May 2013
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Developers Wanted for a Startup
Looking for mobile developer(s) (preferably a team of 4-5 developers) to work with university researcher(s) to start a new company to develop, market, and launch a mobile app that builds on visualization technology. The application will merge a variety of data sets to assess aircraft wake disturbances and to output a risk assessment/map/indicator/alarm for pilots. The initiative will take the...
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Get Started on a Side-Project or Company with...
I know a lot of you are starting or are thinking about starting something. Now you can connect with others who do as well so you can start with the right team on FounderDating. FD (no, it’s not romantic) is an invite-only, online network for entrepreneurs to start side projects & connect with cofounders. I see a bunch of you already on there already. They network is/has: 1) High caliber...
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Welcome Wagon: Claude Schneider
Claude Schneider
(BM: Welcome Claude! This is a self-submitted “welcome wagon” post. Add your own welcome wagon by reading here »)
Website / Blog: http://about.me/claudeschneider (I have too many sites, all listed there!)
Twitter handle: @claudeschneider Instagram: @claudeschneider
What do you do? Web app development, UX, product management, dance/model photography
Where...
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Ruby on Rails "Deep Dive" Workshop - June 2013
Discover why so many top companies are using Ruby on Rails to create the most powerful web applications on the market today.
It’s time now to improve your application and skills by learning a set of widely used gems, tools and techniques that will make your developer more solid, better-tested and easily extendable Rails application. You can bring your current app or start new one from...
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Pub Summit Nanaimo: An exciting peak into what's... →
This is a short, visual post about the May 10th Pub Summit hosted by Innovation Island in Nanaimo’s Fibber Maggee’s pub. One of several #PubSummits happening around the globe (and the only one in Canada!), this was a chance for West Coast startups to pitch to potential investors and to a team of judges. At the end of the evening, one of the startups would be going to Dublin for the...
April 2013
7 posts
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Startup Digest + VanCal
I was recently made aware how much of a pain in the ass it is to submit events for the Vancouver Startup Digest email newsletter using the long and arduous Wufoo form.
To make everyone’s life easier we will now use VanCal for submitting events for Startup Digest consideration.
The required information for an event is:
Name
Date & Time
Location Name & Address
Link to...
PolyglotConf 2013 - May 24th to 26th
PolyglotConf was a huge success last year, the organizers are very happy to announce the return of the second annual PolyglotConf.
PolyglotConf is the “non-denominational” software development un-conference event that encourages software developers from different stacks, background and with different opinions to come together for one day of spontaneous sharing, teaching and...
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Event: Cap Tables and Valuations
Mark Longo is a Partner at Labarge Weinstein. Labarge Weinstein is the preeminent technology law firm in Canada. Recent dealflow includes Shopify, Rypple, Playerize, and Kik.
Mark will be leading a discussion focused on how startup founders and operators can manage the process around fund raising. The talk will centre around how cap tables and valuations are managed throughout the lifetime of a...
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McElroy Flavelle: Free Interns →
mcelroy:
But I think I was wrong. In multiple blasts of 140 characters, a number of people made great points. The summary is really that at scale this practice obliterates minimum wage. Raw supply/demand capitalism takes over, which as a culture we’ve decided to limit in the entry level job market.
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Slides from "SR&ED for Startups" Talk Available
Several people asked me to post the slides from my talk at Launch Academy, SR&ED for Startups. The slides are on SlideShare at http://www.slideshare.net/EdLevinson1/sred-for-agile
Anonymous asked: hi. how do i receive your event emails? thanks
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Processing 101
I am putting together a Processing workshop at the Hive this coming Thursday (April 4th). The workshop will run from 6pm to 10pm. The focus is to introduce designers, artists and people who are not super technical to the Processing framework. We have a nice group put together so far - a lot of different creative professionals with a few programmers to help out. There is approximately 10 seats...
March 2013
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Lessons Learned with Steve Cadigan Wrap Up →
We’ve created a collection of many of the tweets, images, and other comments on the event with Steve Cadigan last night.
Please check out Storify and add your own comments and thoughts on the event, rate the Meetup, or leave a comment below to give us feedback.
Thanks to everyone for coming out to make the event a success, and most especially to Steve who gave such an amazing talk.
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Softletter's SaaS University Comes to Seattle, May...
