May 30: Pitch Like a Pro – a workshop to perfect your elevator pitch, with Startup Weekend 2011 winner and founder of MyBestHelper, Alexandra Greenhill. (followed by Startup Drinks)
May 30: Startup Drinks Vancouver – a casual gathering of people interested in startups. Come and schmooze.
May 31 – June 2: Startup Weekend, Disruptive Tech – build a startup in 54 hours using new technologies and lean methodologies, with the guidance of accomplished entrepreneurial and technical coaches.
June 13 – July 11: SW-Next Program – a five week mentored program to guide participants through the first steps of building their startup.
Ever wondered what it takes to be an entrepreneur? The professional and personal challenges, the high and lows, the failures and the success? Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures.
It’s a 54-hour mentored event where hardware-engineers, software-developers, graphic-designers, and business people come together, pitch ideas, form teams, build products, and create startups all in a single weekend.
The event culminates in a competition where these newly formed startups present their venture to judges for fame and prizes.
Startup Weekend provides an unprecedented level of networking, team building, learning, and life changes for its attendees and their communities. Sometimes a company emerges, sometimes one doesn’t, but every time people leave with more experience, insight, knowledge, friends, and resources than they came with.
This Disruptive Technology themed event is focused on hardware engineering and disruptive innovation. It will be coordinated with several complimentary events, such as startup methodologies workshops, technology bootcamps by Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla at PolyglotConf, and innovative speaker events. The weekend will be followed by an SW-Next event to help mentor startups beyond the weekend.
Why should you get involved?
Meet other startup enthusiasts such as developers, business managers, marketing gurus, graphic artists
Build a startup in less than 54 hours
6-7 meals and drinks provided
Sound like fun? Make sure you have a seat and register now!
**Vancouver Startup Weekend is actively seeking sponsors. For more information and to discuss opportunities contact us for a sponsorship packet and details.
Start to formalize teams and take an inventory of skills. Be honest, and direct about what resources and skills are needed for the weekend. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow
Saturday
Jun 1
Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
Teams formed and setting up workspace for the weekend
Lunch
Call for needs & skills
Coaches help teams one-on-one. They are here to help!
Dinner
Mid weekend check-in, status reports, call for help
Finished for the day. You may stay and work as late as the venue will allow
Sunday
Jun 2
Arrive, simple breakfast & coffee
Call for help (this is self motivated, so don’t be shy)
Jumana is the Mobile Development Manager of Zillow Inc. She is responsible for core mobile product strategy, design, and development activities. Jumana joined the company in 2011 after serving for five years as a Senior User Experience and Engineering Consultant for Übermind, Inc. (acquired by Deloitte Digital). During her tenure with Übermind, Jumana worked for a number high profile clients including Apple, Fox Broadcasting, Allrecipes, and Target developing numerous award-winning mobile solutions.
Jumana is a Global Facilitator and Organizer for Startup Weekend, and is actively involved in mentoring and coaching early-stage startups in Seattle and Amman (Jordan). She is also the co-founder of Mobile, Agile, Quality Conference - Seattle's first conference focusing on developing best practices for mobile product quality assurance in and through agile practices.
Jumana graduated cum laude from Macalester College with undergraduate degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Studio Art. She received a Masters of Communications in Digital Media degree from the University of Washington.
Jason Bailey is the poster child for ADHD. After being kicked out of several schools and fired from numerous jobs, he was forced to become an entrepreneur. Success followed in spurts, the largest of which was Super Rewards. As founder and CEO, Bailey bootstrapped the platform from accidental idea to profitability to a massive exit, all in 18 months. This was despite having the lamest name in the history of the web. Only being called SuprReward.ly could have been lamer.
Bailey is now CEO and founder of East Side Games, a fiercely independent leader in the mobile and social games. He is also a founder of Growlab, a pioneering Canadian start up accelerator. Follow him on twitter or grindr as @YVRjason or @chickenhole
Specialties:Monetization, Social Games, Consumer Web, Mobile, these I like.
