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building purple lotus | i host events in vancouver, sf, seattle | community gremlin

[cher @themoonspeck]

@madebyeileen @trycomoapp Thanks for coming!! 🫶

[cher @themoonspeck]

visited seattle as a canadian! pics from the cafe coworking for builders and creatives event i hosted at cafe hagen. such a fun time meeting new people and connecting folks. met people from amazon, microsoft, jp morgan, tiktok, hardware, design. proof that you can just do things. one participant dm'd me telling me that i inspired her to start hosting events too💜

@Sujan298 @trev3d @PriyanshuMahey

[cher @themoonspeck]

happy canada day! 🍁 canada has some of the most cracked builders and founders. that's why im excited to announce that i will be a venture scout for cohort 3 of @AlthraIncubator working alongside @SanketM321 to accelerate canadian founders with validation by writing $50k cheques, providing mentorship, working space in vancouver, and a trip to sf. deadline to apply is end of july. if you're a fit or know someone who is, send me a dm asap! :)

[cher @themoonspeck]

Hey Seattle! 💜 Come co-work with me!

I'll be visiting next week and I want to meet you. On July 3rd, I'll be hosting a pop up cafe co-working event in Bellevue from 5-7:30pm (pop-in when you're free).

Come enjoy the good company of other builders, ML researchers, folks in tech, and creatives in a casual cafe co-working session. Sip your coffee, enjoy a croissant from the cafe, and chat with other cool people while you work on what you love. Bring your passion projects, your ML research, your crochet, your painting, your startup stuff, your art and just be you.

This will be a space for genuine connections rather than transactional networking. At the end of the co-working sesh, we'll all share what we worked on to the group (<1 minute each person) 😎

RSVP here: https://t.co/bSSjuu0C2L

Here's a picture of me petting a bunny for reach.

[cher @themoonspeck]

@natolambert i won't be here till next week, but i'll be a hosting a coding &amp; creatives coworking pop up in seattle friday, july 3rd. it'll be a fun time: https://t.co/TV0GfrXkVo

[cher @themoonspeck]

i'll be in seattle next week! if ur a founder, builder, or a creative and wanna meet up, lmk (bonus points if u are canadian)!

will also be a hosting a tech meetup next friday; dm me if u want the rsvp link early 🤫

[Sanket Mittal @SanketM321]

ALHTRA COHORT 3 IS LIVE 🚀🔥

Why Apply??

• SF Trip: 5 days in the valley, curated intros.
• 1:1 access to builders who cumulatively raised $625M+
• Build alongside founders who are full sending it

Apply: https://t.co/2XYyQlEf6g

[cher @themoonspeck]

@SanketM321 epic stuff right here

[cher @themoonspeck]

apply apply apply

[BetaKit @BetaKit]

Vancouver-based @AlthraIncubator is opening applications for its third cohort as it tries to prove a more community-first incubator model can work.

https://t.co/iTzsCaL7jN

[cher @themoonspeck]

wow this is truly phenomenal 🩷

[Midjourney @midjourney]

Announcing a new division of Midjourney called "Midjourney Medical"

[cher @themoonspeck]

are your ambitions truly yours? or did you borrow them from someone else?

recently, i had a chat with a hedgefund manager about finding his purpose. sebastien is an entrepreneur, a trader, as well as a charity owner in calgary. i highly recommend taking 2 minutes to listen to what he has to say in this clip.

he is such a cool canadian founder and prior to the podcast we had a really fascinating talk about our personal philosophies about ambition.

watch the rest of the podcast:

youtube: https://t.co/Yj5mUX7dnW

spotify: https://t.co/Tp8jUtZGxD

[cher @themoonspeck]

vancouver has some of the most promising up and coming founders. however, the amount of community events by founders for founders is not at the scale of bigger cities like toronto or sf.

recently, i hosted a happy hour at a cafe in downtown vancouver for women. it was great to see the good vibes and relationships forming. folks were more than happy to do some learning exchange too. i've also been noting down founders i meet who want to collaborate on events. might start making an event series 🤭 ~

[cher @themoonspeck]

@SanketM321 👀

[cher @themoonspeck]

part 1 of learning from cool design engineers

today's cool engineer: @raunofreiberg

his page has these tiny delightful interactions that feel like palate cleansers. little moments that just make everything more enjoyable. for example, pix the agent. designs stay super simple + clean but still feel alive. the hand drawn elements add human soul to the designs.

loving this from his essay:

“make 90% of the experience familiar, and 10% novel.”
(https://t.co/J8BmlPEeIk). thinking about the familiar stuff feels effortless and those 10% novel bits hit just right without overwhelming you. makes me see how small details can upgrade the whole vibe for onboarding