The leading event dedicated to enabling companies to succeed in SaaS and Cloud applications. Five keynotes, five tracks, 26 sessions, four workshops. Tracks include “Integrating Analytics and Community into Your Services;” “SaaS Finances and Operatons” (including M&A and key metrics), “Marketing and Selling SaaS and new track, Wearables/M2M and Cloud Applications....
February 2013
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Audio: How To Talk To Your Lawyer
Earlier last month, an event called How To Talk To Your Lawyer was host by Martin Ertl of Contractually.
Audio of the event has been uploaded to SoundCloud.
Roland Tanglao was also kind enough to create notes of the event:
Martin Ertl, recovered lawyer, founder at: Contractually and Navarik - SAAS for the oil industry
Talking to lawyers for entrepreneurs can be scary
Dispelling fear and...
Startup Grind / Startup Weekend / LadyCoders /...
Hi All,
There are four upcoming tech events that need some community support to get off the ground. If any of these are appealing to you, please get in touch with the organizer directly.
Startup Grind The team from Startup Grind just completed a successful run in the Valley (http://startupgrind.com/) and are looking to replicate the magic in Vancouver. They had some heavy hitting speakers in...
Connect w/ Amazing People in Vancouver to Start...
Hey fellow entrepreneurs, Some of you may have already heard about FounderDating (no, it’s not romantic), but for those of you who haven’t I wanted to let you know about it. FounderDating (FD) is an invite-only, online network for entrepreneurs to connect with cofounders in Vancouver and elsewhere. Why FD?
High Quality - members are carefully screened for quality and readiness (no...
Connect w/ Amazing People to Start Side-Projects &...
Hey guys, If anyone is interested in working on some serious side projects or collaborating with other entrepreneurs, there’s an online curated network called FounderDating that’s accepting applications by February 27th for Vancouver. Here’s a link with more information: http://bit.ly/WjXq5K
Cheers,
Benji
Startup Grind in YVR opportunity
Hey guys - Derek (the founder of Startup Grind) is looking for someone to possibly start a chapter in Vancouver. It’s a pretty cool and growing community (their SFO event last week has Clayton Christensen, Steve Blank, and a few other big wigs), if anyone is interested, or know someone who is, shoot me an email andreimpop(at)gmail and I’ll connect you directly.
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Twilio Meetup Vancouver | Feb 13, 2013 →
First Vancouver Twilio meetup (and new Meetup group), at Raised Eyebrow Web Studio.
LinuxFest NorthWest - show some Linux love in ...
http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/
LFNW: It’s about the community!
LinuxFest Northwest is entering its 14th year! 2012 was our most successful event yet, with around 1200 attendees over the weekend. And 2013 will be undoubtedly our biggest change yet. We’ll have a new building, larger Exhibit Hall, and bigger presentation rooms! Look at our history, or visit the 2012 archive site for...
January 2013
11 posts
Hackathon:
Yworld is hosting our first Hackathon to show off our Beta release and spur innovation among programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs everywhere!
What: A contest involving real-time messaging using Yworld’s WebSocket library.
When: Friday February 1, 2013 from 12-2 PM
Where: UBC’s Fred Kaiser building, Room 4018. Here’s a map!
Who: Registration is open to everyone! We have invited students...
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Front-end Web Developer for Growing E-Commerce...
Front-end Web Developer for Growing E-Commerce Start Up
— 6 month full-time employment; May lead to permanent employment. —
We are looking for a passionate Front-end Web Developer to support ethicalDeal into its next phases of growth. Recent graduates with a couple years experience are encouraged to apply.
ethicalDeal was born out of a mission of making green mainstream. Our flash...
Event Organizers Take Note : Atendy is here!
Hi Everyone,
I was just asked by Boris to promote our startup on here - so here I go.
I’m co-founder of a Canadian based start-up called Atendy. We’re working with leading event organizers around the world to provide best in class, white label, event management software. We launched in August of last year and our first client/partner was Facebook. Check out their event...
Sports Hack in Seattle this Weekend!!
Hi All,
Couple of us are heading down to Seattle on Friday for http://sportshackday.com/ if you are interested in coming down too fire me an email at jesse@id8.ca
Talk soon Jesse
Vancouver Open Data Day Hackathon at City Hall
Come hack on open data at City Hall with hackers, designers, city staff and others from across the region!