Patricia Lambert
Lead Business Advisor at Capilano University
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Bill Tam
President & CEO, BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA)
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Bill Tam has been guiding the success of entrepreneurial companies for over 20 years. In 2010, he joined the BCTIA as a CEO-in-Residence with Centre4Growth, advising a wide-range of technology firms. Prior to BCTIA, Bill was the CEO of EQO Communications and a Partner at SpringBank TechVentures, where he led investments in software and wireless. Bill has held senior executive positions at AT&T Canada, Rogers Communications, and Bell Canada. He is currently Chairman of the Board at Colligo Networks and a board member of BC Bioenergy Network, an organization focused on building a world class bioenergy capability in BC.
Kim Kaplan
VP Product, Evow
Kimberly Kaplan was one of the initial employees of Plentyoffish, having been a part of the company for over 4 years. Throughout her time at POF Kimberly's role adapted to the changing environment, originally being responsible for business development and monetization, and more recently growth and product development. Being in on the ground floor, Kimberly gained immense insight into startup life as well as what it takes to grow and emerge as a leader. It's this knowledge combined with her passion and drive that propelled Kimberly into founding a number of different companies under the POF umbrella. This experience serves Kimberly well as she continues to mentor startups in the Vancouver community.
Producer / Game Designer at A Thinking Ape
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I'm currently working as a Producer / Game Designer at A Thinking Ape.
Formally I was a Producer at East Side Games where I was responsible for monetization and user acquisition. I produced three titles and managed the Pot Farm team that grew the game to over 7 million downloads and one of the highest performing ARPUs on the platform.
Alexandre Mandryka
Game design consultant and creative advisor
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Good videogames do not emerge from only the sum of their parts, meaning that production planning and risk control alone will not produce a great experience.
To create enjoyable entertainment, you need to embrace risk and dive into the unknown, seeking that elusive magical spark.
An accomplished Sales Professional and Business Manager with over 16 years of experience developing successful account relationships, channel partnerships and consistent business growth in international Enterprise IT. My excellent communication skills and track record of achievement in program development and rapid pivots in business execution has resulted in over-achievement sales performance as an employer and employee. Further, I have a broad understanding of the interplay of technology, culture, talent management, and services in commercial and public sector enterprise business, with a specific track record of success in future-proofing technology environments.
Curtis R. Curtis
Managing Director, Sharksfly Marketing Inc.
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A well-recognized Internet marketer & entrepreneur who has been successfully building & marketing Internet-related companies for over 20 years.
A strategist and speaker with experience in sales, marketing, training, services, product development, business development, support and post-secondary education. Kemp is deeply invested in online communications with a dual focus on big data analysis and human behaviour.
He is currently a Sales Engineer at HootSuite but continues to run his own site, kempedmonds.com where he provides online marketing strategy and planning
Entrepreneur and programmer. Information transforms society and commerce, and the Internet disrupts. It's an exciting time to develop new technologies that connects people, and people to the long tails of information.
Specialties:Website and Software Development.
If you need help with an existing website, or if you are seeking information about having one developed, let me know. I'd be happy to help.
I am a co-founder at Bex.io and we are hiring talented folks. Right now we need a front-end developer/designer and a full-stack security cryptologist. Please message me for details.
Larry Morningstar
VP, Business Development at Sandstone Franchising
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A highly adaptable business and finance professional who has helped numerous companies across diversified industries achieve their objectives. Experienced in corporate development, management consulting, investor relations and corporate finance. Strategic advisor with broad experience in analyzing, developing and executing plans, strategies and solutions for optimal business advantage
Lead Organizer
A freelancing professional, having advised, designed and developed for the following fields: database administration, software development, web-design, e-commerce, graphic-design, electronics manufacturing, and industrial robotics and automation.
