is BACK! Save the dates now.
May 30th and 31st 2012
Calling all Alberta Entrepreneurs! Come meet, mingle and network with investors, been-there-done-that entrepreneurs and some of the most influential personalities in tech from the Silicon Valley and across Canada! Share with and learn from other like-minded entrepreneurs in your own backyard.
After the wildly successful launch of AccelerateAB in Calgary last year, the A100 and C100 are proud to announce the launch of AccelerateAB 2012.
Book May 30th and 31st in your calendar now and sign up for the mailing list HERE
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The Quick and Dirty:
Who: Alberta’s entrepreneurs, Alberta's tech community, and Valley guests
What: One day conference plus pre-event Startup University Day
When: May 30th and 31st 2012
Where: Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta
Why: To continue building Alberta’s growing startup ecosystem
The Program:
AccelerateAB - Thursday, May 31st
Change the World
- Dan Martell, Co-Founder of Flowtown and Maple Butter Blog
Swinging Big
Swinging Big and Missing
- Danny Robinson
A100 Trailblaizers
- Randy Marsden, CEO CleanKeys, Co-Founder Swype
Monetization on the Web
- Cory Janssen, Co-Founder Investopedia
Building the Next Canadian Giant
Women in Tech
- Shaherose Charania, Founder of Women 2.0
Closing Keynote
- Leonard Brody, Serial entrepreneur, President of Clarity Digital Group
Startup University Day - Wednesday, May 30th
The focus for this day is on bringing very early stage entrepreneurs, people working on side projects and senior students together to provide the tools needed to build and launch a company.
Go Big
- Startup Edmonton and Startup Calgary
Finding Pain Points and Opportunities
Customer Development
- Dan Martell, Founder of Flowtown and C100 Charter Member
Forming and Building a Team
- Dups, CEO Empire Avenue
Making Real Cash
- Gregg Oldring, CEO Inkdit
Marketing and Branding Your Startup
- Ric Williams, COO Empire Avenue, Former Senior Director of Marketing for Bioware and EA
How I Work - Technology to help your startup
- Cam Linke, Startup Edmonton
Software Product Development
- David Quail, Co-Founder Attassa and C100 Charter Member
Hardware Product Development
- Chris Lumb, CEO of TEC Edmonton, former CEO Micralyne
Funding 101
- Kevin Swan, Principal iNovia Capital, former CEO Nexopia
- Randy Thompson, CEO Venture Alberta and novaNAIT Entrepreneur in Residence
Accelerators 101
- Boris Wertz and Jason Bailey, Founders and Principals of GrowLab
Just do it
- Shaherose Charania, Founder of Women 2.0
Thank you to all of our AccelerateAB sponsors!
