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👋 Hello to our new newsletter readers! I’m Cynthia Widjaja - learning and development professional, data science nerd, digital marketing enthusiast, TechWalk Silicon Valley Chapter community member, and newsletter editor. I’d love your help with a few things:

• We Know Someone is the new TechWalk blog column featuring TechWalk Co-Hosts! Currently penned by Iman Stevenson, content strategist extraordinaire with writing credits from Block, The New York Times, WeWork, and many more. Her first edition highlights Andy Karuza, Head of Marketing at NachoNacho, the B2B SaaS marketplace - which offers deals galore! Check them out before your next software purchase. He first Co-Hosted a TechWalk back in Brooklyn in 2024. So yeah we have some catching up to do. Anyway, Andy recommended three new potential TechWalk Co-Hosts including: Edwina Cheng, Justin Murray, and Ben Yurcisin. P.S. If you know any of these folks and can help us with an introduction, please reply to this email and let us know!

• TechWalk Founder, Christine Farrier Rosemin is heading to Houston for a few client events. Tag someone in Houston who should meet our Founders or Funders:

  • Gary Grant, Division President, Financial Services, Burmont Ventures

  • Reme Ekoh - Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Autegy

  • Nkem Okeke - Founder, Uniwyze

  • Khufere Qhamata - Founder, Qatafa, AI.

    And thanks to our sponsors AXIA Partners, the pre-IPO readiness advisors for the refreshments before and after the event!
    - Nick Bednorz, CPA - Managing Partner, AXIA Partners
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• It’s Kubota’s first TechWalk in Toronto on April 11th. And ah-hem, registrations were a bit more aggressive than we anticipated. Apologies to everyone who got moved to the waitlist. The next walk’s already been scheduled! In the meantime, please visit Kubota’s post and give her some words of support for her first BIG TechWalk!

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• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 4/15

• Register for FractionalTechWalk | NYC, 4/17 - Co-Hosted by Jeremy Worthington, Founder & Principal, Montague Global Advisors, Andréa Stella, Founder, Cosmos Research, and Nancy Lee, Fractional General Counsel, Scale LLP

• Register for TechWalk | Vancouver, 4/17 - Co-Hosted by Alistair Vigier, Co-Founder & CEO, Caseway

• Register for TechWalk | Washington DC, 4/18 - Co-Hosted by Ayanna Williams, Chapter Director | Washington DC, TechWalk, Howard R. Jean, Tech Founder & CEO, Black Meta Agency, and Kourtney Hayes, Senior Cyber Security Program Owner & Senior Security Industry Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 4/22

• Register for TechWalk | NYC, 4/24

• Register for TechWalk | Brooklyn, 4/25

• Register for TechWalk | Chicago, 4/28

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 4/29

• Register for TechWalk | Jersey City, 4/30

• Register for TechWalk | NYC, 5/1

• Register for TechWalk | Bangalore, May 2

• Register for TechWalk | Vancouver, 5/2

• Register for TechWalk | Toronto, 5/2

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 5/6

• Register for TechWalk | NYC, 5/8

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 5/13

• Register for TechWalk | Queens, 5/14

• Register for TechWalk | NYC, 5/15

• Register for TechWalk | Chicago, 5/17

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 5/20

• Register for TechWalk | NYC, 5/22

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 5/27

• Register for TechWalk | NYC, 5/29

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Happy Walking,

Cynthia Widjaja

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