events.
i've hosted 100+ events. sixteen-seat dinners, a language exchange that fills a food hall, rooftop happy hours for a hundred. these are the seven i'd put on the wall.
100+
events thrown
2,000+
people in the room
3
cities this year
[01] the ones i'd put on the wall
· chicago
Sip & Speak x Gangnam Market ↗
with Gangnam Market · Gangnam Market food hall
250 people
vol 005. we took over a whole food hall for a night market: a paper passport with stamp stations for Korea, Japan and China, calligraphy, mahjong, hanbok try-ons. 250 people came through on zero dollars of marketing.
· chicago
The Formal ↗
3rd Space Social · experience 30
experience 30 of 3rd Space Social. black tie, the whole community in one room, a toast with the mic, everyone on the staircase for the photo. the night the company felt like a scene.
· nyc
Apps After Hours ↗
with Verci · TikTok · Adapty · Verci Flatiron rooftop
300+ signed up
NYC Tech Week. a rooftop happy hour with TikTok and Verci at golden hour, 300 people signed up, Midtown behind everyone. i brought Verci to the table and spent the night interviewing builders on camera.
· chicago
Chicago2Create, event 2
with Chicago2Create · a loft in Chicago
60 creators
the second one. 60 creators in one loft, hosted with some of my best friends, three months after my first event ever pulled 20 people. this is the night i realised i could fill a room.
· chicago
Off Script, take 001 ↗
Ambar
16 seats
a dinner series for the most ambitious young creators and founders in Chicago. sixteen seats, one long table, a printed program, polaroids signed like a yearbook, every take shot on film.
photo: Tali de la Luz
· chicago
HGVC x Adapty ↗
with Hot Girls Who Vibe Code · Adapty · the Salt Shed rooftop
~100 people
app builders, mimosas and pilates on a rooftop. i taught a hundred people how to build their first mobile app. maybe the craziest dev event you've ever seen.
· nyc
App Leaders Party ↗
with FunnelFox · TikTok · ContentJet · Adapty · Skylark, 30th floor
228 signed up
the unofficial RAGA afterparty during NY App Week. 228 signed up, 46 made it past the door, Midtown lit up through the windows. i worked the room and the guest list.
[02] with Adapty
my job at Adapty is developer advocate. a big part of it is getting app builders in a room. the whole 2026 run, in one place:
route: chicago · nyc · chicago · tokyo · nyc
chicago
HGVC x Adapty
with Hot Girls Who Vibe Code · the Salt Shed rooftop
my part: co-organized, taught the workshop
~100 people
event page ↗nyc
Apps After Hours
with TikTok · Verci · Verci Flatiron
my part: brought Verci in, filmed the night
300+ signed up
recap ↗chicago
After Hours Cafe
with Pie · Pie HQ · Chicago Tech Week
my part: came up with it, hosted it
35 showed up
the post ↗tokyo
Japan Builders Coworking
17th floor, Shibuya
my part: organized and hosted it solo, Adapty's first event in Japan
13 builders
nyc
Founders Dinner
with GlossKit · Marseille · NY App Week
my part: brought the partnership in
nyc
App Leaders Party
with FunnelFox · TikTok · ContentJet · Skylark · NY App Week
my part: on the team, not the host
228 signed up
event page ↗
and online, in the App Leaders Discord
vibe-coding 101 · live build, 17 in the room
WWDC keynote watch party · live reactions, then a deck on the updates that matter for apps
roast my marketing · with David Attias
founder AMA with AppKittie
must-have AI skills for building monetization flows · webinar with Max Borisik. one prompt to a finished paywall, live
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