This event is part of the global Open Data Day events happening across the globe!
Details: http://vodd2013.eventbrite.ca
Topic ideas:
Air quality sensor networks
Business license data standards
Landlord infraction data
Wheredoesmymoneygo instance for Vancouver
Oil Tanker traffic data
...
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Do you own a Start-up?
Do you own a start-up? Would you use a web-based service to streamline your corporate governance? Invite founders, shareholders, directors, advisors, early stage employees? Would you benefit from inviting your lawyer, to upload and review documents? Would your lawyer do this? Please help us out by answering a few questions in the following two surveys: Do you own a Start-up?: ...
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BC Open Data Summit - Feb 19 - opendatasummit.ca
Organizations worldwide are realizing the benefits of openness. Many have open data projects in the works. As organizations adopt open data, they are developing solutions to a number of legal, privacy, technical and resourcing challenges and developing policies and best practices in response to the challenges.
What are the emerging best practices for open data? What value is being generated right...
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Ruby on Rails Starters Course in Vancouver by...
Discover how so many of the top companies are using Ruby on Rails to create the most powerful web applications on the market today.
During this 6-week workshop, you will be challenged to conceptualize a web application and take it all the way from its idea stage through to completion. As you work your way through the various stages of this course, you’ll have the option to work independently or...
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Event: How To Talk To Your Lawyer
Martin Ertl is the CEO of Contractually as well as a recovering lawyer.
We will be putting on a curated session on January 17, 2013 at 6pm for technologists on how to talk to their lawyers. Here is an initial set of topics that will be covered:
When do I need a lawyer?
How do I tell a good lawyer from a bad lawyer?
How can I inform myself of pricing and services?
How do I give good...
Managing your startup
A great collection of articles around managing your startup.
http://platformsandnetworks.blogspot.ca/2012/12/managing-startups-best-posts-of-2012.html?m=1
December 2012
5 posts
Don't be afraid of the enterprise
As someone who specializes in enterprise sales, this article rang really true. I feel that the app/service in the consumer space is what is heralded and spoken about most. Enterprise is seen as hard to break into, but I don’t think that is true. We had a brief discussion about it on Twitter (apologize if I didn’t use Storify right…first time) but nothing was really settled (can...
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Startup Riot Atlanta and Access BC by BCIC
I attended Startup Riot in Seattle and found it to be an awesome event (here’s a blog write up).
We had 10 companies from Vancouver attend, and I think everyone got great value from attending, and from the experience of getting feedback on pitching.
The next Startup Riot event takes place in Atlanta in February 2013. If you want to attend, you can apply here »
Now, you’re...
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Mozilla world-wide apps hack day January 26th →
You may not have heard yet, but Mozilla is hosting a world-wide apps hack day on January 26th 2013 at something like a dozen locations. The Vancouver edition will be held at the Hive.
This event is free, includes swag & prizes, and is mainly focused on generating interest among web developers in Firefox OS / Marketplace.
The Vancouver edition will also have a slightly home-town flair because...
Great office space sublet for 6 months for two...
Check it out here:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/off/3470145153.html
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Notes from the Barn Raising about Pitching (22...
(via @Ed Levinson)
At the barn raising event a small group (Dave Brown, Ed Levinson, Campbell MacDonald, Tea Nicola, Tom Radcliffe (new in town) and Jenn) met to discuss ways that we could improve pitch events in Vancouver.
Our first conclusion was that entrepreneurs routinely make several different types of pitches:
1. to investors. These are usually somewhat formal events where the...
November 2012
13 posts
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Welcome Wagon: Ben Komalo
Ben Komalo @benkomalo (Google+)
Works at Khan Academy (@khanacademy)
What do you do?
I’m a dev for Khan Academy! We’re working to create a free online learning platform for learners everywhere. I work on a bunch of different stuff there, but I’ve historically worked with web and mobile (Android) technologies.
Where are you from?
I grew up in the Toronto area and graduated...
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StartupStay: How To Meet Entrepreneurs, Gain Local...
Entrepreneurs are hard-working, focused people and, many times, they find themselves in a pretty lonely journey.