Sponsorship Lead
Erez Barzilay, BSs, MDM - Founder, Head of Development & Production, and Interactive Designer - established Shailah Interactive in late 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia - developer of the world's-first mobile touch-free educational apps.
Erez oversees the vision, business development, research, outreach, and outsourcing of the awarded bootstrapping social enterprise startup - a two-years in-a-row winner of a free office space in a couple of Vancouver’s best Growth Accelerators [Discovery Parks' Generator - 2012-2013, and UBC ISIS CCS Social Innovation Hub - 2013-2014].
Erez is a former international humanitarian journalist, an award winning storyteller, and filmmaker, at his own right.
'A BuZoo Story', is Shailah Interactive's debut educational app. Offering a whole new {touhcless} way for early-learners to explore, learn, connect, express themselves, and socialize with minimal caregiver assistance.
VIP Outreach Lead
Creative designer with a long-standing passion for video games and the game industry.
Worked on 5 shipped titles that reached #1 on 7 sites, including AOL, Yahoo and MSN.
Designed key parts of PC game that has been downloaded 20 million times since 2007.
Hit 100% of deadlines to date, despite often being brought in with little time to spare.
Social Media Lead
Philipp has immersed himself in an ever changing online media landscape giving him a rich understanding of how brand experiences manifest themselves in a new communication era. Among his accomplishments he has developed and executed viral social media strategies that helped a well known foundation raise over $1 million dollars, identified affordable marketing channels that resulted in 100% new customer growth and created a multi layered customer communication program to maximize brand loyalty. Having spent over 7 years on both the agency and client side Philipp brings an understanding to all key online marketing areas including brand engagement, paid search, SEO, conversion optimization, social media marketing and display advertising. Philipp also brings a creative edge to all his work that is inspired by Charles Mingus philosophy, “Making the simple complicated is commonplace
MS Bizspark Lead, Sponsorship
Experienced corporate and securities lawyer with focus on early-stage start-ups. I help entrepreneurs take their ideas and run with them by setting up their companies, helping them raise money and build their business.
Experience in advising securities dealers and advisers of their responsibilities under securities laws and self-regulatory organizations rules.
Familiar with securities law matters, from a policy, regulatory and transactional requirement side.
Specialties:Start-ups, early stage financing, shareholders agreements, licensing agreements, contract drafting and reviewing, securities regulation.
IEEE and Engineering Outreach
* Powerplant Engineer at MTU Maintenance Canada
• Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering – Propulsion and Aerodynamics
* Systems Engineering Certificate
• Ongoing studies - Master of Systems Engineering
• Six years of engineering work in the aerospace domain
• Six years in aircraft maintenance
* IEEE Vancouver Section, GOLD Chair
* IEEE Systems Council, GOLD representative to the Board of Governors
* INCOSE Canada Chapter, Vancouver Coordinator
* Partner at AerialX, Drone Techonlogies
* Member of Golden Key International Honour Society
Sponsorship
A futurist, strategist and serial entrepreneur with a twenty year track record as an executive director and advisor to, and representative of international business, NGOs and donor agencies. Appointed to drive new wealth creation, business value and strategic innovation.
openaxyz software selected for RIC Innovator Idol 2012 Ontario, Canada.
Networks of influence with exceptional record of fundraising with organizations such as USAID, the European Community and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
‘I am passionate about creating sustainable futures in which everyone can participate equitably and fairly, and with respect for our environment.'
Pivotal strengths
Ability to lead multicultural teams strategically to achieve excellent results by leading from the front with full accountability. Rainmaker who has managed the exploration of new business opportunities and the deployment of resources to establish major industry players into new markets and territories. Acceleration, growth and/or merger, acquisitions and international expansion.
Major contributions
Developed the blueprint strategy, delivery model and scorecard for the Development Bank of Southern Africa to become a Centre of Excellence in Infrastructure for the region. This was approved by the South African cabinet is now being implemented by the government.
