Vancouver StartupDigest – October 17, 2011

by StartupDigest on October 18, 2011

Below is an archived version of the Vancouver StartupDigest Events List – a weekly curated listing of the best tech startup events in Vancouver. If you would like to get next week’s digest on Monday, sign up here.

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HapHey Vancouver! Thanks to @DeanPrelazzi of BCIC who pointed out the 1 year free office space for BC Tech Startups @ Discovery Parks.Locals Boris Wertz, Jason Bailey & Jason Heaslip are all mentioned in this financial post article on vancouver’s startup scene.

Until next week! And rememer to stay classy Vancouver!

Cheers,
Jon Chui

Vancouver StartupDigest is curated by:
Jon Chui – iPhone Developer, Invoke Media

 

 

What’s Going on in the Vancouver Startup Community

Small Business Acclerator Speaker Series w/ Blenz Founder george Moen
When: Mon Oct 17, 5:30pm
Where: HSBC Hall (C680), UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver

Paul Cubbon – Marketing Instructor, UBC’S Sauder School of Business George Moen – UBC alumnus, serial entrepreneur and President, Blenz The Canadian LIVE WEBCAST: Not in the area? No problem – we welcome your questions on the live webcast at http://bit.ly/biztalk_sba. This event is no cost and open to the public – but seating is limited so please be sure to reserve your space! Please RSVP your attendance by Thursday, October 13.

 

WaveGuide Seminar: Windows Phone 7.5 – A New Mobile Platform and a New Opportunity
When: Tues Oct 18, 8:30am
Where: 1035 West Pender St, Lobby Level, Oceanic Plaza Meeting Rm B, Vancouver

Free breakfast + learn about the new windows 7.5 platform.

 

Agile in a Service Agency Part 3 (Contracts)
When: Tues Oct 18, 6:30pm
Where: Club Viva Movie Theater – Yaletown, Pacific and Homer – Vancouver, BC , Canada

Agile contracts & fixed-price deals are useful if your startup deals w/ these!

 

Startup Circle
When: Tues Oct 18, 7:00pm
Where: Waves Coffee House – 100-900 Howe St. – Vancouver, BC V6Z 2M4, Canada

Awesome new event brought to you by Jesse & the gang – Get feedback about your venture from other local startups! Round Table Format.

 

Online Strategy: building a successful online business
When: Wed Oct 19, 12:00am
Where: Room 208, Neville Scarfe, 2125 Main Mall, UBC

Entrepreneurship@UBC hosted event – good for students @ UBC.

 

Startup Coffee Meetup
When: Wed Oct 19, 8:00pm
Where: Tim Horton’s – 463 Robson Street – Vancouver, BC , Canada

Startupers unite!

 

 Seed Accelerator Fund Competition Event
When: Thurs Oct 20, 5:00pm
Where: Room 222, West Mall Swing Space, 2175 West Mall, UBC

The final competition event for the first round of investments from the entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator Fund. Startups w/ UBC Students & Alumni, make sure to apply!

 

Kindle Development + Android
When: Thurs Oct 20, 6:00pm
Where: Oceanic Plaza Meeting Room – 1035 West Pender St, Lobby Level – Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8, Canada
User Experience Training Course
When: Mon Oct 24, 8:30am
Where: The Moda Hotel @ Seymour St

Cool but $$: Creating and Using Personas Paper Prototyping for Web and Mobile Designing for a Global Audience Wireframing Remote and Moderated User Testing.

 

“Freemium – Free-conomics And Monetization” w/ Brian Wong (kiip) & Ryan Holmes (hootsuite)
When: Tues Oct 25, 5:30pm
Where: Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC)

Going from free to fermium w/ local co-founders who have done it!

 

Estimation is Useless, or is it?
When: Tues Oct 25, 7:00pm
Where: UBC Robson Square C550 – 800 Robson Street – Vancouver, BC V6Z 3B7, Canada

For the developers.

 

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