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Last week Splacer was proud to support Fiverr’s special celebration of women in one of our downtown loft spaces. It’s always exciting for us to see our spaces “in action” and this event in particular was close to our heart: we love the mission (supporting women artists and entrepreneurs!), the partner (Fiverr, a great marketplace for entrepreneurs and creative people) and the fact that several of our friends and service providers were involved.

The event, titled Artists and Entrepreneurs: a Celebration of Women, featured a panel discussion with some truly inspiring and innovative participants, each one with a unique voice and story to share. They included the lovely and original designer Whitney Falk, founder and CEO of ZZ Driggs and one of our favorite service providers. Moderated by Bethany Heinrich, VP Content & Community at Mogul, Film Producer & Founder of Fabulous and Fighting and Natalie Johnson, Co-Founder of Bottle Bracket & Partner at Paradigm the panel also included Quiana Parks, Visual Artist, DJ & Founder of DJ for a Cure®, Lauren Gerrie, Co-Founder of bigLITTLE Get Together & Personal Chef to Marc Jacobs.

Food and wine were also provided by women-run businesses like Ox Verte, another amazing Splacer service provider, offering a make-your-own salad version with their seasonal grain bowls and the unexpected idea of serving real, seasonal food as a delivery lunch option to your office. Finally, we were particularly impressed by the fact that an event celebrating women in the tech space in NYC managed to attract a truly diverse audience including, yes, you guessed it, men. It was nice to see women not just raising the problem of gender parity, but also offering each other help and support and including everyone in the conversation.

Click here to view more pictures of the event.