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👋 Hiya,

Hope everyone who celebrated had an amazing Thanksgiving, and you’ve finally eaten the last of the turkey curry! 🦃

The end of the year is coming up fast, but things are not slowing down. Still a load of events, continued discussions around fundraising in it’s different forms, and of course plenty of 2024 planning.

Our Gift Guide is growing, so if you still have shopping to do, now is the perfect time to support a fellow founder. Or if you want to be able to let off a bit of steam after a hard days work, make sure to check out our the NYC events calendar that we’ve curated.

🤨 Which events should we organise next?

Help us choose what to prioritise for next year. We’d love your input to help ensure they are as impactful as possible. Vote / comment on this poll 🤩

Coming up in this issue…

1. 🍹 Happy Hour re-cap (are you famous??)

2. 🫂 Come to a TKS Event (Coffee Huddles 30th & 8th)

3. 🎁 Holiday Gift inspiration (from amazing NYC founders)

4. 👋 Welcome to the hood

5. 🚀 Wins & Launches

6. 📚 Financial reading - resources galore

7. 📆 Event Calendar: 40+ across NYC

🇬🇧 For Brits in NYC, see you for our founder’s coffee tomorrow, and for everyone else, see you all soon.

Tori

➡️ ps - Love events? Check out our brand new events calendar. It curates what we think are the best founder activities across the city.

Thank you to everyone who came out for last week’s happy hour.

I hope you all had a great time, met some fab people, and if you opted in to our "Intros" feature - in collaboration with Meet in 10, we hope that you had some even richer conversations (not too late to follow up, if you haven't connected yet).

And one final thank you to Olena and HONEYCOMB SOFTWARE for providing the drinks 🙏.

💩 For when you’ve got to go 💩

🔥 For when you need to burn something

📚 For when you need a gift for everyone

🧦 For when you want a gift with impact

🤫 For when you need discretion

💅 For your hands and your heart

🐶 For your furry friends and the planet

😌 For a moment of zen

🍸 For a gift worth talking about

A big 👋 and hello to some of our newer members, including...

• Sidharth Gupta, software developer, exploring the intersection of Tech and Mental health. Love woodworking, Meditation, Yoga and Hiking.
  

• Alex Meredith, cofounder of Honest,focussed on all things product growth and strategy. In a former life, led product growth at Minibar, before it was acquired.

📈 State of the Pre-Seed / See Market

Compiled by Forum Ventures, this report shows funding insights by industry, deal flow, cheque size and more. Some fascinating stats.

Get Reading

💰 VC’s currently deploying capital

Thanks to Alex Pattis from Riverside Ventures, and investor in Thunder.vc for sharing. Designed to a) help founders navigate the VC landscape and b) see which they are connected to on Linkedin.

Learn more

💪 B2B Saas Growth Sheet

Think diff ways to test monetisation etc. Some old, some new, but great reminder and practical tips.

Get Growing

Our calendar of startup events across NYC, features our take on the BEST events for founders. From pitch nights, to networking events, accelerators and workshops.

➡️ CLICK HERE to choose from 40+ startup events across NYC

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