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Simon Fraser University
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The role of the CIO is among the most dynamic in the enterprise, and you have decided to make it your challenge. To get there, you will need experience, contacts, and a broad technological and strategic perspective. You are focused on developing these skills, and are looking for a way to kick-start the learning. This program is designed to do just that by introducing you, the future CIO to the key concepts and realities associated with CIO success.
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Advisory Board Member - Business Analytics and Decision Making Program
Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University
- 6 years 6 months
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• The Beedie School of Business offers its major and joint major undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue a Business Analytics and Decision Making Certificate.
• The Certificate is motivated by the rapid growth in the use of large data sets and sophisticated analytic methods in business decisions, which in turn is driven by the improvement in competitiveness and profitability that these methods provide. -
Advisory Board Member - Business Technology Management Program
Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University
- 6 years 8 months
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• The Beedie School of Business offers its major and joint major undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue a Business Technology Management Certificate.
• The Certificate provides undergraduate Business Major and Business Joint Major students with the opportunity to learn about innovation, leadership, and implementation of change in organizations, especially in the information and communications technology area. Along with developing interpersonal communication, collaboration and…• The Beedie School of Business offers its major and joint major undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue a Business Technology Management Certificate.
• The Certificate provides undergraduate Business Major and Business Joint Major students with the opportunity to learn about innovation, leadership, and implementation of change in organizations, especially in the information and communications technology area. Along with developing interpersonal communication, collaboration and leadership skills, BTM students learn to analyze business processes, design appropriate technology-based solutions and lead projects. -
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CaseIT MIS Case Competition
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CaseIT is an annual international undergraduate business case competition with a strong focus in Management Information Systems (MIS). As a student organized event, it is has been their mission to find the best and brightest in case analysis. CaseIT more importantly provides a forum for future business leaders to interact with other students from around the globe, university faculty, and industry professionals who share a common passion for MIS.
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Board Member - Vancouver Chapter
CIO Association of Canada
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The CIO profession is one of the most critical in business and industry today –CIOs hold the future of innovation, productivity and competitiveness in their hands. At the CIO Association of Canada, we not only provide our members with an exchange forum for best IT leadership strategies and practices to enhance business results, we are developing a strong voice to ensure that CIOs are represented at key industry and government decision tables. In other words: Growth; Influence; and Impact.
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The Moment
TalentLab Vancouver
See publicationWe believe that life is a collection of Moments. Some ever so big, some fleeting, some small. It is in these Moments and the choices we make within them, that shape the people we become and what our lives will stand for.
We are reaching out to the most interesting, inspiring & successful leaders around the world to ask them about their Moments. In the spirit of our number one value, collaboration, our goal with this series is for you to experience development and enrichment from today's…We believe that life is a collection of Moments. Some ever so big, some fleeting, some small. It is in these Moments and the choices we make within them, that shape the people we become and what our lives will stand for.
We are reaching out to the most interesting, inspiring & successful leaders around the world to ask them about their Moments. In the spirit of our number one value, collaboration, our goal with this series is for you to experience development and enrichment from today's most inspirational leaders.
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Dyne's Journey from Inception to Seed and Beyond
GFV worked with the Dyne team on their financials, sales strategy, sales execution, infrastructure/operations, engaged a bespoke sales team,and positioned them for funding.
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DTI is a web base application that uses a web browser as a client. It offers instant access to a consolidation rich media across several platforms and opportunities for collaboration on a massive scale using rich media content.
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Spring Activator
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- PresentAt Spring, we know that profit and social impact not only co-exist, but that together they can lead to success in the most fulfilling and complete sense of the word. We activate values-based, for-profit startups and empower them to create change. Saving the world has gotten a bad rap as being only for the crunchy treehuggers of the world, but nothing could be further from the truth. We want to prove that for-profit companies can do good, and that do-good companies can be profitable. We’re a…
At Spring, we know that profit and social impact not only co-exist, but that together they can lead to success in the most fulfilling and complete sense of the word. We activate values-based, for-profit startups and empower them to create change. Saving the world has gotten a bad rap as being only for the crunchy treehuggers of the world, but nothing could be further from the truth. We want to prove that for-profit companies can do good, and that do-good companies can be profitable. We’re a growing team of social impact catalysts, led by co-founders Bonnie Foley-Wong and Keith Ippel.
