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May 27, 2024

How to survive event season

Sifted editor Amy Lewin shares her top tips for getting through a fun — but often stressful — event season

From now until July, Sifted reporters are going to be scattered across Europe attending and speaking at various tech events — along with plenty of Startup Life readers, we’re sure.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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