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Here you can find the recordings and presentation slides from the 2025 New Ventures BC Competition Startup Seminar Series that have happened so far. Check out our full 2025 Competition Youtube Playlist here.
- Corporate Structure
- Funding Fundamentals
- Pitch & Storytelling
- Managing Your IP
- Sales & Marketing 101
- Startup Sprint
Corporate Structure
Explore the foundational corporate considerations critical to launching and scaling your technology company. This seminar offers essential insights into selecting the appropriate corporate structure to support long-term growth and investment. (Slides)
Speakers:
Geoff Pedlow (Partner, Fasken)
Hardeep Gill (Partner, Fasken)
Samuel Li (Partner, Fasken)
Funding Fundamentals
An overview on funding cycles, data room structure, and what it means to start raising capital. (Slides)
Speaker: Keith Ippel, (Co-CEO & Founder, Spring Activator)
Pitch & Storytelling
Learn about the power of storytelling and how it can turn a pitch from good to great. (Slides)
Speaker: Michelle Sklar (Head of Marketing & Communications, Innovation UBC)
Managing Your Intellectual Property
Trademarks and patents can be daunting for the first-time entrepreneur. Do you need to go through registration? In what jurisdictions and when? What are the rules around the elements of intellectual property in Canada and beyond? Roger Kuypers and Nina Rajic give you the tools needed to better investigate your options. (Slides)
Speakers:
Roger Kuypers (Partner, Fasken)
Nina Rajic (Associate, Fasken)
Sales & Marketing 101
Take your startup to the next level with this comprehensive deep dive on how to create effective sales and marketing strategies to elevate your business.
Speakers:
Rochelle Grayson (Executive-in-Residence, MOSAIC Accelerator) Rochelle’s Slides
Peter de Verteuil (Executive-in-Residence, NVBC Digital Marketing and Sales Accelerator) Peter’s Slides
Startup Sprint
Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and online for our day packed with startup essentials.
Agenda:
- 9:40: Welcome from NVBC
- 9:45 – 11:00: Product/Market Fit with Dave Thomas, Rocket Builders and Lesley Duncan, Photonic (Slides)
- 11:15 -12:30pm: Introduction to Pricing for Innovation, Steven Forth and Karen Chiang, Ibbaka (Slides)
- 1:15 – 2:15pm: Financial Models with Sean Hodgins, Tandem Innovation Group (Slides)
- 2:30 – 4:00pm: The Business Case: What an Angel Really Wants with Mike Volker (Slides)
Check out our full 2025 Competition Youtube Playlist here.