Founding business development management and dealmaker for the J&J Group (1999-2009). A core member of the team assisting them to grow into the leading black economic empowerment investment management venture in South Africa, steered by Mr Jay Naidoo, previously Minister of Telecommunications and now Chairperson: Alliance for Improved Nutrition.
Branding Lead
Specialties:
Marketing
Client Relations
Public Relations
Customer Service
Print and Digital Design
Copywriting
Internet Based Marketing
Blogging
Web Design and Development
Dreamweaver
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
MS Office
Windows (98/2000/XP/Vista)
Participant Outreach
An accomplished Sales Professional and Business Manager with over 16 years of experience developing successful account relationships, channel partnerships and consistent business growth in international Enterprise IT. My excellent communication skills and track record of achievement in program development and rapid pivots in business execution has resulted in over-achievement sales performance as an employer and employee. Further, I have a broad understanding of the interplay of technology, culture, talent management, and services in commercial and public sector enterprise business, with a specific track record of success in future-proofing technology environments.
Most recently in my role with ARP Technologies, I have sharpened my skills as a strong leader and team player within my existing businesses as well as through my partner network. In particular, my role in the professional services technology training space has made me the go-to resource for enterprise and end-point technology education and development projects. Working with Cisco, VMware, EMC, Microsoft, Google’s Android, Citrix, NetApp and most recently Apple and Hadoop – to name a few – my expertise in technology in production environments and the ongoing evolution of these services as they relate to partner & reseller programs has enabled me to best support my colleagues, business partners and customers.
Skills, Activities, Expertise: Enterprise Technology Strategic Planning, Strategic Commercial Sector & Public Sector Selling, Implementations and Migrations, BYOD Phenomenon, Training Solution Development, Scalability, B2B & B2E Strategy, Corporate Incubation, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Presentations & Pitching, Raising Capital, and Disruptor.
Web Admin, GDG Organizer
Interactive Design student at Capilano University studying web and mobile development. Strong experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Very interested in moving into mobile design and development, including iOS and Android application development.
Specialties: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, branding and identity, interactive design
Sponsorship
Specialties: Digital Brand Strategy, Digital Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Social Media Optimization, Digital Metrics, Dry Humour.
Aleksandr provides personal consultations for entrepreneurs and innovators, including the analysis of ideas, business models and innovation, recommendations on how to plan, create and launch the project from theory to practice.
Aleksandr has the big believe in the crowdfunding and crowdsourcing movements.
Aleksandr promotes trade between US/CANADA and CIS markets.
Aleksandr Tsukanov’ s expertise also includes:
- Helping and advicing on the most favorable opening and maintenance of the company/start-up in the U.S.
- Searching for investors and funding assistance.
- Assisting in the preparation and placement of the project/startup on the world crowdfunding platforms with the latest techniques of business planning.
- Representing your company in international exhibitions, conferences and business meetings. Comprehensive maintenance and support of your project at the U.S. and the Russian market.
- Selection of the team and assisting with the management of your company/project/start-up.
- Searching for a franchise.
Participant Outreach
Juan's partnerships with academics and entrepreneurs allow him the opportunity to explore the abstract theories underpinning science and technology, with a focus on translating that knowledge into practical business applications.
Facilitator
Jumana is the Mobile Development Manager of Zillow Inc. She is responsible for core mobile product strategy, design, and development activities. Jumana joined the company in 2011 after serving for five years as a Senior User Experience and Engineering Consultant for Übermind, Inc. (acquired by Deloitte Digital). During her tenure with Übermind, Jumana worked for a number high profile clients including Apple, Fox Broadcasting, Allrecipes, and Target developing numerous award-winning mobile solutions.
Jumana is a Global Facilitator and Organizer for Startup Weekend, and is actively involved in mentoring and coaching early-stage startups in Seattle and Amman (Jordan). She is also the co-founder of Mobile, Agile, Quality Conference
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