Thanks so much @nickabouzeid for hunting us. Hi Product Hunt - We're excited to introduce you to Upstream! I'm Alex, the co-founder.  Upstream is the best way to grow your professional network. You join communities, give and get help, attend events to meet other professionals, and spend meaningful time together. Upstream is what LinkedIn Groups would be if it was started today. It's everything I wish I had when I was starting my career. Over the last few months, we have welcomed 40+ communities to the platform. The most popular experience on Upstream has been attending Upstream Events. Upstream Events are the best use of 20 minutes while working from home. You can RSVP and attend an event, hear from someone smart in a sector you care about, and then be matched with a few people for five minute 1:1 video chats with people who share interests with you. We launch today with a new Event format - Office Hours. A bit of history, my co-founder @BaconSeason and I met on virtual office hours on http://Ohours.org in 2011. Launching this feature brings us full circle. We know how powerful serendipitous meetings can be. We have 30+ amazing people that have already scheduled Office Hours that you can discover in the app (from VCs, Founders, Reporters, etc). We are building the “Third place for Professionals” where we turn to go interact with peers, meet new ones, and spend meaningful time together. Hit us up if you want to build a community, host Office Hours, make an ask, or chat. This is just the beginning. We'd love to get your feedback and we're happy to answer questions!

This is the best professional networking platform/community I've used. After using it initially and meeting the founder @ajt I had to invest. My community is now over 300 active investors, I've run 14 events, helping to connect over 500 professionals using their digital speed dating functionality. The next big thing.

Love this app! Already met some key candidates in the Covid Jobs community, and can't wait to join more "live virtual" events. Serious disruption in how virtual events actually connect "attendees" rather than just having everyone passively listen to a boring panel while they eat lunch. Well done!

Most virtual events that I have attended over the last few months have been weak on community/networking and were missing that ability to serendipitously make new professional connections. I have been using Upstream to meet new people and have been really impressed!

Upstream is the best tool I've found to bring together groups of people remotely and let them interact one-on-one in a low pressure way. It's the closest thing we have right now to creating random high value interactions (like you'd have at a conference) with other interesting people.

I've been using Upstream for the past few months and met awesome people through it. Highly recommended for networking!

I've been beta testing upstream for many months now and I've really enjoyed the community and the great people that i've interacted on the platform. Alex and team are building something unique that will benefit those that engage on the app.

I'm an early beta user, and I have to say -- this is mobile LinkedIn, and it's long overdue. Great job @ajt and team on the official launch!

Early beta user. Looked forward to seeing each update. The ability to test and iterate on the needs of the users was impressive. Excited to continue to attend events built on top of upstream.

Congrats on the launch!

It has been my favorite way to meet people all year. I also host the Serial Marketers community on Upstream and love it.

Humans I've met thru Linkedin = 0, Humans I've met thru Upstream = dozens

Great product Alexander. We met back in NYC! Can I get an accesscode to login to Upstream?

Congrats Alex!

Fortunate to have been an early user. Intuitive UI/UX makes coming back and participating in communities and events that much easier and ENGAGING. While IRL networking is non-existent because of COVID, @ajt and the team have made it simple, straightforward, and, dare I say, fun for professionals to connect. Lest not we forget, 'networking' is a dirty word usually associated with forced conversation, stale food, bland conference halls, and hard-to-find exit signs. Upstream starts and ends with people and I'm confident this first entree into its founding is the start of something bigger and better.

I've really enjoyed using upstream the past few months, met some awesome people, and am excited to explore Office Hours now! nice job @ajt @baconseason

As an early tester of this product, I love it. Perfect solution to expand your professional network during covid times.

We've been running foundersfridaynyc.com on Upstream for the past couple months, and what's stood out is the pace of improvements. It's insane how much @ajt and team ship. More of a general question; what's your process for shipping new features, and what would you recommend to other teams who want to ship more, faster? It seems you're doing a few things differently from others! Anyway, I'm rooting for this to be the thing that LinkedIn *should* have been if it was invented in 2020. Considering LinkedIn hasn't released anything new to improve their product in about 10 years, thinking Upstream has a shot ;)

I really love all the people I've met so far at the Upstream events. Alex and his team have done an amazing job developing the technology, process, events, and community to make sure it's an enjoyable experience for everyone involved. In a world of "Zoom-fatigue," I look forward to my weekly Upstream events! Great job team!

Been on Upstream since the very early days and have made so many new, quality connections, from VC's to Brand Managers. Alex has worked day and night, talking to all of his users, to make Upstream such a quality platform. I can't express how happy I am that Alex and his team get to share Upstream with the world. Linkedin has dropped significantly in quality over the past year+, and I'm 100% confident that Upstream will seamlessly step into its place with a platform that solves creating meaningful connections, the right way.