔 ➡️ 📈 Thinking about pivoting from Consulting into Tech? Join three Skillfulers who have made the jump in a fireside chat and Q&A.

- Carolyn currently works in Product Operations at DoorDash and is a Skillful Mentor. DoorDash is a technology and logistics company on a mission to empower local economies. Before working in tech, Carolyn worked at Deloitte Digital as a Consultant.

Peyton currently works in Business Development at Instacart and is a Skillful alum. Instacart works with grocers and retailers across North America to change the way people shop. Before working in tech, Peyton worked in Consulting at EY, IBM, and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Jasmine currently works in Expansion Strategy and Operations at Deel and is a Skillful alum. Deel is a global payroll solution that helps businesses hire anyone, anywhere. Before working in tech, Jasmine worked in Consulting at Accenture.

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