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🚨 TOMORROW: Monthly Tech Industry Social by VTJ x CBRE and The HTFG | Oct 27

• This month’s Tech Industry Social is tomorrow: Thursday, October 27.

• Join the Vancouver Tech Journal team and a growing collection of Vancouver tech industry founders and leaders for casual networking.

• Your first drink is compliments of CBRE and its High Technology Facilities Group, the experts in tech office space for Vancouver’s start-up community. Get to know them through their website and on LinkedIn.

• No registration is necessary. Just show up at Yaletown Brewing Co. on Thursday, October 27 at 4:30 p.m.

🚨 TOMORROW: Blockchains Without Borders with Bryan Pellegrino, CEO of unicorn LayerZero Labs | Oct 27

• Every month, our friends at the Home Key bring the community together to network, connect, and learn with the ecosystem's biggest names and companies.

• This month is no different, as they welcome a Vancouver native who's one of the top blockchain company CEOs in the world: Bryan Pellegrino.

• Chatting with Pellegrino is William Johnson, founder of Vancouver Tech Journal.

Coming up soon: #vtjtalks: Vancouver’s D2C Ecosystem | Nov 8

• Join us next month to learn about the growing community of innovative and world-class D2C companies building in B.C.

• Speakers include:

  • Taran Ghatrora, co-founder and CEO, Blume

  • Braden Parker, co-founder and CEO, Casca Designs Inc.

  • Rob Fraser, founder and CEO, Outway

The Future of Farming: A Conversation About AgTech | Nov 16

• Next month, Vancouver Hardware Meetup is focusing on agtech and answering the questions facing the industry: What’s the largest challenge to creating a sustainable food supply? What technologies hold the most promise for improving the food system resilience and mitigating climate change? What players in the industry should we all be watching more closely?

• Speakers include:

  • Madison Hope Reid, organizer, Vancouver Hardware Meetup.

  • Tony Jackson, business developer, MistyWest.

  • Vincent Clerc, VP of engineering, Terramera.

  • Roman Kozak, co-founder and CTO, Verdi.

• Use the code vtj (all lowercase) to get 20 percent off your ticket.Use the code

entrepreneurship@UBC Venture Showcase 2022 | Nov 23

• UBC is home to a thriving community of entrepreneurs creating groundbreaking impact through research and innovation. Meet them at the Venture Showcase!

• The Venture Showcase features teams across UBC’s pipeline ranging from up-and-coming Ones-to-Watch teams at the outset of their journeys in incubation, Sneak-a-Peek ventures who are in the middle of commercialization, and Ready-to-Raise teams gaining traction at the acceleration stage (mainly HATCH Venture Builder teams).

TiE CXO - Exit stories and lessons learned: What founders need to know | Nov 30

• Exits matter because that’s when the founders, the team, and the investors get paid. To use a chess metaphor, we hear a lot about the “opening game” (lean startup) and the “mid-game” (growth), but very little about the “end game.” As a result, founders miss opportunities or leave money on the table. TiE is hosting a panel of entrepreneurs with successful exits to talk about lessons learned.

• Speakers include

  • Maninder Dhaliwal, managing partner of the Startup Studio Accelerator and Venture Fund; founding chair, TiE Vancouver Angels.

  • Laurie Schultz, CEO, Galvanize.

  • Judi Hess, CEO, Copperleaf.

  • Sharad Mohan, founder, Trainerize.

  • Ally Bharmal, commercial lawyer, Fasken

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Other upcoming events include Vancouver Tech Morning Coffee (Nov 1), Invest in BC presented by Lumira Ventures 2022 (Nov 2), and many more.