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CIO Association of Canada
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-The CIO profession is one of the most critical in business and industry today –CIOs hold the future of innovation, productivity and competitiveness in their hands. At the CIO Association of Canada, we not only provide our members with an exchange forum for best IT leadership strategies and practices to enhance business results, we are developing a strong voice to ensure that CIOs are represented at key industry and government decision tables. In other words: Growth; Influence; and Impact.
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Tarik G. E.
Light AI (ALGO:CBOE) has begun trading, presenting a promising future as it positions itself as a leader in AI-based healthcare technology. $30M CAD invested since 2016, the company’s proprietary algorithm boasts 97% accuracy in diagnosing viral or bacterial throat infections, addressing a global healthcare challenge: antibiotic resistance. The leadership team includes AI veteran CEO Peter Whitehead and prominent advisors like the former CIO of Johnson & Johnson, Tom Scarnecchia, and Emmanuel Blin, a healthcare distribution innovator in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). Light AI's disruptive technology aims to modernize diagnostics in LMICs, reducing the misuse of antibiotics. With a total of $26.5M CAD raised in private and RTO rounds and a marketing budget of over $3.5M, the company is poised to capitalize on the booming AI sector, which has seen peers like Healwell and Verses achieve significant valuation growth. Light AI's innovative approach and strategic capital deployment position it for strong market traction in the coming months. I am a shareholder.
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Pascal Unger
Are you a B2B software startup founder at the very start? Then you have to meet this early-stage investor! This week's findfunding.vc spotlight is on Dominic Lau from Ripple Ventures. He: 🇨🇦 Is Vancouver and Toronto based 🎣 Loves to fish 🎶 Founded the RippleX Fellowship - a platform to help underrepresented founders access mentorship, intros, and the tools to get from idea to revenue to funding Amongst founders, Dominic and his team at Ripple Ventures, including Matt Cohen, are known for being hands-on partners who open valuable networks, navigate challenges together, and assist in closing crucial revenue and funding deals. Make sure to: ✉️ Pitch him at [email protected] 👀 Look into the RippleX Fellowship - they take 10 companies 2x a year through the Founder Fellowship program and also back companies through the Fellow Fund For more, check out our funder spotlight card below along with Ripple Ventures' profile on findfunding.vc (link in comments).
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Kelvin Mu
Spent a wonderful week in Canada with family! Now back to business.. Here's your weekly AI update: 🔙 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬: 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 Week 51 | August 5 - August 11 The OpenAI Brain Drain Industry: 🚨OpenAI co-founder John Schulman leaves for Anthropic; President Greg Brockman is taking extended leave through the end of year. What's interesting is that three of their most technical co-founders (Ilya Sutskever, John Schulman, Andrej Karpathy) have all left the company now. This then begs the question - is this a result of natural silicon-valley attrition, or is there something deeper going on here? And moreover, how will this impact the technical moat that OpenAI has built over the years? (https://lnkd.in/gztRKhwV) 🚨Google announced that new Gemini AI-powered features will be incorporated in a variety of home devices, such as Google Home and Nest (https://lnkd.in/gV2QacAQ?). It also announced a significant reduction in token cost of Gemini 1.5 Flash (https://lnkd.in/gbNe6yNU?) 