Fashion Tech / Start Up News & Events 6.20 - 6.27 | Time to 'unfocus'

Dear Friend,

For the past 10 days I've been traveling in Portugal and Spain and fully turned off from work, which is extremely rare for me. I've been thinking a lot. About career, relationships, cultures, adventures, philosophy... And by the end of my trip I felt so peaceful and magically stumbled upon a wonderful article that shuttered one main question I had asked myself during this trip: How do I make time for everything I strive for and live a truly fulfilled life? Well, here's the answer: "Why you should manage your energy, not time". "When our workloads increase, many of us decide to up our number of working hours. But harnessing moments of 'unfocus' might be the key to getting more done in less time." So read this article. Then relax for some time and watch this tiny video. Then relax again and read a bunch of really valuable news below. Not so many noteworthy events these two weeks ahead due to the upcoming 4th of July weekend. Enjoy! ðŸŽ‰

News Digest:

  • Why Amazon's 'Prime Wardrobe' Makes Your Retail Store Totally Redundant - Forbes
  • The Grocery Store Of The Future Is Mobile, Self-Driving, And Run By AI -  Fast Company
  • What is Silicon Valley's problem with women? - Wired
  • In a Direct-to-Consumer Era, What’s the Point of Showrooms? -  Business of Fashion
  • Amazon Is Leading Tech’s Takeover of America - The Wall Street Journal
  • Condé Nast Closes Style.com Months After Its Debut - New York Times
  •  Amazon's Real Target Isn't Whole Foods. It's Everything You Buy - Bloomberg
  • The case for letting robots make our clothes - Motherboard 
  • How shoppers use their smartphones in stores - Retail Dive

Events

Featured event: Fashion Tech Forum on October 6th, 2017

With a focus on building the hybrid companies of the future, FTF will bring together the most innovative CEOs, founders, leaders and investors in fashion and technology to discuss and envision the next stages of partnerships, businesses and brands in a highly connected world. Speakers this year will include will.i.am, innovator and global music artist; and Mike Dennison, president of the Consumer Technologies Group at Flex. Additional speakers for the October Forum will be announced on fashiontechforum.com. The annual conference is an invitation-only event for 800+ industry leaders. You, my valuable readers, are invited!

Wednesday, June 21st

6:30pm How To Hack Your Way Into A Top Accelerator

Come meet representatives from a few of the top accelerators (Techstars, DreamIt, and FinTech Sandbox) and from their alumni companies to learn insights that can get you through the application and interviews of a top accelerator. Price: $5 Location: Rise NYC, 43 W 23rd St

Thursday, June 22nd

10:00am - 9:00pm Launchpad Scale for Machine Learning & AI (By Google)

Google Developers Launchpad, Comet Labs, and Intel Capital are teaming up to bring you a day of startup mentoring sessions focused on machine learning and AI. Price: Free Location: TBA

6:30pm - 8:30pm Building A Passion Project Into A Brand With Benjamin Grant

 Come to learn how the Daily Overview project has gained a following of more 650,000 people on social media, but also the challenges it faced along the way. Along with the mesmerizing images from the project, this story will be meaningful for anyone looking to grow and brand and crystallize its story. Price: Free Location: General Assembly, 902 Broadway, 4th Floor

6:30pm - 8:30pm Let's Talk Drop Shipping 

On the panel: Melissa Gonzalez - CEO of The Lionesque Group & author of The Pop Up Paradigm: How Brands Can Build Human Connections in a Digital Age, Jill Sherman - Co-Founder of Modalyst and Evan Hakalir - Partner & Co-Founder at Andy & Evan Industries, Inc. Price: $20 Location: Modalyst Office, 335 Madison Ave

Friday, June 23rd - Sunday, June 25th

6:30pm Startup Weekend Social Impact

Another amazing edition of THE place to be for striving entrepreneurs. Come pitch, test and validate your business idea during the weekend. Meet amazing people and create an amazing groundwork for your start up! Price: $149 Location: Galvanize, 315 Hudson St 

7:00pm Global AI Hackathon - New York

The first ever Global Hackathon series is kicking off with Artificial Intelligence. Whether you are an expert or a newbie in AI, we welcome you to join this event and work with your local innovator community to prototype and find solutions to real world problems. Price: Free Location: Hack Reactor, 369 Lexington Ave, 11th Floor 

Tuesday, June 27th

6:00pm - 9:00pm XRC Labs Cohort 4 Launch Event

One of the top NY-based retail tech and consumer products accelerators are back for the 4th time. Come and see start ups pitch their fresh ideas selected to participate in this cohort. Price: Free Location: Parsons School Of Design, Starr Foundation Hall, 63 5Th Avenue 

6:00pm - 9:00pm Art & Science of Mobile Growth

Learn about user acquisition strategies for mobile, metrics framework, user on-boarding and activation, retention and engagement, product experimentation Price: Free Location: Tumblr, 35 E 21st St

Cool Products, Podcasts & Long Reads:

Stay inspired and take time to truly relax.

Yours,

Nataliya

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