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SUMMARY:In Good Companies\, Vol. 2 - Founding Mission-Driven Companies
DESCRIPTION:In Good Companies is a monthly speaker series telling the 
 stories of founding a mission-driven start-up.\n\nWe bring mission-dri
 ven founders to speak about the ups and downs of their experiences fou
 nding their companies to educate and inspire others to start meaningfu
 l ventures.\n\nFree beer\, wine\, and snacks!\n\nAgenda:\n\n6:30pm - 7
 :15pm - Check-in\, grab yourself drinks\n\n7:15pm - 7:45pm - Speaker p
 anel\n\n7:45pm - 8:00pm - Q&A session\n\n8:00pm - 9:00pm - Connect wit
 h like-minded founders\, creatives\, and technologists\n\nSpeakers\n\n
 Ricky Stephens\, Founder @ AgTech X\n\nRicky spent four years with Red
  Ventures\, a leader in digital marketing & sales technology\, where h
 e helped to launch and scale RV’s first international office in Sao Pa
 ulo as Manager of Marketing Analytics. Upon moving back to New York in
  August of 2016\, Ricky shifted gears to focus his attention on the in
 tersection of food\, technology\, and sustainability\, teaming up with
  urban agriculture guru Henry Gordon-Smith to launch AgTech X in early
  2017.\n\nSimonne Hurse\, VP Marketing & PR Communications at Satis Gr
 oup\n\nI've eaten curry w the former CTO of the USA\, had my first tas
 te of VR w the Scobleizer himself\, and chased Seth Godin down an elev
 ator (he agreed to coffee\, so it worked out). My friends call me Sim\
 , and this is how I roll.\n\nI've built/helped build a bunch of compan
 ies and initiatives (meural.com the latest)\, always in tech and alway
 s on the people side. All this experience is now powering my work in c
 rypto and blockchain. Community/Marketing/leading + building teams is 
 my sweet spot. My network is solid - I'm a good friend to have\, and I
  treat people the way I would like to be treated :)\n\nI'm part of/fou
 nding member of a number of crypto/blockchain groups\, I speak at a bu
 nch of events\, and I've just joined the extraordinary team at Satis G
 roup (satisgroup.io). I regularly plug interesting folk in to the cryp
 to ecosystem\, with the goal of helping smart and thoughtful people wo
 rk together.\n\nI really really care about getting more women involved
  in all this\, and I co-run a group for women in tech here in NYC\, wi
 th around 1900 members.\n\nSylvia Morse\, Project Coordinator in CFL's
  Cooperative Development Program\n\nSylvia Morse is the Project Coordi
 nator in CFL's Cooperative Development Program\, where she is helping 
 to implement initiatives to scale immigrant worker-owned cooperative b
 usinesses in New York City and nationally. Since September 2016\, she 
 has focused her time on the development of Up & Go\, a web app for boo
 king home services from worker cooperatives. Prior to joining CFL\, Sy
 lvia worked in housing policy and participatory planning. Sylvia is a 
 lifelong New Yorker\, and earned her Master's Degree in Urban Planning
  from the City University of New York Hunter College.
LOCATION:WeWork South Williamsburg\, 109 South 5th Street\, Brooklyn\,
  NY\, 11249
URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-good-companies-vol-2-founding-miss
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