​The SHS Student Startup Club is hosting a special guest speaker event featuring Andre Bento, Partnerships Lead at Contra.

​Join us for a live Q&A online with Andre, where students can ask questions about careers, startups, business development, freelance digital work, event hosting, public speaking, and networking.

​This is a great opportunity for high school and college students to connect with a real business professional and get any questions answered live.

​Please come prepared with at least one question that can't simply be answered by googling.

​About Andre

​Andre Bento works at Contra, a freelance networking platform based in San Francisco, primarily handling partnerships and account management roles. He serves as Partnerships Lead at Contra, focusing on building and managing partnerships. Before Contra, Bento was a Business Development Representative II at CrowdRiff (Feb 2023–Jul 2024), specializing in social media trends and relationships with marketing leaders.

​Andre has previously directed the Design your Dreams | v0 x Contra Challenge - Skylight @ The Refinery in Brooklyn, an AI design competition with $5,000 in prizes collaborating Vercel's v0 and Contra.

​LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrefbento/

​Contra Profile: https://contra.com/bento/work

​Who is this event for?

• ​Stamford Students

• ​Motivated individuals with interest in event hosting, freelance work, community building, sales relationships, creative work, software development, networking, public speaking, or career development - and more.

​Sign up ASAP - we only have 20 spots available.
Signing up with a personal email is preferred.

​Have a guest speaker you think may want to attend?

​Fill out our form at https://tally.so/r/yPD4Vg. We're happy to expand industries and sectors past just startups.

​Questions?

​Contact Melany Carias or Nicholas Sutin for inquiries or requests.

​P.S. we're organizing something big involving NYC Founders and VCs. Stay in the loop if you want to hear about it.