🚨Figure releases Figure 02, it's newest humanoid robot. Figure has been actively testing robots with BMW at a manufacturing plant. Figure last raised $675M Series B in February 2024, valuing the company at $2.6 billion. (https://lnkd.in/gZnPSke4) 🚨Mark Zuckerberg said on Meta's Q2 earning call that to train Llama 4, the company will need 10x more compute than what was needed to train Llama 3. (https://lnkd.in/g5pEPrTw?) 🚨Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the company is betraying its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. (https://lnkd.in/gAk5grU6) Financing and M&A: 🚨Groq raises $640m in Series D at a $2.8B valuation. The round was led by Blackrock Private Equity Partners with participation from other investors such as Neuberger Berman, Type One Ventures, Cisco, KDDI, and Samsung Catalyst Fund. (https://lnkd.in/gRtKQKvW?) 🚨Hugging Face acquires Seattle data storage startup Xethub. The HF team plans to integrate Xethub's backend storage technology, enabling developers to host more large models and datasets than currently possible. CEO Clem Delangue 🤗 confirmed this was the largest acquisition the company has made thus far. (https://lnkd.in/g8fJ-BjT) 🚨OpenAI is leading a $60m Series B funding round for Opal Camera, a maker of professional-grade webcams(https://lnkd.in/gMT9dkTG) 🚨ProRata.ai a company that has invented an attribution technology to properly compensate content owners, has raised a $25m Series A, led by Prime Movers Lab, Mayfield Fund and Revolution Ventures. (https://lnkd.in/gumjbWmj) R&D: 🚨Alibaba Group releases Qwen2-math, a SOTA model for math-specific tasks. (https://lnkd.in/g8Jh3M7T?) Other Interesting Resources: 🚨 Between May and August, more Humane AI Pins were returned than purchased (https://lnkd.in/gy56qpKm?). 😯
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Pascal Unger
As a founder, have you ever been curious about this whole angel investing thing? This week's findfunding.vc spotlight is on an investor who's an expert in it you simply have to know: Matt Wilson, MBA from Allied Venture Partners. He: 🇨🇦 Is Calgary based 😇 Manages one of Canada's largest angle investor syndicates (now at 1,800+ members!) 🏒 Worked as a professional ice hockey referee, which he says shares remarkable similarities with investing Amongst founders, Matt Wilson, is known for bringing empathy and perspective as a former founder himself. Aside from financial support, his goal is to be the 'right' investor - one that aligns with a founder's vision, shares his network, and provides strategic insights when asked. ✉️ Make sure to pitch him, invest, scout, advise and more at https://linktr.ee/alliedvc For more, check out our funder spotlight card below along with Allied Venture Partners' profile on findfunding.vc (link in comments).
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Michael Liebreich
My guest this week on Cleaning Up Podcast was my friend Azeem Azhar, the man behind Exponential View. If you don't know Exponential View, you should. It's a podcast, it's a substack, it's a world view that we all need to think about. Question: what happens when multiple exponential technologies collide: compute, communications, gene sequencing, solar, batteries, AI? Answer: it gets really interesting. So listen now and see what you think! https://lnkd.in/gqizH3vP
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Shaunvir Sidhu
The size of Canada combined with the geographic distribution of health conditions make the country ideal for multi-channel healthcare (e.g., Telehealth). Despite the significant demand for healthcare broadly, those business models haven't been able to achieve exponential growth or ideal unit economics just yet -- they've certainly grown and many are profitable, but millions of Canadians still lack primary care. It's a problem that's on the cusp of being solved (e.g., AI, integrated care) and could unlock significantly more access to care for Canadians.
