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🏙️ For you, we sold out the Vogue theatre
And we've got plenty more events in store. This is your Sunday Briefing.
Kate Wilson
February 19, 2023
On Thursday, Vancouver Tech Journal sold out the Vogue theatre. For real. More that 1,280 people joined us (with 2,000 more on the waitlist) as we hosted My First Million Live, and brought Sam Parr, Shaan Puri, and Andrew Wilkinson to the stage to talk about business in a first-of-its-kind event in Vancouver.
We had local entrepreneurs pitching. We had questions from the audience. We had attendees flying in from all over Canada. Best of all, we were able to bring some of the greatest minds in business to you: our community.
We’re going to be running more incredible events like this in the future. If you want to be the first to know — and to get front-of-the-line access — you need to become a member. Trust me — if you could only see the spreadsheet of what we’re planning…
Now onto today’s briefing. It’s 1,037 words: a four-minute read.
-Kate, @KateWilsonSays
- P.S. To help you maximize your long weekend, we won’t be hosting our regular Vancouver Tech Morning Coffee on Tuesday this week (Feb 21). Join us instead on Feb 28 as we return to your regularly scheduled programming!
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