Startup (Coffee) Grind at The Yard: Herald Square

Join us at The Yard: Herald Square for Startup (Coffee) Grind on Wednesday, Dec 4th. This midday gathering for early stage startup founders and stakeholders in the heart of Manhattan is a chance to ditch your solitary work-from-home routine and engage with fellow entrepreneurs.

Free to attend. Swing by anytime between 11:00am and 1:00pm to chat with peers and have a coffee and maybe a bite to eat. Our hosts at The Yard are offering a day pass for attendees who want to stick around and get work done in the afternoon.

You’ll have a chance to meet members of the Startup Grind team and other entrepreneurial connections that may just save you from yet another Zoom call. No cringe-worthy elevator pitches or overused startup jargon. Just casual coffee and conversation.

To get in the right mindset, read Andrew Yeung’s recent piece: The Art of the Coffee Chat

Agenda

11:00 AM: Come and go coffee chats

An informal community gathering for founders, investors, small business entrepreneurs, and regional economic development leaders to connect and grow our ecosystem.

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Hosted By

Joshua Ness, Managing Director, Startup Grind

Joshua Ness is the Manging Director at Startup Grind NYC and is a Director of Emerging Technologies with IEEE. He works with enterprise, startups, and academic teams to drive innovation. He also works to educate, inspire, and connect the dots for businesses interested in moving forward with emerging technology.

Tova Feldheim, Cofounder

Alex Koshykov, Events Team

Journeying back to 2016, I planted a pioneering seed as a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of BeKey LLC. Over these years, BeKey evolved into a dynamic entity, deeply rooted in the domains of software and hardware development. It’s an American-registered company, headquartered in Israel and a development center in Ukraine.

Also, actively working on building a few products on my own.
Have a blog on YouTube about digital health: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeKey-Hub

Jenny Sumeragi, CEO & Founder, JS Global Investment

Arjun Mehta, Co-founder

Arjun Mehta is a recent graduate of NYU, holding a degree in Business and Tech Management with a concentration in Finance. During his time in college, Arjun gained invaluable experience through internships at a VC firm, a startup, and his own passion project. At the VC firm, he evaluated the growth potential of numerous health tech startups, analyzed pitch decks, and contributed to investment strategy meetings. Arjun also hosted strategic advisory calls for over 30 startup teams, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the startup VC ecosystem.

His longest tenure was at Invincible Entertainment as a Business Development Associate, where he utilized CRM tools to engage over 100 leads, significantly boosting sales outreach. He also closed multiple licensing deals and developed no-code AI tools to enhance workplace efficiency. Recently, Arjun co-created a chatbot for NYU’s ambassador program, streamlining operations and reducing the need for on-shift counselors. Arjun is now seeking a role at a high-growth seed-stage startup to leverage his skills in sales, partnerships, and business strategy.

Michelle Xie, Software Engineer

Prianka Ball,

Currently working in data at a early stage startup. Ex founder and looking for my next startup building adventure.

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Global Partner

Brex (https://www.brex.com/solutions/startups?partnerId=startupgrind2024)
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Gold

Redrob, Inc (https://bit.ly/redrob-sg-nyc)
Redrob is a platform that provides early-stage startups access to world-class talent, streamlining the hiring process with tools like Talent Search GPT, Skill Test AI, and General Counsel GPT. Redrob Talent Search GPT employs AI agents to find and recruit exceptional candidates from the global talent pool. As an Employer of Record (EOR), Redrob enables seamless onboarding and management of international talent without the need for local entities—saving startups time, cost, and compliance risk.

Partner

The Yard (https://theyard.com/)
The Yard is a coworking space at the intersection of innovation, creativity, design, & play — with locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Philly, and DC — with a variety of shared and private workspace options.

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Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 600 cities and 125+ countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind.
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Complete your event RSVP here: https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-new-york-city-presents-startup-coffee-grind-at-the-yard-herald-square/.