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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Video Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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We're partnering with Intros.ai to create personalized 1x1 matches

Click each link below to sign up for a 15 minute intro

Round 1: 1:45 - 2pm ET
Round 2: 2:45 - 3pm ET
Round 3: 3:45 - 4pm ET

Speakers (with more coming soon)

Andrea Hippeau

Partner

Lerer hippeau

Ankur Nagpal

Founder & CEO

Teachable

Ben Lerer

Managing Partner

Lerer Hippeau

Ben Pasternak

Founder & CEO

Simulate (NUGGS)

Bo Han

Founder & CEO

buzzer

Bri Kimmel

Founder & MP

worklife ventures

Caitlin Strandberg

Partner

Lerer Hippeau

Harry Stebbings

Founder & GP

20vc

Isabelle Phelps

Partner

lerer hippeau

Jillian Williams

Principal

Cowboy Ventures

Joe Medved

Partner

lerer hippeau

John Smothers

Investor

acrew capital

Lolita Taub

Founder & GP

the community fund

Meagan Loyst

Founder, Gen Z VCs

investor, lerer hippeau

Nadya Okamoto

Founder & CEO

August

Nik Sharma

Founder & CEO

Sharma brands

Olamide Olowe

Founder & CEO

Topicals

Rex Woodbury

Principal

index ventures

Richard Kim

General Partner

Galaxy Interactive

Tyler Confrey-Maloney

Founder & CEO

Faves

empowering gen z to build, invest, & collaborate

For Founders

Curious about how to find your cofounder? Pitch/raise money? Hire people older than you & build a strong team? Foster community & hype for your startup?

For VCs

Want tips on building your personal brand/content strategy? Navigating the path from analyst to partner? Angel investing on the side?

for students

Want to break into VC or start your own company? Build an early track record through sourcing/angel investing? Learn about the tech ecosystem?

for all

This Summit is organized for Gen Z, by Gen Z. We'll have sessions covering each of these topics (and more). Register below and we'll send you the agenda.

Agenda

Here's a breakdown of the event:

Sessions (in ET)

12pm - 12:15pm

Welcome

12:15pm - 1:00pm

Keynote

1:00pm - 1:45pm

1. Launching Your Own Fund

2. From Analyst to Partner: Moving Up

3. Selling & Marketing to Gen Z

4. Building a Team: Hiring Beyond Your Years

1:45pm - 2:00pm

Break / 1x1 Matching via Intros

2:00pm - 2:45pm

1. Building a Brand & Content Strategy

2. Building Community & Hype: Pre-Launch and Beyond

3. Fundraising 101: Perfecting Your Pitch

4. Angel Investing & Breaking into VC: Strategies

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Break / 1x1 Matching via Intros

3:00pm - 3:45pm

1. Founder Perspectives: The Biggest Do’s and Don’t on Day 1
2. Fundraising 102: Getting Money in the Bank

3. Finding Your Co-Founder

3:45pm - 4:00pm

Break / 1x1 Matching via Intros

4:00pm - 4:45pm

1. Future of The Creator Economy
2. Future of FinTech & Crypto

3. Future of Work & Education

4. Future of D2C & Consumer

4:45pm - 5:00pm

Closing Remarks

Speakers

Meagan Loyst, Investor at Lerer Hippeau & Founder of Gen Z VCs

Harry Stebbings, Founder & GP of 20VC

1. Jessica Straus, Heather Hartnett, Mac Conwell, LaDante McMillon, Jai Malik

2. Sunwoo Lee, Isabelle Phelps, Jason Shuman, Nicole Johnson

3. Michelle Nie, Abby Roberts, Dev Amaratunga Karaca, Bo Han, Meagan Loyst

4. Joe Medved, Sara Du, Joshua Browder, Ben Pasternak

Up to two 1x1 matches in between sessions, facilitated by Intros

1. Emily Libresco, Justine Moore, Naomi Shah, Hunter Morris, Jonathan Chang

2. Caitlin Strandberg, Olamide Olowe, Melanie Ratchford, Tyler Maloney

3. Jerrod Hill, Andrea Hippeau, Aditya Vishwanath

4. Zehra Naqvi, Lolita Taub, John Smothers, Emily Herrera

Up to two 1x1 matches in between sessions, facilitated by Intros

1. Nadya Okamoto, Travis Hedge

2. Marci Teichman, Rochelle Stewart, Marissa Cohen

3. Jack McClelland, Aagya Mathur, Madison Campbell, Kyle Brastrom, Annelise Hillmann

Up to two 1x1 matches in between sessions, facilitated by Intros

1. Alex Chung, Rex Woodbury, Ben Huffman, Meagan Loyst
2. Lia Zhang, Richard Kim, Jillian Williams, Max Hellerstein

3. Ben Grosse, Bri Kimmel, Ankur Nagpal, Thea Knobel

4. Tasha Kim, Ben Lerer, Nik Sharma, Lisa Bubbers

Meagan Loyst & Ben Lerer

ABOUT GEN Z VCs

Founded by Meagan Loyst, Investor at Lerer Hippeau, Gen Z VCs is the largest and fastest growing community for Gen Zers in Tech and VC with nearly 9,000 investors, founders, angels, operators, and students. The community has grown into a much larger movement centered around empowering the next generation of builders and investors, and has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Fox Business News, Wired, The Washington Post, Business Insider, and more. Check out our website & initiatives at www.genzvcs.com!

ABOUT LERER HIPPEAU

Lerer Hippeau is the most active early-stage venture capital fund in New York. The firm has more than 250 active portfolio companies with investments in leading consumer, media, emerging tech, and enterprise companies. Lerer Hippeau has a strong track record investing in Gen Z founders and companies, including Brat TV, Buzzer, Parade, Simulate (Nuggs), Studs, Topicals, and more. For more information please visit www.lererhippeau.com.

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