Dear Friend,
Just came back from my weekend in Austin at SXSW, where I stayed at TheCurrent house with three of my huge inspirations in the creative tech space: Liz Bacelar, Pavan Bahler and Dalia Strum. Thank you guys so much for this amazing opportunity. I helped at TheCurrent opening day this Saturday with organizing mentorship sessions and putting together a fashion tech trivia game. This was one of the most fascinating experiences in my life as I was at the center of all the coolest fashion tech action, got to meet many up-and-coming entrepreneurs and tech hustlers.
It's not a secret that if you want to succeed in your career, you need to hustle. You need to suck up your feelings and weaknesses and work hard to achieve your goals. If you don't you miss out and eventually fail. (but you can always get up and try again!) In order to stay productive and inspired I regularly listen to a number of podcasts. Today I would like to feature one of them: 5to9 - a podcast for "the side hustle generation". For those like me, who have a steady 9 to 5 job that provides salary and career growth, and fulfill a dream in a 5 to 9 (or to 2am) hustle. This is a young podcast that has became a favorite of mine thanks to the amazing, energetic hosts Tina Yip and John Matson and the guests who we actually can relate to. It's like talking to your cool friends, but better - you can just listen :) So listen to 5to9, stay inspired and have fantastic and productive 2 weeks ahead!
News Digest:
- LoopMe raises $10 million to optimize mobile video ads using artificial intelligence - Venture Beat
- Why chatbots are dangerous territory for retailers - Forbes
- How Artificial Intelligence Is Quietly Changing How You Shop Online – Time
- AI can make us all dress better, so why isn’t the fashion industry using it more? - Fast Company
- The Next Big Thing In Beauty Is...Your Opinion - Refinery 29
- Trying On The Levi's And Google Smart Jacket At SXSW Feels Like The Future - Forbes
Events:
Wednesday, Mar. 15th
7:00 - 9:00pm How Digital Publishers Are Innovating The Newsroom
Great chance to hear from and meet editors from Vice News, Quartz, NY Times, TechCrunch, etc. Price: Free Location: The Lounge @ WeWork Soho, 173 Lafayette St
Thursday, Mar. 16th
6:00pm AI Assembly - What Does Artificial Intelligence Need from You?
Looks like it's going to be a facinating discussion on social ethical dimension of relations of humans and A.I.. Price: Free Location: NEW INC, 235 Bowery
Friday, Mar. 17th - Sunday, Mar. 19th
6:30pm Startup Weekend - Internet of Things Artificial Intelligence
Another fantastic opportunity to pitch and develop your start up idea and meet incredible people! Cannot promote it enough - it's a must attend event. Everyone should experience the fun and good struggles of the Start Up Weekend!! Cost: $100 Location: Rise NYC, 43 W 23rd St, 2nd Fl
Tuesday, Mar. 21st
5:30 - 8:30pm NYC Fashion.connect (Rescheduled form Mar. 15th)
The events at Kilpatrick & Townsend are always worth attending - well organized and always featured great participants. This time we will hear from a bunch of investors and VCs as well as see pitches from the following bright entrepreneurs Lona Alia, Founder, Style Lend; Veronika Harbick, Founder, Thursday Finest; Lena Georas, Founder, Lamou; Sandra Gault, Founder, True Gault Price: Free Location: Kilpatrick & Townsend LLP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas
Wednesday, Mar. 22nd
12:00 - 1:45pm Think "commerce", not "e-commerce"
Omnichannel commerce “lunch-and-learn”, where the speakers will talk about the way they provide the valuable online-offline customer experience. Price: Free Location: Bond Collective Gowanus, 68 3rd St, Brooklyn
6:30 - 8:30pm How to quit your job and go full time freelance (or start your own business)
Don't we all want that, even secretly? Attend this event and find out how. Price: Free Location: GA NYC (Manhattan), HQ 902 Broadway, 4th Floor
Thursday, Mar. 23rd
6:30 - 8:30pm Wearable Tech: Innovation & Wellness
Yeah, wearables is a bit of a worn down topic for us, fashion-techies - everyone is talking about it for 4 years now and not much has changed since. Although I love my Apple watch, I don't consider it a wearable. It's just what all watches should be at some point soon. Looks like this panel is going to shed light onto the near future of true wearables and their different forms and potential applications. Price: Free Location: GA NYC (Manhattan), HQ 902 Broadway, 4th Floor
6:15 - 8:30pm FashionFWD
Learn how to build a great direct-to-consumer brand, provide awesome subscription services, use IoT in driving your business - with founders of companies like Greats, Wearable X, and Dia&Co, plus venture investor Scott Birnbaum of Red Sea Ventures. Price: Free Location: WeWork Times Square, 1460 Broadway
Monday, Mar. 27th
6:30 - 8:30pm Next Wave in E-Commerce
The founders of Zola (the coolest wedding registry), Eloquii (Plus size-focused direct-to-consumer brand), and Rockets of Awesome (Subscription for kidswear) will discuss consumer behavior trends that inform their business strategy, and which new technologies they are excited to integrate into their customer experiences and platforms. I wouldn't miss this event. Price: Free Location: Rise, 43 West 23rd St.
Tuesday, Mar. 28th
Wednesday, Mar. 29th
6:30 - 8:30pm Digital Magazine Tech Talk
Hear from the of senior executives about how the magazine industry is responding to this shift and what the future holds. There will be execs from Hearst, Conde Nast. Price: $36 Free Location: TBD
Cool Finds:
- Visual Biographies - Timelines of amazing lives for visual learners
- Everypixel - Visual recognition AI to find images that suit to your project
- Remote - Connecting 2 million+ professionals to remote jobs using AI
- Medium Series - A new type of story on Medium
Happy soon-to-start SPRING! (Sorry, had to plug it in here, hehe)
Stay Inspired,
Nataliya