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Matan Hazanov
Despite a growing and robust Canadian tech ecosystem, the country has minted fewer than 30 unicorns in the past decade compared to the US's 700. Should Canadian VCs look to invest internationally? If so, what's the optimal approach to accessing global opportunities, navigating financial and cultural differences, and providing meaningful value? Alternatively, should they focus on strengthening the Canadian tech ecosystem? Is the lack of unicorns primarily a cultural, structural, or financial issue, or a combination? Can VCs play a role in addressing these challenges? Happy to participate in the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) webinar with Mana Hosseini, JD/MBA and Kim Furlong addressing these topics. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Registration link in the comments #venturecapital #startups #investing #canada
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Katheleen Eva
Cool read about portco Vivid Machines using AI to help farmers maximize yield, reduce costs, lower emissions, and make data-driven decisions that weren’t possible a generation ago!! 🍎 🍇 🍐 🥝 From real-time tracking of tree health to optimizing harvest timing, Vivid turns farming into a precise science – helping farmers make informed decisions that improve profitability and boost efficiency. It’s awesome to see Canadian agtech driving such significant economic impact. Proud to support Jenny Lemieux and Jonathan Binas in shaping a more productive and sustainable future for farming! 🌱🚀 https://lnkd.in/e4i2NgMW #AI #agriculture #startups #venturecapital
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DeReK WaTSoN
✨ Breaking: Pender Ventures' Technology Inflection Fund II LP Announces New Fund.- Pender Ventures' Technology Inflection Fund II LP Pender Ventures focuses on Canadian B2B and health tech startups poised for scale-up, with over $100 million in available funds. https://lnkd.in/eJSYQQ4d Please share to let other #Founders know For the ❤️ of Startups #Fusion42 #Startups#Venturecapital
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Rishad Usmani, MD
Lots of wisdom shared by Karim Nassar, here is his response to the question: What advice do you have for founders trying to raise capital for a healthcare startup? In this podcast we talk about: 1. His strategy around scaling Mednow and its business model. 2. The biggest problem in Canadian healthcare regulation. 3. The payvidor model of healthcare. 4. His decision to open pharmacies as opposed to partnering with them to scale Mednow. 5. B2B vs a B2C model for growing a healthcare startup. #healthcare #canadianstartup #innovation
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Giuseppe Stuto
Next one up, Flagler Health! In an attempt to demystify some of the non-obvious elements we found when we first met the founders of our fastest growing portfolio companies at 186 Ventures, here is the third edition of the "idiosyncratic phenomenon". This highlight will be on Albert Katz, Leon Anijar, and Will Hu and their journey building Flagler Health to bring unprecedented AI enabled patient care to the world of musculoskeletal (MsK) providers. As the healthcare industry shifts to a value based care paradigm, there will be increased pressure on the entire industry to ensure patient outcomes improve, all the while helping providers generate more revenue / become more cost efficient. Since we co-led their March, 2024 seed round with Streamlined, the company has rolled out some of their newest remote therapeutic and chronic condition management features to many patients and providers alike, experiencing high revenue growth in such a short period of time. The company continues to face unmet customer demand as it continues to scale its expansion into 2025. https://lnkd.in/exesTcmC
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Khan Siddiqui, MD
🌟 7 Crucial Elements for Scaling Startups to Successful Exits 🌟 Reflecting on my recent experience at the OPEN Silicon Valley Forum in Santa Clara, some of us engaged in a deep discussion on what repeatedly drives startups from inception to successful exits. Our collective experience pointed to these seven essential elements: 1️⃣ Timing is Everything: Ensure the market and technology are ready for your solution. Being too early or too late can hinder success. 2️⃣ Align with Your "Why": Success requires internal motivation. Knowing your “why” keeps you resilient and purpose-driven. 3️⃣ Master the Problem, Not Just the Product: Deep understanding of the problem is far more critical than focusing solely on a product or idea. 4️⃣ Define Culture from the Start: The first five hires set the tone. Invest in "A" players who embody the culture you envision. 5️⃣ Obsess Over User Experience: A relentless focus on user experience can make or break your product’s adoption. 6️⃣ Build for Scale from Day One: Architecting for growth is not optional—it’s essential for long-term success. 7️⃣ Map Out Your Go-to-Market Strategy Early: Before building, have a clear thesis on how to generate revenue and achieve product-market fit. These principles are tried and true across multiple industries. If you’re launching a startup or scaling a business, how do these resonate with your experience? What would you add to the list? #startups #entrepreneurship #growth #scaling #productmarketfit #OPENsiliconvalley #innovation #founders Tashfeen Suleman Amer Haider Umair Khan Junaid Qurashi Wardah Inam
