RisingTides with Rise New York, LiquidTalent, and the NY Code + Design Academy!

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Hey there, Community Builders!

We're pleased to announce an exciting event hosted by Rise New York (https://thinkrise.com/newyork.html) in collaboration with LiquidTalent (http://liquidtalent.com/), New York Code + Design Academy (https://nycda.com/), Croissant (https://www.getcroissant.com/), Thinx (http://www.shethinx.com/), and Motivate Design! (http://motivatedesign.com/)

Join Rise NY for a series of intimate, interactive and insightful conversations with successful startup founders.

This conversation will feature Miki Agrawal, Founder of Thinx and Mona Patel, Founder of Motivate Design, who will share their insights, and discuss the unicorn that is work-life balance.

Hear real stories and ask real questions. Leave inspired, entertained, and with practical advice that will help propel you (and your business) forward. Whether you are an employee at a company, a freelancer, or an emerging entrepreneur, we want you to be inspired to take that next step in your career and learn from our network of exceptional entrepreneurs.

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SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Miki Agrawal | Founder & CEO, Thinx (http://www.mikiagrawal.com/)
Miki Agrawal is a force of nature. She was named 2015 Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Technology Awards and her Company THINX was named Time Magazine’s 25 Best New Inventions of 2015. Miki was also the recipient of the TriBeCa Film Festival’s Disruptive Innovation Award and was named one of the “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission” by Forbes.

She is the CEO and Co-Founder of THINX, a high-tech, beautiful underwear solution for women to wear during their periods. She teamed up with AFRIpads in Uganda to fund a pack of reusable cloth pads for every underwear sold to get millions of girls back in school. To date, Miki and THINX have helped over 30,000 girls go back to school. THINX has gone viral 5 times since launching the company in 2014. Here is THINX’s 13-minute documentary breaking down the menstrual taboo. Miki is also the Founder of the acclaimed farm-to-table gluten-free pizza concept WILD and 2015 will mark her 10 year anniversary of having her restaurants open (a feat in and of itself!).

Harper Collins published her book entitled “DO COOL SH*T” on entrepreneurship and lifestyle design. The book hit #1 on Amazon Bestsellers list in entrepreneurship. Miki is an identical twin, half-Japanese, half-Indian French Canadian, former professional soccer player and graduate of Cornell University.”

Alex Abelin | Co-Founder & CEO, LiquidTalent (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexabelin)LiquidTalent is a new-generation job platform revolutionizing how world-changing companies discover, connect and hire exceptional talent.

The LiquidTalent platform connects exceptional professionals in the Technology and Creative fields with local businesses. We believe the Future of Work will be more mobile, independent, and lifestyle driven. Prior to starting LiquidTalent, Alex served as Google's Public Affairs Manager from 2005 to 2013.

Mona Patel | Founder + CEO, Motivate Design (http://motivatedesign.com/people/mona)
Mona Patel is the CEO & Founder of Motivate Design, a user experience research, design, and staffing shop based in New York City. Motivate Design helps clients discover customer needs and design solutions to meet those needs.

In her recent book, Reframe: Shift the Way you Work, Innovate and Think, Mona demonstrates how her 8-step creative process can help companies innovate and design simple, beautiful experiences. In addition to helping clients and other Fortune 500 companies become unstuck, Mona is also a teacher at Parsons, the New School for Design.

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See you there, Community Builders!