🚀 Hello 2024!

We are embarking on year three of Founders, Funders & Friends. Last year was one of our best years yet. We have more fun in store this year — both online and offline. If you’d like to share your ideas, fill out this form. We will be taking into account feedback as we are designing the schedule this year.

As a reminder for those of you that are new — Founders, Funders & Friends is an IRL event series & online community fostered by Studio Management that brings together ambitious founders, funders & friends in New York City.

We intermix the opportunity to learn and connect with ambitious professional peers and experience art, culture & connection. We have a thoughtful experienced design team that thinks intentionally about architecting spaces and programming to nurture connections. Join us this year — Just text “FFF” to +1 (917) 634-4915 to get on the list for events!

⏯️ 2023 by the Numbers

We had a blast with you last year. We hosted 8 IRL events that included fireside chats, dinners & brunches! We hosted extraordinary speakers like David Ulevitch (a16z), Ankur Nagpal (Carry & Teachable), Eugene Wei (Remains of the Day), and Oana Olteanu (SignalFire).

We co-hosted with some of our favorite people at JP Morgan, Cooley, Two Sigma Ventures, Notion, Brex, NFP, and TriNet. We are so grateful to our growing community of incredible founders, funders, and friends in NYC.

We’d love to hear from you on ideas and feedback you have for 2024 programming. Fill out this form to contribute your ideas!

🤖 Fireside Chat with Ankur Nagpal

Our December fireside chat helped us round out the year and celebrate together during the holiday season. We hosted our Founders, Funders & Friends fireside chat discussing the founder journey of serial entrepreneur Ankur Nagpal (Carry & Teachable) in conversation with Alap Shah (Studio Management).

• 📸 Check out photos here & view the recording of the talk here in our recently launched digital library

• 🤖 You can find out more about Carry and follow Ankur Nagpal on Twitter. Carry helps business owners and modern professionals build wealth and save on taxes starting with our Solo401K & IRA.

🌇 Desai Foundation Event (1/25)

📣 Our friends at the Desai Foundation are putting on a fundraiser on Thursday, January 25th. RSVP here (all ticket proceeds go to the Desai Foundation). Our Managing Partners, Alap Shah & Naman Shah will be speaking amongst other great investors and exited founders. Join us for the evening of impact, connection and fun!

The Desai Foundation has multiple goals both in India and the United States of America (US); it seeks to create, implement, and promote programs that support education, health, and livelihood– which contributes to community development. The overall mission of the Foundation is to help the community in which we live, as well as the one we came from, by promoting better health and education. The Desai Foundation envisions a society where everyone leverages their experiences and resources to reach out to others in greater need.

🚀 More About Studio Management (We’re hiring!)

As our fund & initiatives are growing, our team is growing too! See our open roles below and ping me if you’d like a fast track to learning more! ⚡

• Chief People Officer @ Studio Management (apply here)

• Chief of Staff & Investment Analyst @ Studio Management (apply here)

• Software Engineer @ Studio Management (apply here)

• Principal @ Studio Management (apply here)

• Quantitative Analyst @ Studio Management (apply here)

Studio Management is a data-driven asset manager investing across public equities and venture capital. Our mission is to influence the flow of capital into companies that improve society & push culture forward.

✨ Founder, Funders & Friends Perks

• Thistle is part of our daily routine. 🌱 Use code NEWSLETTER125 for $125 off your first five weeks.

• Founders, Funders & Friends Digital Library 🎥: recorded fireside chats with top leaders, founders & VCs in tech.

• Manifest is the largest, global logistics & supply chain conference in the world on February 5-7 in Las Vegas. RSVP here for 50% off!

• The Business Owners Guide to Paying Less in Taxes by Carry

• TriNet: We recently partnered with TriNet to offer our portfolio companies between 50-79% off their monthly fees in addition to the first 3 months free for new clients. Please connect with Ashley Mathews at [email protected] with your inquiries.

When you’re ready, here are three ways to get involved!

1) Text us! Join us at our next Founders, Funders & Friends! Just text “FFF” to +1 (917) 634-4915 & follow 57 on IG. To get plugged into our community resources, submit your information here.

2) Do you need support for your startup? Fill out your details here to help us get to know you more.

3) Fundraising? Send us a note at [email protected] to share more about your round. We’d love to hear from you.