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Will Ellaissi
📌 Founders raising via SAFE—read this! Dan G. does a fantastic job explaining the rationale behind discounts vs valuation caps. So many VCs have blanket responses to a SAFE that is discount-only and doesn’t provide a valuation cap. Understandable at a basic level but does not take into account the differences in types of businesses. My lawyers at Troutman Pepper (Michael Seymour & Jake McDonough) advised on a discount-only SAFE. To be honest, it was frustrating when VCs would say “we don’t invest in discount-only…”—no rationale ever given, just a stance set in stone, I guess. However, Dan does a great job of outlining why a SAFE should be discount only vs valuation cap. For businesses where the future valuation is less predictable (e.g. deeptech—tech solutions based on scientific or engineering challenges) rather than a me-too downstream application (the next best Angry Birds)—a discount is the best approach. It's good to have thoughtful lawyers to provide guidance on making the right early decision on what is best, and thanks to Dan G. for making it clear that there is value (for the company and the investors) in this approach. Other founders will find this article interesting if you are considering which avenue is most appropriate for your business—and that is what is most important. Not creating a structure because VC firms “don’t invest in that one…”-- choose the vehicle that is right for your business and industry. Those that are supposed to partner with you, will find their way to you and will see that vehicle as an opportunity to drive down the path of market-defining opportunity with you. https://lnkd.in/efm6RmGT
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Eric Kadyrov
PTN raw deal data 24/09/2024: Scribenote / $8.2M / Canada / AI-powered medical scribe for veterinarians / Andreessen Horowitz, Inovia Capital, Velocity Fund Pyka / $40M / USA (Alameda, CA) / Autonomous electric aircraft / Obvious Ventures, Piva Capital, Prelude Ventures, Metaplanet Holdings, Y Combinator Invizius / £950k / UK (Edinburgh, Scotland) / Biotech treatments for dialysis patients / Mercia Ventures, Calculus Capital, Syensqo, University of Edinburgh’s Old College Capital, Scottish Enterprise Letta / $10M / USA (San Francisco, CA) / Generative AI / Felicis, Sunflower Capital, Essence VC, Various Angels MetOx International / $25M / USA (Houston, TX) / High-temperature superconducting wire / Centaurus, New System Ventures Jump / €11M ($12M) / France (Paris) / Freelancer benefits / Breega, Index Ventures, Raise Ventures Fal.ai / $23M / USA / AI-generated audio, video, images platform / Andreessen Horowitz, Kindred Ventures, Robin Rombach, Aravind Srinivas mbue / $1.8M / USA (Austin, TX) / AI-first construction tech / Techstars, Geek Ventures, 2045 Ventures, Spatial Capital, Factorial Capital David Energy / $23M / USA (NYC) / Grid technology / Cathay Innovation, Union Square Ventures, Keyframe Capital, Equal Ventures, BoxGroup HavocAI / $11M / USA (Providence, RI) / Autonomous uncrewed surface vessel technology / Scout Ventures, Trousdale Ventures, Outlander VC Kestra Technologies / $8M / France (Paris) / Event-driven orchestration platform / Alven, ISAI, Axeleo Capital, Various Angels Integrum ESG / £3.4M / UK (London) / ESG data insights platform / YFM Equity Partners Sparrow BioAcoustics / $13M / Canada (St. John’s) / Bioacoustic AI technology / Killick Capital, Klister Credit, Pelorus Ventures Vicebio / $100M / UK (London) / Novel vaccines for respiratory infections / TCGX, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Avoro Ventures, venBio GPDQ / £1.2M / UK (London) / Primary healthcare provider / IW Capital FluoRok / £7.7M / UK (Oxford) / Fluorochemical reagents and battery electrolyte salts / BGF, Green Generation Fund arqu / $10M / USA (San Francisco, CA) / Wholesale insurance brokerage / Crosslink Capital, Intact Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Foxe Capital, Nationwide Ventures GC Therapeutics / $65M / USA (Cambridge, MA) / Cell therapy-based medicines / Cormorant Asset Management, Mubadala Capital, Andreessen Horowitz Bio + Health Alan / €173M / France (Paris) / Health insurer / Belfius Bank, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Temasek, Coatue, Lakestar Amnis Finance / $2M / USA / Liquid staking protocol on Aptos blockchain / OKX Ventures, Aptos Labs, Arkgrow Pte Ltd, Ambush Capital, Gate Ventures, Turneo / €2M / UK (London) / Travel tech startup / Bessemer Venture Partners, Underline Ventures Permissionless Labs / $10M / USA (San Francisco Bay Area) / Content delivery network (CDN) on Solana / Multicoin Capital, Robot Ventures, Sorted Wallet / $1.5M / Hong Kong / Cryptocurrency access platform / Tether Operations Limited
