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SUMMARY:NACO Angel Investment Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 18\, 2021 at 10:30 AM MST / 12:30 PM EST for the Edmonton Angel Investment Summit\, a pitch event featuring the most promising Edmonton based angel ready companies. Finalists will take to the virtual stage to showcase their company to an audience of local and national angel investors\, innovators\, and startup supporters. \nFinalists will also get exposure on the international stage at NACO West 2021 on March 30 & 31 – an unparalleled opportunity to showcase Edmonton’s vibrant innovation ecosystem! \nRegister today to get a sneak peek at some of Edmonton’s hottest companies. \nTo reserve your place at the Edmonton Angel Investment Summit\, register here at no cost.
URL:https://futurecite.com/event/naco-angel-investment-summit/
LOCATION:Virtual Online
CATEGORIES:Competition,Entrepreneurs,Finance,Industry,Innovation,Investment,Pitch Competition,Small Business,Social Innovation,Sustainability,Technology,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Valhalla Investment Summit Saskatchewan
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Valhalla Investment Summit Saskatchewan’s main event!\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nThe eight-week Valhalla Investment Summit Saskatchewan culminates in this final event\, where we’ll hear from panel speakers\, pitches from the top five companies\, and of course the live announcement of at least one investment being made into a local Saskatchewan company. \nThe after-party will be held on Discord\, where you’ll have the chance to chat with the companies\, investors\, and folks from around the community. Grab a beer and enjoy! \nAgenda: \n1:00 pm – Welcome \n1:15 pm – Panel: A Founder’s Journey – Learn how these 3 Founders are crushing it and disrupting their industries. \n\nCatherine Metrycki\, Callia\nDustin Coupal\, 54e Dev Studios\nMark Wolff\, MyComply\n\n2:00 pm – Fireside chat: On Alternative Exits – IPOs and M&As are not the only path to exit. Learn what other options you can explore to build an exit path for your investors. \n\nJoe Gill\, McKercher LLP\nRod Brown\, Valhalla Private Capital\n\n2:45 pm – Reverse pitch: Funders to Founders – Meet 6 of the most active funding organizations in the Prairies. Who they are? What they’re looking for? How they invest? Join us and ask your questions. \n\nBluesky Equities\, Broad Street Bulls\, Golden Opportunities\, OKR Financial\, Rhino Ventures\, Wiegers Holdings\n\n3:30 pm – Top 5 Final Pitches – Finally!! The last 5 standing. \n\nArticShelf\, Board Checkup\, memory KPR\, Omnee\, Skill Shark\n\n5:00 pm – Keynote and Fireside Chat \n\nPaul Allen\, CEO\, Soar/ Founder\, Ancestry\nAlicia Soulier\, CEO\, Salon Scale\n\n6:00 pm – Investment announcement \nMeet our Keynote: \nPaul Allen\, CEO\, Soar & Founder\, Ancestry \nPaul coaches and mentors founders who desire to have a positive social impact in the world.He has founded 8 companies–including Soar and Ancestry.com. These companies have employed thousands\, served tens of millions of customers\, and generated billions of dollars in revenue.Paul started out by wanting to be a college professor. He became an “accidental entrepreneur” in 1990 when he built a product with his best friend. By 1996 they made the exclusive Inc. 500 list and after attending the Inc. conference Paul fell in love with entrepreneurship and decided to learn all he could about the art and science of building businesses.Since then\, Paul has read hundreds of books\, attended hundreds of conferences\, and has done hundreds of keynote speeches\, workshops\, and training events.He has even had the privilege of teaching entrepreneurship and internet marketing for 4 years at two major universities.Today\, he runs Soar and mentors founders who believe they can build organizations that can make the world a better place. \n  \nThanks to our partners and sponsors! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTags\n\nOnline Events Online Conferences Online Business Conferences #startup #pitch #angel_investing\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://futurecite.com/event/valhalla-investment-summit-saskatchewan/
LOCATION:Virtual Online
CATEGORIES:Conference,Economy,Entrepreneurs,Finance,Industry,Innovation,Investment,Leadership,Learning,Networking,Pitch Competition,Small Business,Social Innovation,Technology,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20210326T080000
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SUMMARY:Techstars Startup Weekend - Online
DESCRIPTION:About this Event\n\n\nJoin Platform Calgary\, Startup Calgary and Startup Edmonton for a virtual\, fun-filled\, hands-on educational experience that will enable you to build\, validate and launch your tech startup idea over the course of a weekend. Whether you’re a hacker (developer)\, hustler (business/sales) or hipster (designer)\, there is something for you! \nOn the first evening\, you’ll either pitch or join a team around the top ideas. Throughout the course of the weekend\, you’ll work with your teams and coaches to validate and develop a prototype. You’ll present your final product on Sunday evening for a panel of judges and fun startup awards. \nWhy attend? Here’s what you’ll get out of it:\n\nEducation: Startup Weekends are all about learning by doing\, whether you’re learning a new skill or a new way of thinking. Don’t just listen to theory\, build your own strategy and test it as you go.\nCo-Founder Dating: The people who come to Startup Weekend are serious about learning how to build and launch startups. Create relationships that last long past the weekend.\nHave Fun: During the weekend you’ll be working alongside awesome people who share your ideas. Startup Weekend is meant to be fun and entertaining\, so enjoy it!\nSolve Local Problems with your Ideas: Do you think that one of your ideas can change your town or have a positive impact in your group of people? Bring your idea notebook with you and start making a positive change in your local community.