When my partner and I set up our first company in Dublin (2008), naturally we had 1,000 more questions than when we started our latest one. While travelling, we thought it would be phenomenal to meet other local entrepreneurs and learn more about “business”, exchange...
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What is Open Coffee Club? (launching in Vancouver)
Open Coffee Club is a casual gathering of people involved in founding, operating or funding startups. The format is similar to Startup Drinks, but in the morning and with coffee. The first Open Coffee Club was formed in 2007 by Saul Klein, an investor in London, UK. The idea quickly spread to dozens of cities around the world. Saul explains the Open Coffee idea in depth within a blog post:...
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Welcome Wagon: Tera Kristen
Tera has already been spotted out and about participating in a lot of local events, and wrote a great Newcomer’s Guide to Vancouver Startup Community. Welcome, Tera! -BM
Tera Kristen, http://terakristen.com, @terakristen
What do you do? I’m an online community builder - meaning that I love connecting companies with their customers through online communications and content...
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Notes from the Barn Raising
For starters, it seems a lot of people were disappointed at the lack of lumber and ropes (virtual or otherwise) that are a hallmark of a “real” barn raising, since they hadn’t heard the term before.
I used the phrase because it means a “collective action of the community”. And it was great to see so many community members come out and show their willingness to take...
Mack Flavelle in a bunny suit for PeaceGeeks!
So there I was walking down Water St and of course, I ran into Mack. He was in a lovely tailored outfit from IndoChino. When I asked him why he was wearing a suit, his response was typical Mack, “because I like messing with people”. He went on to say that one day I might even spot him in a bunny suit, instead of a real suit.
This got me thinking. What would we have to do to make that...
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Random Hacks of Kindness - Dec 1 & 2, 2012 at...
Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global movement that connects developers from around the world with local non-profit organizations to help solve technological challenges. This year, PeaceGeeks is excited to host the first RHoK event in Vancouver, presented by EMC.
The Vancouver event will open the evening of November 30th with a reception and project presentation. This will be followed by a...
ExpressionEngine Meetup, Wed, Nov. 28
Season’s greetings!
It’s the last meetup of the year for the ExpressionEngine folks. Meetup leader Travis Smith attended the 2012 ExpressionEngine Summit in Austin, and will be bringing his notes. Hot topics from the conference: What is efficient development? Are you getting what you want out of EE’s stock tools; there are ways to stretch them further. Peel back the hood and dig into EE’s...
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FounderDating Vancouver
FounderDating is a premier online network for entrepreneurs to connect with cofounders. The deadline to apply to FounderDating’s very first round in Vancouver is coming up on November 14th. You can apply here: http://members.founderdating.com/application
Why apply to FounderDating?
Extremely high quality network- founders or early employees from: Stackmob, Snapfish, Zynga, Gilt and Loggly,...
How to use Google+ for Business - from the...
On July 7 I attended the Social Media + Mobile Marketing Unplugged conference in Vancouver #SMUplugged. SM Unplugged is a case study based conference that brings together leading marketers to share their real world strategies thru winning marketing campaigns from the digital trenches.
Lindsay Smith @techlinz, a Top Forty Under 40 (as awarded by the Business In Vancouver Magazine), Chief Geek/CEO...
Well funded startup is hiring iOS Mobile...
The bad news: the IT community in Vancouver has been affected by a number of companies closing their doors recently.
The good news: Silicon Valley startups are expanding fast and they started hiring in Vancouver. Here is a role is with one of the most talked about companies at SXSW 2012. Founded in 2011, the company was part of the AngelPad accelerator program and has been featured in the New...
Lean Startup Conference Simulcasts in Vancouver
Like many of you I am extremely excited about the Lean Startup Conference happening in San Francisco but am unfortunately unable to attend it in person this year. However fear not! We will be hosting live-streams of the conference at three locations right here in Vancouver so you won’t miss a thing.
Thanks to the good folks at Mozilla, Work @ Play and The Network Hub, who have offerred up...
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“For all those that scoff us drinking NABOB Coffee, turns out it was founded in...”
– Twitter / rob_ellis: For all those that scoff us …
Gastown has quite the history of entrepreneurship. Glad we have @Revolver_Coffee now ;)
October 2012
6 posts
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Node Brigade #1. An evented I/O event! →
The first Node Brigade meetup is here! Thursday, November 1st, at The Hive.
