What an incredible night of networking and entertainment we had! It was a blast! Now we can officially say it—our Sunset Rooftop Edition at the Malin was a huge success. We had it all and more, from delicious catering and an energetic DJ to five amazing founders competing for $40K worth of services, along with a fantastic turnout! A huge thank you to our partners, Draper House Americas and Mariano B., for co-hosting the event with us, and to The Malin for providing such a stunning venue—what a sunset! A special shoutout to our presenter, Jamie Redington, who, according to everyone, did an amazing job! And a big thank you to Emily T. Davila, Ayse Eren Senguler, Zach Kerner, Kevin Richard, Eliot Brown, Ariya Mathrawala, irene pasolini and uxdot who helped manage the operations—your help was invaluable! We can’t forget to mention our photographer, Gabriel Spence, for capturing the best moments of the night! We’ll be sharing the link to the photo gallery with all of you soon. We had the pleasure of hosting Arden Franklyn as our keynote speaker, and we couldn’t have been happier. Arden shared invaluable insights into the content creator and influencer ecosystem he’s part of. His experience, combined with his outstanding public speaking skills, provided immense value to all of us, offering practical lessons on handling different challenges. A big thank you to the five founders —Olaoluwa Ogundeji, Jeanette Eng, Kotryna Jukneviciute, Shashank Singh and Sebastián Musso, who pitched in the competition—you all did a fantastic job, and your companies are well on their way in the journey of entrepreneurship. Congratulations to Kotryna Jukneviciute, for winning the competition—way to go, Kotryna! A special shoutout to our investor panelists, Elena Obukhova and Justin Murray for offering valuable feedback to the founders and sharing their expertise and experience throughout the contest. And last, but certainly not least, a huge shoutout to our sponsors for their support! OMGjazz, contact Samir Zarif Live Life in 360, contact Dimitrios Kondilis Pilot.com, contact Gadiel Morantes IO Connect Services, contact Sally G. Google for Startups Zendesk Empanadas offered by Criollas
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It was a great event - shoutout to all the founders who pitched!
My first one and I was THOROUGHLY impressed! From the live sax performance to the empanadas to the actual pitch competition, which was all that I expected - hats off to Andrea, his team, and RocketMixer for an incredible experience indeed!
Always amazing and so great getting to partner with you on this event! More to come for sure!
Thank you Andrea to having me and presenting Bakstage.AI! Such an amazing experience… looking forward to more of these future events.
Such a great night! Thanks again for having me
Such a great event and loved sharing Arête with everyone! Thank you for the opportunity ????
It was a pleasure as always! Thank you for inviting me and putting together such an incredible event!
Fantastic event as always!
Fantastic event! Each time you guys make this event better and better! Absolutely love it ?? The live music was a cherry on top :) Waiting for the next one
Sounds like the perfect mix of networking, fun, and innovation! Hats off to everyone who helped organize this memorable event ??