\nBuild Your Network: Startup Weekend works hard to recruit high quality\, driven entrepreneurs- like you!\nLearn New Skills: With a whole weekend dedicated to letting your creative juices flow\, Startup Weekends are perfect opportunities to work on a new platform\, learn a new programming language or give marketing a try. With nothing to lose\, there’s no reason not to step outside your comfort zone.\nLearn How to Launch a Business (and Actually Do It!): Startup Weekend is the epitome of Lean Startup Methodology.\nMentorship: Local tech and startup leaders participate in Startup Weekends and give feedback to participants. Interact with the movers and shakers in your community.\nGet Access to Valuable Startup Resources: By participating in Startup Weekend\, you are given instant access to great products and tools. No one leaves a Startup Weekend empty handed!\n\nPlease note: Ideas worked on over the course of the weekend must be new/unique ideas and not previously worked on in any capacity. \n— \nRefund Policy: please reach out to your organizing team for a refund at finance@platformcalgary.com \nTerms and Conditions \nTerms of Participation Agreement: It is our job to provide you with an incredible networking and learning experience. Our intention is that you meet some amazing people that you might start a company with\, learn from mentors as well as learning from your peers. The event is intended to be a collaborative forum for sharing\, learning\, building\, and having fun. As such\, by registering as a participant\, you acknowledge that any ideas shared by you or anyone else over the course of the event are contributions to the overall experience and community. If you’re very concerned\, you can limit your pitch to the rough outline of the idea without giving away key information. \nAs a member of your startup community\, you agree to be inclusive of any and all people and their ideas. You agree to act professionally\, treat everyone with respect\, and treat the event facilities with proper care. You agree that you are responsible in the event of any accidents or damages that you cause. You also agree to not hold Techstars Startup Weekend\, your local volunteer team\, or any of the event supporters liable for any loss\, damage\, injury\, or any other unforeseeable incident. \nBy participating in the event\, you grant Techstars Startup Weekend permission to capture photos/videos of the event. You can find the full legal terms on our Communities Page\, but to summarize\, we want to share your success with the world. \nBy purchasing a ticket to a Techstars Startup Weekend event\, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you have questions please reach out to privacy@techstars.com.
URL:https://futurecite.com/event/techstars-startup-weekend-online/
LOCATION:Virtual Online
CATEGORIES:AI / ML / Data Science,Career Opportunities,Conference,Digital Transformation,Entrepreneurs,Finance,Human Talent,Innovation,Learning,Networking,Pitch Competition,Science,Small Business,Social Innovation,Startups,STEME,Students,Sustainability,Technology,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Space Settlement Entrepreneur - SSEC Competition
DESCRIPTION:About this Event\n\n\nAudience: High-school and Undergraduate-college students \nThe SSEC is an online (virtual) competition for high-school and undergraduate-college students\, interested in the future of space technology and entrepreneurship. Over the course of this 3-5 day online competition event\, students will develop a space-industry start-up company that meets the needs of a newly-designed space settlement (2020’s competition description- https://bit.ly/SSDCIntro). \nStudents will learn about: the entrepreneurial mindset\, marketing\, problem and solution ideation\, business models\, prototyping\, investor pitch decks\, and the all-important elevator pitch. \nDates: Sat\, Mar 20\, 2021\, 1:00 PM – to Sun\, Mar 28\, 2021\, 5:00 PM MDT \nAGENDA (see Tentative agenda at https://www.STEME.org/ssec) \nSaturday\, March 20 \n2:00 PM CST 1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship \n3:00 PM CST 2. [RESEARCH] Landscape of the Space Industry and SSDC \n4:00 PM CST 3. Introduction to SSDC & Problem Spaces (Request for Proposal) \nSunday\, March 21\, 2021 \n2:00 PM CST 4. Introduction to the Pitch Deck & Judges’ Rubric \n2:15 PM CST 5. Assessing a Problem \n3:15 PM CST 6. Developing a Solution \n4:00 PM CST 7. Prototyping \n4:30 PM CST 8. Introduction to Marketing & Customer Proposal & Sales Pitch \nThursday\, March 25\, 2021 \n5:00PM CST SSDC Kick-Off & Training \nFriday\, March 26\, 2021 \n5:00 PM CST 9. Business Model Canvas \n6:30 PM CST 10. Market Research: Customer Needs and Interviews & Meetings \n7:00 PM CST 11. Investor Pitch Deck\, Elevator Pitch\, & Presentation Skills \nSaturday\, March 27\, 2021 \n1:00 PM CST SSDC Panel & Company Pitches \n1:30 PM CST SSDC Company Meetings \nSunday\, March 28\, 2021 \n9:30 AM CST SSDC Company Presentations \n1:00 PM CST SSEC Final Pitch Presentation and Judging \n4:00 PM CST SSDC & SSEC Winners announced \nPricing: $50 (online/virtual competition) \n$40 Early-Bird Pricing \nWITH FULL SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS! \nFor the most up-to-date information\, visit: www.STEME.org/ssec \nIf you are in FINANCIAL NEED and cannot afford to attend but wish to attend\, we urge you to apply for our Scholarship ($50 value): https://bit.ly/SSECScholarship1
URL:https://futurecite.com/event/space-settlement-entrepreneur-ssec-competition/
LOCATION:Virtual Online
CATEGORIES:AI / ML / Data Science,Career Opportunities,Competition,Conference,Entrepreneurs,Human Talent,Industry,Innovation,Learning,Pitch Competition,Robotics,Science,Small Business,Social Innovation,Space Exploration,Startups,Sustainability,Technology,Travel
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