welcome back! sharing some of the latest from my world. as always, feel free to respond to this email if you have any feedback or questions for me, I’d love to hear from you.
next play all over the world
we have in-person next play gatherings (for people exploring what comes next) coming up in 18 (!) cities in September / October:
• Berlin - 9/5 hosted by David
• Chicago - 9/12 by Tina
• Lisbon - 9/19 by Jenny
• Tel Aviv - 9/19 by Ben
• Paris - 9/19 by Florian
• New York City - 9/24 by Nicole, Dan
• Philadelphia - 9/27 by Vartika
• Sydney - 9/27 by Rohit
• London - 9/30 by Philip
• Austin - late September by Tal
• San Francisco - late September
• Los Angeles - Andy
• Bangalore - 10/16 by Pavithran
• Toronto - 10/5 by Vivek
• Miami - 10/9 by Adrian
• Denver - 10/17 by Bremner
• Boston - late October by Dan
• Seattle - 10/29 by Abbe
Apply here for an invite to an upcoming gathering: http://nextplay.so
Reach out here if you'd like to host next play gatherings in a new city (not listed above) https://tally.so/r/w7WKja
notion angel group
we're now 50 people in our angel investing group of current + former Notion team members, have really enjoyed bringing together this amazing group of people. if ever hear of someone who might be interested in getting in front of this group of angel investors, let me know.
hi elon musk
i’ve been posting a lot on twitter and linkedin recently and was pretty excited to see elon musk chime in to one of my tweets last week. definitely grateful for all the support!
next play asks
if you want to support me/the next play community (and also unlock a bunch of extra benefits like a private chat, invites to virtual events, a filterable Airtable with job opportunities, and much more), consider subscribing to friends of next play. It’s $10/month and should be worth much more than that. I really appreciate it.
are you in school or part of any alumni groups (undergrad, business schools, etc.)? I’m looking to find ways to help bring next play to more campuses/school networks. Reply to this email and I’ll share more information about ways we could potentially collaborate.
plant wall
totally random, we now have a plant wall at home, super fun putting this together with my wife. working on some tomato and pepper plants next.
most recent podcast
I really enjoyed recording the latest episode of my podcast with Camille Ricketts, my former colleague at Notion (one of the most remarkable people I’ve ever worked with.)
Camille is Partner & Head of Marketing at XYZ Venture Capital, where she invests in product-led growth companies, creator tools, and more. Prior, she was the first marketing hire at Notion, where she helped build out its global brand, strategy, and team. With deep roots in content marketing in particular, she was the first Editor of First Round Review for First Round Capital, managed communications for Tesla Motors, and started as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
joining a breakout startup
I put together slides with thoughts on finding/evaluating early companies + non-traditional ways to join a breakout startup.
closing out
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I’d love to hear any feedback you may have on this newsletter, feel free to reply directly to this email.
Very nice and appreciate those slides, will definitely make sure to ready that a few times over! How many folks do you think there are in Tampa area, I would like to have an in person event there perhaps?