2010 competition deadlines

  • Round 1 registration deadline: April 19, 2010
  • Round 2 deadline: May 10, 2010
  • Round 3 deadline: August 2, 2010
  • Round 4 oral presentations: September 9 & 10, 2010
  • Awards Ceremony: September 23, 2010

Seminar Series Schedule

Our business-education seminars are available to anyone. The seminar fee is $20 per seminar or just $100 for all nine seminars plus a networking event. The fee may also be applied toward the $200 NVBC competition entry fee.

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See the Regional Seminar Schedule here.

Speakers, locations and dates may change on short notice. Please check this site for updates before each event.

April 6 – Seminar 1: Assessing the Opportunity
Speaker: Bob de Wit, New Ventures BC & Elisabeth Maurer, LightIntegra Technology
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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April 13 – Seminar 2: Managing your Intellectual Property
Speakers: Roger Kuypers and Doran Ingalls, Fasken Martineau
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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April 20 – NVBC Networking Event
Location TBA, 5:30pm
Registration to open shortly.

April 27 – Seminar 3: Market Research and Product Marketing
Speaker: Dave Thomas, Rocket Builders
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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May 4 - Seminar 4: The Business Plan
Speaker: Mike Volker, SFU UILO & WUTIF
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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May 11 – Seminar 5: Corporate Structure
Speakers: Steven Lukas, Fasken Martineau & Sean Hodgins, QC Docs
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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May 18 – Seminar 6: Social Networking for Start-ups
Speaker: Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo, Capulet Communications
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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May 25 – Seminar 7 – All about Funding: Friends & Family, Angels, VCs
Speakers: Roger Killen and Tanner Philp, Lions Capital
Networking & Registration: 5:30pm, Seminar: 6:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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June 1 – Seminar 8: Perfecting your Pitch
Speakers: David Shore, Stirling Mercantile & Jonathan Bixby, Strangeloop Networks
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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June 8 – Seminar 9: Start at the end: exit strategy
Speaker: Basil Peters, Fundamental Technologies II
Networking & Registration: 6:30pm, Seminar: 7:00pm
Location: SFU Segal School of Business, 500 Granville St (@ Pender)
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Round 3 – SPECIFIC EVENTS

June 29 – NETWORKING: Meet your mentor. SFU Harbour Centre.

July 14 – Mentor Panel One. SFU Harbour Centre.

July 15 – Sean Wise Bootcamp. SFU Harbour Centre.

August 2 – ROUND THREE DEADLINE

Round 4 SPECIFIC EVENTS

August 30- Round 4 finalists announced.

Sept. 9/10 – ROUND 4 Oral Presentations. SFU Harbour Centre.

Sept. 23 – Awards Ceremony. SFU Segal Centre.