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April 2, 2024
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Wild Hudson 1:25 PM

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set the channel description: A place to post upcoming events that might be of interest to the community.

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Wooded Ashokan 1:47 PM

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Pastoral Shawangunk 2:02 PM

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Tranquil Catskill 2:16 PM

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Verdant Wittenberg 2:36 PM

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Lush Adirondack 2:37 PM

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Tuesday April 16 will be the next product market fit meetup, held at CoWork Kingston. We'll be helping Matt Tallarico of Inverge with ideas to help grow their enterprise sales. https://www.meetup.com/hudson-valley-product-market-fit-group/events/300060337/

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Tranquil Wittenberg 2:22 PM

Thank you, . It's great to meet you. And thanks for the comment about my earrings. They look a little wild in this photo but I love them.

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Lush Adirondack 2:01 PM

Good morning--we're one week out from this event! It's going to be a working group about enterprise sales & partnerships--validating assumptions about a target market and brainstorming around how to connect with new partners that can help them connect with more e-commerce shops.

Anyone who enjoys talking business, is interested in getting into entrepreneurship or product management or just finds these topics interesting is welcome to join!

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Tranquil Wittenberg 7:00 PM

This is so cool. I had no idea these events were happening. I hope to make it.

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Lush Adirondack 12:11 AM

thanks , so nice to meet you!

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Lush Adirondack 12:11 AM

also I love your earrings!

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Mountainous Awosting 2:42 PM

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Wooded Esopus 2:44 PM

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