FOMO Berlin: August 21 - August 27

Weekly newsletter keeping you up to date on the coolest events for tech & culture in Berlin

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Cephas from FOMO
August 21, 2023

Hi, Berliners 👋

This weekend was hooooot 🔥 Spend my Saturday the whole day @Flughafensee - interesting experience, but I can't complain 😎 

This week I have something truly special for you 🤩 I am finally organizing the first FOMO Berlin event. It's an exclusive event for selective founders, investors, and FOMO community friends.

TL;DR: 🛥🍽🥂🕶🤍

We kept some spots available for YOU. So sign up here and be ready for one of your top summer highlights in 2023!

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  • AiDiA Afrodeutscher Startup Pitch l 2. September, 4 pm - The biggest event in DACH for Black founders will be in Hamburg. Open to everyone and a very good reason to visit Hamburg 😍

  • Berlin Vice 2023 l 5. September, 5 pm - 120-180 selective founders will come together to set sail on an epic adventure. Presented by ARRtist, Gong, torq.partners, and Cremanski & Company

  • TEDxTUBerlin l 9. September - The Power of Perspective at the amazing KantGaragen. Experience 6 speakers from different paths coming together for this TEDx event in your city.

What did you FOMO last week 📸 ?

5 Years RecordJet & 10 Years Openers exclusive b-day party. Thank you for the invite Caroline and for allowing me to bring 2 FOMO Berlin community members with me @anastasia.barn & @alex.nicolaus

FOMO Top Picks of the Week 🔥

The events below are the ones I am aiming to attend this week if I find the time for it:

  • CO-FOUND: SUMMER EVENT | 6:00 pm - Truth Founders is celebrating their 10 Year Anniversary and is inviting you all. Use the code FOMOBerlin10 for a 10% discount, or hit me up to be on the Guestlist (3 spots).

  • Mompreneurs | 6:30 pm - AiDiA and Sandra Lambeck invite you for an evening full of inspiration, honesty, and valuable encounters discussing motherhood, mental health, and business

  • FOMO Launch Event - TL;DR: 🛥🍽🥂🕶🤍 Exclusive event for selective founders, investors, and FOMO supporters. Sign up here if you want to get more info

The FOMO Berlin Week 💙 (21.8 - 27.8):
Monday 21st

  • Gründerinnn Meetup | 6:30 pm - Get to know other founders in Berlin at the Businettes Club Berlin Meetup. With the right network, the founder's adventure becomes easier, and even a lot of fun!

  • Lesung Hengameh Yaghoobifarah | 7:00 pm - Hengameh will read aloud from the column collection "Habitus" in the Zenner Weingarten. Moderated by journalist Magda Albrecht

Tuesday 22nd

  • Business Frühstück | 10:00 am - This breakfast meetup is for all self-employed women who have already built up a business or are in the process of building a full-time or part-time business

  • PxP Block Party 2023 | 6:00 pm - The founders of PxP Teddy & Fetsum are pumped to bring you some hot, rising newcomer bands in an open-air spectacle during this year's Berliner Kultursommerfestival

  • brafe Tuesday: Drinks & Discussion | 8:00 pm - Gather monthly with the brafe.space community for casual drinks and discussions at their shared space, The Square, following brave Tuesday exchanges

Wednesday 23rd

  • Generative AI Breakfast - LLMs : Where, When, What, and How? | 9:00 am - Join Merantix and Google for the next edition of Generative AI Breakfast with amazing panel discussions and expert guests

  • Startup CTO private dinner | 6:00 pm - Apptension invites you for a Private discussion & networking dinner for technical startup leaders. The topic of the evening: Scaling Your Engineering Teams

  • CO-FOUND: SUMMER EVENT | 6:00 pm - After becoming the #1 Startup Networking & Co-Founding Community in Berlin and around the World! - Truth Founders welcome you ALL to their summer event!

Thursday 24th

  • GDG Cloud Berlin - August Meetup | 6:30 pm - At this monthly GDG Cloud meetup you can expect 2 amazing speakers: Aykut Çevik (CTO, Jooli) & Israel Blancas (Software Engineer, Red Hat)

  • Mompreneurs | 6:30 pm - AiDiA and Sandra Lambeck invite you for an evening full of inspiration, honesty, and valuable encounters discussing motherhood, mental health, and business

  • Positive Planet Kino | 6:30 pm - Go to the breathtaking Ateliers Garden for Positive Planet Kino. An empowering perspective on climate change, inspiring people to have a different vision through cinema

  • BPD - Building a Career with Side Projects | 7:00 pm - Join 100+ Berlin Product Designers in Berlin Products Designers monthly meetup. With a talk by Darshan Gajara, Head of Design at Hypgraph

Friday 25th

  • House Concert | 6:00 pm - Manoj invites you all to spend a cozy evening with him & his musical friends who will play some tunes at a (for now) secret location in Berlin! Bring your own bottle and snacks

  • The Hoxton x COLORSxSTUDIOS – Summer Tour | 6:00 pm - Colors Studios sets up at the Lobby in The Hoxton, Charlottenburg, and will throw an incredible lineup to heat the city up!

  • Sky Mic @ Locke at Eastside Gallery | 7:00 pm - Locke is happy to present 5 amazing artists, 1 Houseband, 1 DJ, Open Jam Session, and a fun Afterparty, this Friday in Friedrichshain!

Saturday 26th

  • Zug der Liebe | 1:00 pm - With the motto: “More love for the world of tomorrow” Zug der Liebe takes over the streets for a demonstration against fascist and totalitarian movements

  • Long Night of Museums | 6:00 pm - The annual Night of Museums is back! A large number of Berlin museums and exhibition venues open their doors to show exhibitions and installations until 2 pm

  • KIEZSALON | 7:00 pm - The Kiezsalon returns to MaHalla with performances by Penelope Trappes, Marcin Pietruszewski as well as Justin Wright. Presented by Digital in Berlin The Wire and taz

Sunday 27th

  • FOMO Launch Event - TL;DR: 🛥🍽🥂🕶🤍 Exclusive event for selective founders, investors, and FOMO supporters. Sign up here if you want to get more info

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