The Bootup Entrepreneurial Society (BES) is a non-profit society dedicated to expanding the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Vancouver, the province of BC, and across Canada.
Now that 2011 is in full swing, we've got a solid week of tech events with the VEF and the founders of MetroLyrics.com kicking it off on Tuesday.
VEF: An Evening With Alan Juristovski and Milun...
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Last September Vancouver's Danny Robinson wrote an open letter to Tony Clement, federal minister of industry, explaining why Canada needed to have a better Startup Visa to try to attract talented...
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With the holidays behinds us, things are picking up in Vancouver's tech scene with a couple organizations kicking off their 2011 calendar this week.
Angel Investor Overview Workshop
Tuesday,...
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On January 19th the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society is hosting a seminar titled Government Funding & Resources for Startups and they have enlisted Rizwan Kheraj to share his knowledge.
Riz is...
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Few things are as important to a website’s success as the user experience. No one’s going to keep coming back to a website that’s tricky to navigate or one that hides the info...
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It's a busy week in Vancouver thanks to the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society hosting not one, not two, but three events on Wednesday.
BES presents User Experience Design with MySpace's VP of UX...
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With the announcement that Bootup Labs' Danny Robinson has joined the BC Innovation Council as their new CEO, many have been wondering what will happen to the similarly named Bootup Entrepreneurial...
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The Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) is teaming up with the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society for what promises to be an entertaining and educational evening next week.
Term Sheet Theatre will...
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Bootup Presents: Facebook Developer Garage
Monday, November 8th
District 319 - 319 Main Street
Wavefront Presents: Introduction to SingTel – The Asian Market Opportunity
Tuesday,...
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On Tuesday, November 23rd the Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) with the help of the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society is hosting Term Sheet Theatre.
Whether you are thinking about starting a...
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Toronto is a buzz with DemoCamp 27 taking place this week with special guest Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures providing the keynote.
Vancouver is playing catchup but will soon have one dozen...
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Since 2005, Microsoft has acquired an average of 10 companies per year and purchased stakes in several companies valued at over $1 Billion.
On August 12th, the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society is...
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The 11th iteration of DemoCamp Vancouver is coming up in three weeks on Thursday, July 22nd and the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society is organizing it old-school. There will be no featured...
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After a long hiatus, Launch Party Vancouver is back tomorrow night just in time to kick off the summer season.
For the ninth edition of Launch Party Vancouver, Bootup Entrepreneurial Society's...
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Having leapt from his hometown of Moncton, New Brunswick, to the grandeur Silicon Valley - starting a company (Spheric Technologies Inc.), winning awards for it, and then selling it after four...
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After a long hiatus, Launch Party Vancouver is back just in time to kick off the summer season. This time around they've got a bigger venue, a great line up of startups and some special guests...
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After its longest hiatus ever, Launch Party Vancouver is back and they have picked the Roundhouse in Yaletown as their location for their June 17th event.
The folks at the Bootup Entrepreneurial...
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After its longest hiatus ever, Launch Party Vancouver is back and they have picked the Roundhouse in Yaletown as their location for their June 17th party.
We had hoped to do LPV9 in January but...
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So: you’ve got a great team and a killer business plan. You’re ready to go…right? Except you know you’re fudging two points. Big time. And you can’t move forward --...
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Busy week in Vanocuver for events with Third Tuesday reflecting on the 2010 Games, the Vancouver Enterprise Forum tackling Cleantech, the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society hosting two events at...
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This morning, Bootup Entrepreneurial Society had their first Mentor Speed Dating event. Graciously hosted by Clark Wilson, LLP, the event took place at the ungodly hour of 7:30am... although the...
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Vancouver’s technology scene is thriving! But who among us has the time to stop and find that special someone? With all the challenges of working on a technology startup, it’s hard to...
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This past week the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society flew in the "Gretzky of Twitter" Guy Kawasaki to Vancouver. While in town Guy had the opportunity to meet with 15 local start-ups:
AdHack...
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The Bootup Entrepreneurial Society hosted Bootup Demo Days at the Canadian Financing Forum today and eight companies got their chance to give 10 minute investment presentations in front of a...
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The Bootup Entrepreneurial Society has announed the ten companies that will be participating in the Bootup Demo Days session at the Canadian Financing Forum on January 28th and they are:...
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Bootup Labs is loaded up with seven new startups for 2010 and apparently they've outgrown their old digs. They have worked their way deeper into Gastown and have set up shop at the Flack Block at...
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One of the benefits of blogging about technology in BC is the opportunity to meet and interact with innovative technology leaders and evangelists every day. During 2009, we had the pleasure of...
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Supporting their strategic direction that includes building a network of business accelerators to rapidly grow early stage technology companies, the BC Innovation Council has partnered with the...
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The Canadian Financing Forum is back for 2010 and will take place on January 28th at the Hyatt in Vancouver. The Canadian Financing Forum attracts leading Venture Capital and Corporate Investors...
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Last Thursday, November 19th, investor, writer, entrepreneur Paul Kedrosky was in Vancouver as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Paul is a regular financial pundit on CNBC frequently...
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To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society is bringing VC Paul Kedrosky back to Vancouver for a Mentor Mixer event.
Dr. Kedrosky is a Senior Fellow at the...
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Mike McDerment of Toronto's FreshBooks is on his way to the West Coast next month and he has two stops planned.
On the evening of November 24th, the Vancouver Enterprise Forum is hosting an...
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New Media BC announced this morning that thanks to the support of the National Research Council Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) and Bootup Entrepreneurial Society have...
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To kick off the launch of the Vancouver Unity Users Group, dimeRocker.com in partnership with Unity Technologies is inviting all local game, web, and iPhone developers to a Unity Networking TGIF...
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The folks at the Bootup Labs Entrepreneurial Society have big plans and Managing Partner Boris Mann gave us an update on most of them last week.
It turns out he left out the part about fueling...
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