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Sepehr Shoarinejad
💡 Why Every New Founder Needs to Hear This: Real Talk About the Highs and Lows of Entrepreneurship I had an amazing time on the latest episode of Collisions YYC with Jade Alberts and Tyler Chisholm! There’s something truly special about having real conversations with these two—discussing both the highs and the lows of being an entrepreneur. 🎢 In this episode, we dive deep into what it really takes to navigate the rollercoaster of startup life—how to manage those big wins, like landing a new client, and how to push through the tough moments, like missing payroll. We shared some hard-earned lessons on avoiding the common mistakes founders make, staying grounded through the chaos, and most importantly, knowing when to keep going and when it’s time to pivot. 🌱 For all the new founders out there: This journey isn’t easy, but it’s totally worth it. Prepare yourself for the challenges, and keep in mind that the highs and lows are all part of the adventure. 🚀 🎧 Tune in to hear these raw, real, and invaluable insights from Team Awesome: https://lnkd.in/e6CKrASG 💬 I’d love to hear your thoughts—what challenges have you faced as a founder? And how did you know when it was time to pivot or keep pushing through? #TeamAwesome #KeepBeingAwesome #Koridor #Entrepreneurship #FoundersJourney #CollisionsYYC #StartupLife #YYCFounders
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Brandon Hoffman
Come join the Future of Frontier Technologies AI & blockchain event panel in Santa Monica! ✨ We are hosting an event on Friday, May 3rd during @Farcaster's FarCon weekend. Which will bring many blockchain experts & builders to LA! Emerging LA is collaborating with Lightspeed's Faction VC as a co-host, with Partner Timothy K. moderating a panel. The panel will discuss the questions that you are probably wondering about these technologies: • How can AI and blockchain work together? • How will these frontier technologies impact industries today? • What are the real-world use cases that these technologies solve? • What are the current dynamics between innovation and regulation? One on hand, AI offers the promise of abundance, democratizing content creation but will open the door to (deep)fakes and mistrust. On the other hand, Blockchain offers digital scarcity, authentication, and trust in a world inundated with digital replicas. --- The audience will be filled with founders, technical builders, investors, and industry executives in sectors that are most relevant to these trends: Gaming, media, content, finance, social. The early bird ticket sold out quickly last week and the general admission tickets expire on Wednesday, so don't miss out and grab yours soon! Partners for this event include Sunset Ventures and AI LA as well as others in town: • LA schools & clubs: Wharton Club of Southern California, Wharton Digital Assets Club, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Blockchain , and Blockchain at USC • CPG startups & Brands: Studio TBD, doorsa, Red Bull --- PROMO CODE DISCOUNTS! If you are a student or alum from Penn/Wharton, Harvard, USC, reach out and ask for code!! 😉 See you on Friday! (Link to event in comments) #ai #blockchain #farcon #web3 #LA
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Marcus Daniels
Another great #investcanada2024 conference last week. Congrats Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) again and fantastic collaboration with Réseau Capital for curating + delivering such an important ecosystem event that brings together the who’s who in Canadian investing. It’s an interesting macro environment for both founders and emerging VC funds in 2024. The bar for fundraising is higher and the process is more difficult, but it’s an amazing time to build and fund startups. Over the years I’ve been asked what’s made me a successful investor given the number of exits & investor returns delivered. Beyond it being a full-time obsession for decades, one needs to constantly find ways to evolve to founder needs and deliver differentiated value. Earning the right to back and support the best founders is what delivers outsized investor returns. This is easy to say for many investors, but often many fall flat on the everyday execution for different controllable reasons. Reputations are built & lost fast in a more challenging market. Highline Beta's pre-seed VC & venture studio model continues to not only innovate, but also win predominantly because our core investment value is to always “earn the right on the cap table” with the founders that we support. It’s a complete team effort and after 8 years of building out Highline Beta’s foundation let’s us now grow via new vertical venture studios + funds. 🚀
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