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SUMMARY:Startup Seminar Series: The Mic is Always Live: Maximizing Your Conference Micro Moments
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nButton Text\n​\nA 2025 New Ventures BC Competition Event\nPresented by Innovate BC\, as a part of Road to Web Summit Vancouver (R2WSV). \n​— \n​Throughout the spring\, New Ventures BC will host our Startup Education Seminar Series\, giving you the information you’ll need to build and grow your business. \n​What you’ll learn: \nGet ready for a dynamic afternoon designed to help you show up with confidence at Web Summit Vancouver. This interactive workshop blends improv-inspired role playing with practical media training to prepare founders for the spontaneous connections and high-profile encounters that occur at global tech conferences. \nLed by Rochelle Grayson (Co-Founder\, Circles of AI) and Ada Slivinski (Vice President\, Talk Shop Media)\, you’ll gain tools to sharpen your story\, build authentic connections\, and own the room—whether you’re chatting with investors\, international press\, or fellow founders. \nDue to the interactive nature of this event\, this workshop will be held in-person only. \n​Event Details:\nDate: May 7\, 2025\nTime: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM\nLocation: Funk Coffee Bar (Coal Harbour Boardroom) – 1025 Dunsmuir St\, Vancouver \nButton Text\n  \n​By signing up for New Ventures BC events\, you agree to be added to the NVBC e-newsletter (you can opt out at anytime). You also agree that any photos taken at events may be used by NVBC for marketing purposes.
URL:https://www.newventuresbc.com/event/startup-seminar-series-media-networking-strategies-an-interactive-workshop-for-web-summit-vancouver/
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SUMMARY:Startup Seminar Series: AI for Customer Discovery: A Hands-On Workflow for Product-Focused Founders
DESCRIPTION:  \nButton Text\n  \nA 2025 New Ventures BC Competition Event\nPresented by Innovate BC\, as a part of Road to Web Summit Vancouver (R2WSV). \n​— \n​Throughout the spring\, New Ventures BC will host our Startup Education Seminar Series\, giving you the information you’ll need to build and grow your business. \n​What you’ll learn:\nCurious how artificial intelligence can give your startup an edge—without needing a technical background? \nLearn how artificial intelligence can help you uncover what your customers really need. This hands on session is designed for founders focused on product development and validation. You will discover how to use ChatGPT to define customer personas\, create customized interview scripts\, and analyze AI generated transcripts to identify patterns and opportunities. Whether you are working toward product market fit or refining your value proposition\, this session will give you a practical repeatable workflow to strengthen your customer discovery process using AI. \nSpeaker:\nJames Rowe\nPresident & Lead Strategist\, Insightful Innovation \n​Details:\nDate: May 14\, 2025\nTime: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM\nLocation: Funk Coffee Bar (Coal Harbour Boardroom) – 1025 Dunsmuir St\, Vancouver \n​A livestream will also be available for virtual attendees. \n  \nButton Text\n  \n​By signing up for New Ventures BC events\, you agree to be added to the NVBC e-newsletter (you can opt out at anytime). You also agree that any photos taken at events may be used by NVBC for marketing purposes.
URL:https://www.newventuresbc.com/event/startup-seminar-series-operationalizing-ai-for-startups/
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SUMMARY:Startup Seminar Series: Frictionless Data Rooms
DESCRIPTION:Button Text\n  \n​A 2025 New Ventures BC Competition Event\nPresented by Innovate BC\, as a part of Road to Web Summit Vancouver (R2WSV). \n​Throughout the spring\, New Ventures BC will host our Startup Education Seminar Series\, giving you the information you’ll need to build and grow your business. \n​New Ventures BC is proud to be an official partner of Vancouver Startup Week 2025. This event is part of the VSW 2025 calendar and is offered for free to VSW All-Access Pass holders on a first come first served basis (limited number of seats.) If you would like to purchase a VSW All-Access Pass\, you can do so online at www.vanstartupweek.ca using our 20% off promo code: VSWxNVBC20 \n——– \nFRICTIONLESS DATA ROOMS \nJoin us in-person at FUNK Coffee Bar or online via Zoom \nWhat you’ll learn:\nMake it easy to invest in you. \nRaising pre-seed or seed capital in the next year? Whether you’re coming off your 25th NVBC competition exposure\, prepping for investor meetings at Web Summit\, or getting ready for your next funding round\, this session is for you.    \nJoin David Steinley (Founder\, Future Standard and Fractional CFO) for a focused\, 2-hour seminar where he’ll shine a light on the black box of due diligence and show you how to prepare a data room that helps you get to a “yes.” \nDavid will share the lessons he’s learned helping raise over $16M for early-stage startup companies in Western Canada. \n\nYou’ll leave with practical data room insights to make your due diligence process faster\, less stressful\, and more successful \nYou’ll learn what it means to be investable \nYou’ll learn how to build a data room and exactly what to include in it \nYou learn how a data room helps you move quickly through due diligence. \nYou’ll learn key principles to follow and red flags to avoid.   \n\nDetails:\nDate: Tuesday\, May 20\, 2025\nTime: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM\nLocation: Funk Coffee Bar (Coal Harbour Boardroom) – 1025 Dunsmuir St\, Vancouver \n  \nButton Text\n  \n— \nBy signing up for New Ventures BC events\, you agree to be added to the NVBC e-newsletter (you can opt out at anytime). You also agree that any photos taken at events may be used by NVBC for marketing purposes.
