Curious about launching a startup?
Update: From Yorkseed side, we created an intro page to help everyone identify the right people to connect with (It only works if you submitted a working LinkedIn URL when you registered)
Please check this link before the event start : https://yorkseed.co/intro/curious-about-launching-a-startup-nyc-2026-09-12
Thinking about starting something?
Yorkseed and Tison.io are hosting a Saturday afternoon for people who have an idea, or half of one, and want to talk it through with other people at the same stage or someone who’s been through a top Silicon Valley accelerator.
You don't need a deck, a co-founder, or a plan! Just come with an open mindset!
Play pool, or not. Both works!
WHAT TO EXPECT
🕐 Drop in and out any time between 2:00pm and 5:00pm
🎱 A billiards bar in NoMad. We’ll probably grab a Pool table or two so something to do if you don't know anyone yet
💬 Founders who will tell you what the first 3 months, 6 months and 2 years actually looked like
🤝 Real connections. Having other people is the key!
WHO THIS IS FOR
✅ Anyone sitting on an idea they haven't started
✅ People thinking about leaving a job to build something
✅ First-time founders in their first year
✅ Operators curious about the founder route
ABOUT US
Yorkseed is a curated, application-reviewed network of startup founders raising capital and investors actively deploying it. Yorkseed Connect, our deal platform, handles discovery, diligence, and introductions in one place, across 50+ city hubs worldwide.
🔗 yorkseed.co
Tison.io is a mission-driven boutique software and GTM engineering agency working exclusively with bootstrapped and pre-seed founders on the journey from Zero to One. Tison sources its talent from DirectEd Development, an elite academy for top 0.1% African tech prodigy that has collaborations with companies like Lovable, Neo4j and Canva.
🔗 tison.io
🔗 Check out our other NYC founder events this week:
💻 Bootstrapped & Solo Founders Afterwork (Fri, Sep 11)
For founders building with small teams, limited capital, and a focus on customers and revenue.
https://luma.com/uuprbwf6
💡 Curious About Starting a Startup? (Sat, Sep 12)
Talk through your idea with founders who have already taken the first steps.
https://luma.com/6uy57p58
🤝 Co-Founder Speed Dating Picnic (Sun, Sep 13)
Meet potential co-founders, founding hires, and early-stage collaborators.
https://luma.com/1gx7o99r
🛒 Marketplace Founders Afterwork (Mon, Sep 14)
A peer exchange about liquidity, take rates, supply, demand, and marketplace growth.
https://luma.com/hb1r9l8m
📈 Seed-to-Series-A Growth Hacking Exchange (Tue, Sep 15)
Swap real growth experiments, results, costs, and lessons with founders and operators.
https://luma.com/t5yhhipc
🌇 Women Founders Social (Wed, Sep 16)
Close the week with women founders, investors, operators, and allies in the East Village.
https://luma.com/wxew0x7y
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