Propel After Hours · No Program, Just the Room
No panel. No pitches. No name tags. Just the room.
Who we are. Propel Earth has run 100+ events and built a network of 36,000+ founders, investors, operators, and service providers across six continents. We are not an events company. We are an outcomes company that happens to use rooms.
Everything else we run has an agenda. This one does not. Come, drink something, talk to whoever is interesting, leave when you want.
This exists because not everyone worth knowing wants to sit through programming. Our social rooms have pulled 427 at LABYRINTH, 2,563 at Above Fridays and 1,916 at Founders x Investors Night. People show up for this.
Still matched, just quietly. Tell us what you are building when you register and we will point you at two or three people worth finding. No badges, no forced rounds, no host with a microphone. Just a name and why.
Who comes
Founders, investors, operators and the people who make New York actually work. Anyone who has been to a Propel event, and anyone they bring.
Bring someone. The best rooms we run are the ones where people brought a friend. Bring one.
Tickets
General admission, free.
Bring a guest, free.
Room Sponsor, 2,500 dollars. Your brand on the night, product in people’s hands, photo and video from Nik, and the full guest list within 48 hours.
Free for Propel Private Network members.
Dinner is highly encouraged, the kitchen at The Wilson is excellent. Come hungry and stay late.
What Propel actually does for you
1 · Innovation in Public, our GTM accelerator. For founders who already have a product ready to sell and need go to market: content, distribution, and more sales. Four weeks, twice a week, building in public, closing with a public showcase at Propel Demo Day in front of an investor room. Applications for the next cohort are open at this link.
2 · The Propel Private Network. Stop networking. Start getting matched. Every month we personally hand you three introductions chosen for what you need right now — someone who can pay you, hire you, or move your company forward. It works both ways: you go into the pool too. Founding rate $200/mo, first 25 members, locked for life → Claim a founding membership
3 · Propel Community Coworking x Wayo Club. Come Wednesday night, then come back Thursday and build. Full workdays at The Wilson with our partner Wayo Club, founded by Jason Malefakis. Wayo is a curated community workspace network where members work from premium venues alongside thoughtfully selected founders, operators, and consultants they can collaborate with, refer, hire, or do business with. Attendees typically report being 1.5 to 2x more productive than working from home or a cafe, and leave with 2 to 3 meaningful connections. Lunch is included. Register with us → Propel Community Coworking 1.0 · Get a Wayo Community Workday membership · Join the Wayo Anytime waitlist
4 · Featured Founder. Build your founder or service-provider profile on Propel and we will give you one additional intro on us → propel.earth/featured-founders
On camera: Nik Michael, host of the Pivot Point podcast, is shooting photography, video, and follow up interviews with select attendees. Nik is a licensed clinician with more than thirty years in counseling and decades in business, education, and investing, and his show explores the moments where transformation begins. Watch the show on YouTube · Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts · More at counselingtherapy.com/pivotpoint. Want to be featured, reach out to him directly.
Newsletter → propelearth.beehiiv.com · Propel Earth → propel.earth · Questions, text Stephen at 516 307 6380.
About The Wilson
The Wilson NYC is a popular American comfort-food restaurant and bar located in NoMad/Chelsea. While the restaurant does not hold traditional culinary stars (like Michelin), it acts as a highly-rated, frequent event space for awards shows and local hospitality honors due to its event duplex and outdoor patio.
The Wilson has also been celebrated for supporting its employees through the One Fair Wage
What Propel does, and what it has produced
Nine ways we connect this network. Every one of these is a room we have already run.
Founders and Investors. We put founders in rooms with the people who write checks. Demo Night NYC ran in front of 35+ investors. Founders x Investors Night at PhD Lounge, the Funders x Founders High Line Walk, the Harvard Club Investment Dinner, and the NYTW Pitch Competition with 800+ registrations. Every monthly mixer does the same thing at a smaller scale, which is why we cap the room and match you before you arrive.
Founders and Service Providers. You tell us what you need and we match you to someone vetted who does it. Legal, tax, engineering, design, growth, operations. Our Founders Meet Providers rooms exist for exactly this, and the Propel Marketplace runs it year round. Featured provider this month is Moshe Cohen, CPA, offering a 30 minute startup tax and finance session for $120. Book a session or browse the marketplace
Work with Stephen directly. A 45 minute strategy call for funded founders raising, investors deploying, and enterprises trying to get into the startup ecosystem. Book a strategy call, browse the marketplace50
Hiring and Talent. Our Tech Job Fair and Developer Job Fair each brought over 150 engineers and operators into the room. That now runs continuously on Propel Earth Jobs, where employers, candidates, and referrers all work in one place. Post a role or find one
Product Launches. We launch products to the whole network. The ConnNext App Launch Party pulled 475 registrations, the largest event we have ever run. BECOMEFAMOUS.AI pulled 222. If you are launching something and you need a room, reply to this and we will build it.
Capital and Family Office. The capital side of the network. Our Private Markets Discussion Panel drew 280 registrations and Family Office Crypto with Forum Pay brought allocators into the room. These are smaller rooms with higher stakes. See the next one
Masterclasses and Info Sessions. Free, online, and taught by specialists who actually do the work. Our Social Impact Cohort Info Session drew 297 registrations. TRIIBE TALK on branding drew 157. Tax, legal, fundraising, and go to market, taught by operators. See the calendar
The GTM Accelerator. Four weeks for founders who already have a product ready to sell and need go to market help: content, distribution, and more sales. You get a dedicated BDR, a custom digital asset kit, and a public showcase in front of the room. Our last cohort presented at Demo Day to 35+ investors. August applications are open and you can see how we represented the last cohort
The Social Rooms. Not everything is a pitch. Foundersgiving Party and Pitch Roast drew 381 people. LABYRINTH at Hotel Chelsea drew 309. Above Fridays Rooftop Networking, Holiday Chemistry Night, and Bowling and Business. These are the rooms where relationships actually form, and they are the reason the other eight verticals work.
Community Coworking. Come to the mixer on Wednesday, then come back Thursday and actually build. Full workdays at The Wilson with our partner Wayo Club, coffee and lunch included. Register here
The Private Network, the thread through all of it. Every vertical above runs on the same engine. You tell us what you need, we find the person, we make the introduction in writing. Members receive three curated introductions every month plus free entry to every mixer and select special events. $200 per month, and the first 25 founding members lock that rate for life. Join here
Want to sponsor a room? One sponsor per event so it never feels crowded. Email stephen@propel.earth
Media Consent
Photography and Video Acknowledgement. By registering for and attending this event, you acknowledge that Propel Earth (the "Organizer") may record the session (including video, audio, and chat transcripts). You grant the Organizer a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, and distribute any such recordings or photographs for promotional, educational, or commercial purposes. You waive any right to inspect or approve the finished product and understand that no compensation will be provided for your appearance in these materials. Attendance at the event shall be deemed as conclusive evidence of your agreement to these terms.
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