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!

I love the description that the team shared on Medium (https://joinupstream.medium.com/...), but it is difficult to test because, by design, the communities are closed. The onboarding experience is quite bad since you have to wait for approval to take part in anything that it's not the office hours. Uncontrolled growth could destroy a curated experience such as this, but I would recommend to have, at least, one open community so new uses can enjoy inmmediately.

This is the closest product to a LinkedIn killer we've seen! Been enjoying it.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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 ;)

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.

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

By far the best way to meet new people. Saw “LinkedIn Killer” in another comment and it’s spot on. Great product from a great team

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

Am incredibly impressed with the caliber of talent on this platform! I’m really looking forward to the latest office hours feature.

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

I've heard that it's a LinkedIn killer, right? Gotta check that out!

Upstream has got to be one of the best "social networks" I've come across in years. I have been on the platform for a few months now (I was part of the first round of Beta users I believe), and check it literally daily. I've closed 4 deals (totaling over 6 figures) and have made a handful of new business friends through the platform. My favorite feature? I've seen them all roll out one by one, but the one that knocked my socks off was the networking roulette - where you get matched with random people into a virtual one on one conversation and can make a new connection in under 3 minutes. The quality of the feature was so crisp and impeccable (from the video streaming quality, to the types of people you were matched with in the virtual meeting rooms) and its by far one of the best ways I've met new people and networked during covid thus far. Kudos guys! Amazing work and I'm so honored to be part of this beta journey!

LOVE this product. The Helping and Hiring community is amazing + the Office Hours are something that so many startup founders can benefit from.

Upstream has been amazing at recreating the serendipity of making new professional connections at in-person events, which of course, we haven't been able to do for most of the year. Hopefully, this will be a temporary restriction. Even after we can resume in-person events, Upstream provides a far easier, more efficient, and more targeted way to expand your professional network than attending in-person events: no travel time, no long time commitments, no awkward hello's; just short, focused opportunities to meet other people who all there to do exactly the same thing!

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!

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