URL:https://www.newventuresbc.com/event/startup-seminar-series-frictionless-data-rooms/
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SUMMARY:2025 IP Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a half day packed with sessions on AI and IP\, FTO strategies\, and real-world IP stories from startups and scaleups. Our keynote features Peter Gross\, Chief Intellectual Property Officer of Lucent Biosciences\, and we will be closing off the event with a Fireside Chat featuring the Minister of Jobs\, Economic Development\, and Innovation\, and the CEO of Innovate BC. \nWhether you’re building your first product or scaling fast\, you’ll leave with actionable IP strategies\, fresh perspective\, and connections that matter. Don’t miss this opportunity to protect what you’re building and fuel your growth with confidence. \nGet the insights you need to protect\, grow\, and scale your innovation.  \nWho should attend: \n\nStartup founders looking to protect their innovations and understand IP essentials.\n​Early-stage teams navigating product development and potential IP risks.\n​Ecosystem members that want to network with founders and experts around the topic of IP \n\n​Agenda to be released. \n​Can’t make it in person?\n​​Make sure to register for “Livestream Only” to gain access to the livestream on the day of the event! \n​Event Details:\n​Date: May 21\, 2025\nTime: 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM\nLocation: EY (19th Floor)\nThe Stack\, #1900 – 1133 Melville St Suite 1900\, Vancouver\, BC V6E 4E5 \n​​For any questions\, please reach out: programs@newventuresbc.com. \n​A Vancouver Startup Week event. For more information\, visit https://www.vanstartupweek.ca/ \n— \nButton Text\n  \nBy signing up for New Ventures BC events\, you agree to be added to the NVBC e-newsletter (you can opt out at anytime). You also agree that any photos taken at events may be used by NVBC for marketing purposes.
URL:https://www.newventuresbc.com/event/ip-summit-2025/
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SUMMARY:Startup Seminar Series: VCs Unpacked: How They Raise\, Invest\, and Evaluate
DESCRIPTION:Button Text\n​ \nThroughout the spring\, New Ventures BC will host our Startup Education Seminar Series\, giving you the information you’ll need to build and grow your business. \n​What you’ll learn: \nGetting ready to speak with VCs at Web Summit? Join us for an insider’s look into the venture capital lifecycle. This seminar dives deep into how VCs raise funds from LPs\, evaluate high-potential startups\, structure investments\, and navigate exits. \nJoin us online via Zoom or in-person at RBCx (Classroom 2 on the 36th Floor – 1055 W Georgia St\, Vancouver). \n​Speakers: \nVallen Li (VP\, Early Stage Banking\, RBCx) is VP at RBCx\, supporting early-stage founders in Vancouver area. With a background in engineering and hands-on product design experience\, he bridges technical innovation from idea to market. Vallen has a passion for entrepreneurship and enjoys working with founders to support their go to market and fundraising. Equipped with an MBA from UBC\, Vallen merges analytical rigour with strategic acumen to aid early-stage founders in securing capital and sharpening investor pitches. \nJason Yen (AVP\, Early Stage Banking\, RBCx) is with the banking team at RBCx\, supporting clients across Greater Vancouver with a focus of Vancouver Island and Interior BC. Previously\, he spent two years as an Associate with the RBCx Life Sciences team\, working with Series A+ life science companies. Prior to joining RBCx\, Jason held roles at Hootsuite and TD where he focused on supporting both enterprise and small business clients. Jason holds a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Systems from the University of British Columbia. \n  \n​Event Details:\nDate: May 26\, 2025\nTime: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM\nLocation: Classroom 2\, 36th fl. 1055 W. Georgia St. Vancouver\, BC V6E 3S5 \n  \nButton Text
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