Events

Join us to give your input on our 2022 updates to the community, event programming, and our product.

Do you want to spend more time (or be held accountable) on planning for your personal growth and priorities this year? We've got you.There's much to glean from how you spent the last few months of 2021 and how that compares to earlier in the year. And it's never too late to spend time thinking about this.

Who invests in startups and why do they do it? If you've been curious about who's sitting across the table from you as early-stage investors, we’ll cover the who and why of investing in startups and what investors look for in evaluating startups.

We're excited to host Eli Halliwell, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of haircare brand Hairstory. Hairstory's a company dedicated to helping people rethink everything about hair in a world where the old rules don’t apply.

Too many startup founders struggle to make the inevitable transition from founder to CEO that comes as your company scales. Most founders feel like they're playing ...

Building in public and finding product evangelists, with Eric Mogil

Aligning product strategy with GTM and pricing strategy, Rob McGrorty

Foundations of a product strategy, with Keren Baruch

Limited seats available

We're featuring founders coach Rachel Peck for a reflective workshop on situational leadership.

Want to pitch your idea with VCs in the audience? Message Emily - there are limited spots!For this Idea Propeller, we've partnered with Forum Ventures to listen to and provide feedback on your ideas. In typical Idea Propeller fashion, we will allow you to spend 15-20 minutes presenting and receiving feedback. Those not pitching can listen in and provide input, too.

Topic: Customer interviews and getting feedback on prototypes

Topic: Early days of finding customers and pivoting

Topic: Assess your product with the opportunity canvas

Reed is the Co-founder & CEO of Stytch, a provider of secure and flexible passwordless authentication solutions. They recently raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Thrive Capital.Using Stytch's direct API or flexible front-end SDKs, developers can get up and running on auth in minutes while also improving security and user experience.

Adebayo is the Co-founder & CEO of RxAll. RxAll's AI nanoscanner called the RxScanner and cloud based algorithm helps regulators, narcotics control agencies, pharma manufacturers and hospitals ensure that all drugs sold are of the highest quality.

​Strategic planning is a process for determining what a business should become and laying out the roadmap for how it can best achieve that goal. In many organizations, the focus tends to be on short-term strategic planning methods, such as OKRs. However, without a larger vision to tie OKRs to, the impact of quarterly planning falls flat. ​As many organizations kick off the 2022 planning process, now is the perfect time to brush up on your strategic planning skills.

Join meeting #11 for Idea Propeller. Idea Propeller is a recurring monthly session for 3 Propel members to pitch their business ideas and the community to listen and provide feedback. You can be at any stage of the ideation or building process. If you want to pitch, reach out to Emily and join #idea-propeller on Slack to follow updates.

​Strategic planning is a process for determining what a business should become and laying out the roadmap for how it can best achieve that goal. In many organizations, the focus tends to be on short-term strategic planning methods, such as OKRs. However, without a larger vision to tie OKRs to, the impact of quarterly planning falls flat. ​As many organizations kick off the 2022 planning process, now is the perfect time to brush up on your strategic planning skills.

Small business acquisition has become a topic of interest for many Propel members. We've invited a roster of speakers that can speak to business acquisition from various lenses: SaaS, supply chain, and consumer goods.

We're featuring leadership coach Ally Sprague for a reflective workshop that will be beneficial for leaders and founders. This workshop focuses on your "future self" and "imposter syndrome." The question on everyone’s lips: “How do I overcome my imposter syndrome?!” In this workshop, Ally will lead you through one of the most effective tools for deflating your imposter and stepping into your power. You’ll leave the session feeling more connected with your future self and more equipped to squash your inner critic.

Members Leyna Chiang and Shen Qiu are organizing an NYC social! Location: TBA. If indoors, proof of vaccination will be required

If you're consulting in a full-time or part-time or part-time capacity, this is a space for you to share what you're working on. Join #consulting for details on the topics we'll cover.

Join us for the third and final bootcamp session on strategically automating your workflows with no code tools. Scott helped build much of the back-end operations for Propel and continues to build out workflows for the Chief of Staff Network. He's a daily user of no code tools, primarily for applications that require integrations across Zapier, Airtable, Gmail, and Slack.In this session, he'll demo a workflow he's set up across these platforms and then turn it over to Propel members to build their own workflow with his guidance.

Join us for the second bootcamp session on strategically automating your workflows with no code tools. Clay is a new spreadsheet tool that ‍aims to make programming more accessible.

We're excited for you all to meet each other IRL! This is a meetup to socialize with other members, and we're also hoping to host a speaker (details coming soon)

Join us for a bootcamp session on strategically automating your workflows with no code tools like Airtable, Zapier, Bubble, and more. It will be led by Vedika Jain.

As we head into the second half of the year, company and business unit planning is top of mind. To set yourself and team up for success in achieving your goals and objectives, join us for a 2-part bootcamp on strategic planning with Maxine Litre, Head of Strategic Initiatives at Slice and former VP of Corporate Strategy at Group Nine Media.

Join us for an AMA with product leader Reza Shirazi, Senior PM at SolarWinds (AI/ML platform and SaaS mobility company) and Founder of Austin Voice of Product. Instead of a live conversation, this will be run via Slack to allow for Q&A and learning more from Reza, without needing to join a live call.

Want to pitch your idea with VCs in the audience? For this Idea Propeller, we've invited a few VCs to listen to and provide feedback on your ideas. In typical Idea Propeller fashion, we will allow you to spend 15-20 minutes presenting and receiving feedback. Those not pitching can listen in and provide input, too.

Join us for a workshop on how to get into angel investing and evaluate opportunities. We'll be speaking with two active angels to hear about their direct experience angel investing in companies like Pipe and Haus.

Join meeting #10 for Idea Propeller. Idea Propeller is a recurring monthly session for 3 Propel members to pitch their business ideas and the community to listen and provide feedback. You can be at any stage of the ideation or building process. If you want to pitch, reach out to Emily and join #idea-propeller on Slack to follow updates.

Join us to hang out with the vibrant New York tech & VC ecosystem on Grand Central Tech’s beautiful terrace. Everyone will get 2 free drink tickets.

Join us for a conversation with a panel of Chiefs of Staff: Madi (Hangar), Megan (Moves Financial), and Leland (Bowery Farming).

We all know that having a personal brand is required these days. But how do we talk about ourselves when we can barely make sense of the themes in our own life? This workshop will invite you to examine who you are personally, professionally and in the cross hairs to design a brand that you are proud of before others decide on your behalf. 

Join meeting #8 for Idea Propeller - for members interested in sharing business ideas and incubating them. Join #idea-propeller to follow updates.

REPLAY PASSWORD: 1m@bdkw= | Learn how to compile small checks and keep your cap table clean with Sydecar's Nik Talreja and Robert Petrarca from Maxine's Heavenly.

In this session, we talk about how to Raise Your First Angel/Pre-Seed Round

Let Ahrif know if you'd like to pitch! Idea Propeller is a pitch practice session held monthly on the third Wednesday. Join #idea-propeller in Slack to follow updates.

 In this session, David will speak about creating a circle of influence and using a personal project to boost one's career

Propel and Pear VC are co-hosting an intimate social event

At this event, founders will better understand how to create software that embraces business strategy, design, and project management.