Startup Sprint Day 1

Day 1 of 2: 2023 Startup Sprint

April 15, 2023 | 9:00 – 5:00pm | SFU Segal Graduate School of Business

Join New Ventures BC Competitors and the BC tech community at SFU Segal School of Business for a day packed with startup essentials! Come for the whole day or stay for select seminars. Space is limited, be sure to register in advance.

Agenda:

9:00am – Registration

9:30-11:00am – Product/Market Fit

11:15am-12:30pm – Introduction to Pricing for Innovation

12:30-1:30pm – Lunch break (bring your own or visit a nearby restaurant)

1:30-2:15pm – Financial Models

2:30-3:15pm – Government Funding Programs and Non-dilutive Funding

3:30-5:00pm – The Business Case – What an Angel Really Wants

Speakers:

• Product/Market Fit – Dave Thomas, Partner, Rocket Builders & Lesley Duncan, Operations Director, SFU VentureLabs
• Introduction to Pricing for Innovation – Ibbaka (speaker TBA)
• Financial Models – Sean Hodgins, CPA, CA, Co-Founder, Tandem Innovation Group
• Government Funding Programs & Non-Dilutive Funding – Cynthia Shippam, Industrial Technology Advisor, NRC IRAP and Brianna Blaney, Co-founder & CEO, Pocketed
• The Business Case – What an Angel Really Wants – Mike Volker, Angel Investor & CEO, WUTIF Capital

Unable to attend in person?

We will have a livestream available.

This event is free for startups, competition participants, students & NVBC Community (sponsors, mentors & volunteers). For everyone else, tickets are $20.