NYC FIRESIDE CHAT: TIPS FROM FASHION STARTUPS & LEGAL TECH TUES.
NOV. 20, 2018 @ 7:30PM / VERA BRADLEY (SOHO) - FLAGSHIP
411 W BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY
JOIN KRIPPIT AT THE VERA BRADLEY STORE (SOHO) FOR AN EVENING OF
NETWORKING WITH NYC'S STARTUP COMMUNITY FOLLOWED BY AN INTERACTIVE
CHAT WITH OUR EXPERT PANELISTS. GUESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME WITH
THEIR BEST QUESTIONS ABOUT FASHION/ BRANDING AND LAW. *PRIZE: A
PAIR OF KRIPPITS WILL GO TO THE PERSON WITH THE "BEST
QUESTIONS"!
ABOUT THIS EVENT:
Founder/CEO Melissa Chung of krippit begins to wrap up
her three-month journey with 2020 Startups accelerator here in NYC.
She has put together an expert panel that will share their unique
journeys as a Startup in the intersection of fashion and tech.
* Melissa Chung (Host/Moderator)
krippit
Founder/CEO
* Nekei Lewis
QUUIRK HQ
Founder
Nekei Lewis is a digital marketing visionary in the world of
technology with over 10+ years assisting over 450+ startup
entrepreneurs create their passion into reality. As the founder of
New York-based startup company Quuirk, she will be disrupting the
marketing sectors in many verticals including e-commerce, advertising,
retail, and search. Being a creative architect in the world of
graphic design, she will be bringing innovative ideas to market with
strategies using augmented reality, and voice to improve the world and
save time. Watch out for this “ future unicorn ” as her future
endeavors are to build a billion-dollar empire that will affect the
world digitally.
*
Marina Rosin Levine
IamMOI
Owner/Footwear Designer
Marina refers to herself as a human Swiss Army knife because of her
many capabilities and skills she has developed over her 15-year career
in the footwear and fashion industry. She is a footwear executive who
has helped build brands as well as cofound various original brands
such as Due Farina, Capsule Collective and most recently, IamMOI. Some
of the companies and brands that she has worked with include Schwartz
& Benjamin, Highline United, Rebecca Minkoff, Tahari, Ellen Tracy, and
numerous private label brands. Her recent experience has been working
with a footwear company owned by a Chinese factory group; therefore
she understands the potential of vertical relationships. In 2016 she
launched Capsule Collective, a New York-based footwear design and
sourcing studio. Her latest venture, IamMOI is a direct-to-consumer
women’s footwear company with a company mission focused on helping
women run for office via providing tangible support to nominees.
Through well crafted, factory direct priced and on-trend footwear, she
gives a voice to the women who step up to the plate and run for office
or are advocates in areas such as social justice, civil liberties, and
the environment.
She is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in business
management.
* Matej Kult
AIKIT Digital
Founder/CEO
Matej Kult is a Founder and CEO at AIKIT Digital, a software
development studio with offices in Prague and New York. Matej is
experienced with providing complex SW solutions, building teams and
connecting individuals with clients across Europe and the USA (e.g.,
Honeywell, T-Mobile, DHL). The main focus is AI and combining human
approach on driving innovation.
*
Noah Young
Lead Corporate Counsel
Brand Protection/IP/Contracts
Noah Young is a Partner at Young Lawyers Group where he practices
corporate transactional law. With over twenty years of business and
legal experience, Mr. Young has advised emerging and mature companies
in business development, operations, and growth-related issues. He has
worked extensively in matters including but not limited to, business
entity formation, initial public offering (IPO) readiness reviews and
filings, negotiated and structured business mergers, intellectual
property portfolio management, business development, and critical
deal-making for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He has also
negotiated and structured a number of U.S. domestic and overseas
acquisitions and joint ventures.
As a legal advisor, Mr. Young has worked with business owners and
senior management to develop business growth strategies dependent on
the strategic goals and risk tolerance of the entity.
Mr. Young earned his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of
Law, his Master of Laws from the University of Miami, his Master of
Business Administration from Cornell University, and his Bachelor of
Arts from New York University. Mr. Young is licensed to practice law
in New York and New Jersey. He has both local companies throughout the
United States and internationally.
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