GROWtalks: The experts play-book for creating killer web and mobile products.
*1 Day - February 21, 2013 - Toronto
*10 product experts from the hottest companies *100M+ in funding raised *300+ passionate product managers, designers, developers and marketers *1Billion+ of value created from products built
The team that produces the GROW Conference is bringing a piece of GROW to Toronto. GROWtalks is a one day conference focused on how to create simple, actionable metrics, and use them to make better product and marketing decisions. Industry experts will share actionable advice on how to improve design, product and customer development, acquisition, retention, and more.
Speakers include Brant Cooper (Co-Author, Lean Entrepreneur), Laura Fitton (HubSpot), Dan Martell (Clarity), Kate Rutter (LUXr), Scott Kveton (Urban Airship), Danielle Morrill (Referly), and more.
Also, GROW is offering a special discount for the INcubes community! The first ten people to purchase a ticket will get $100 off the ticket price by using the code “incubes100”. The next 10 can use the code “incubes” to save $50.
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From the itBusiness.ca article: Elevator pitch videos from INcubes 3rd cohort
“Meet three startups… INcubes latest round… has a distinctly business-to-business approach, which stands apart from the consumer-focused products… in the past. Currently involved in a three-month acceleration program at INcubes’ new office, the trio of startups are currently honing their business models and products in time for their public debut on INcubes’ Demo Day, Feb. 27.”
“…TopThat is a web-based app, allowing people and businesses to create multi-media competitions and challenges. Competition managers have the ability to create pay-to-compete competitions. Compete against friends and judge everyone. Create your own competition. Compete against your friends. Judge and be judged.”
“Videogami just pivoted its startup to focus on interactive videos geared towards teaching hands-on skills.”
“L4NP is a web app that provides training for high-quality volunteer talent, as well as matching skilled volunteers with charitable & non-profit organizations.”
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Originating Article Posted by Brian Jackson, Editor at ITBusiness.ca. E-mail him at bjackson@itbusiness.ca, follow him on Twitter, connect on Google+, read his blog, and check out the IT Business Facebook Page.
“Keiretsu Forum Angels Expand Wings Over Toronto”
This March, Keiretsu Forum Angels will open their Toronto chapter!
This is exciting news for Toronto startups as Keiretsu Form is the world’s largest angel network and connects local investors and entrepreneurs to the global market place. With 26 chapters, it is a community of 1000 plus accredited angel investors who have invested over USD400 million into companies throughout the world.
Click to read the full press release.
@INcubes Mentor INtensives
Startup Grind Toronto “After Hours” @ INcubes
Last Thursday founders, aspring entrepreneurs, and mentors gathered at the INcubes offices for pizza, beer, networking. The braver entrepreneurs even tried out their elevator pitches!
True INnovators Only • APPLY NOW for INtake03
Is INcubes right for your Startup?
Is your model innovative, experimental, and in it’s early-phases? We’re startup founders ourselves. We built INcubes to be agile, ever evolving on lean methodology. INcubes embodies how an internet startup should be. There are roughly 10 Accelerator Programs that are peers to INcubes across Canada. Some offer up-front cash incentives for you to join. INcubes acts as your INvestor Relations to help you gain the financing your venture is ready for with access to the best pre-money capital that leaves you in control of your company. INcubes is unique in that we are not indentured to an educational institution, nor are we attached to a government agency, nor are we a division of a larger technology company. INcubes is what you want your venture to be; owned and operated by it’s founders and shareholders, agile, nimble, and adaptable.
Canada’s Top Acceleration Program for the Most INnovative Startups
Application Deadline Nov 15, 2012
READ MORE AND APPLY FOR THE NEXT INTAKE NOW…
Montage from @jdogphoto of @INcubes #DemoDay INtake02 at the #TSX - Toronto Stock Exchange)
Images from INcubes DemoDay INtake02 at the TSX
INcubes DemoDay INtake02 at the Toronto Stock Exchange was an exciting event, where INcubes presented it’s second INtake of accelerated Startups. The new companies, Hovr, GameDay, EventHoller, and MyGoodNIght presented to a private INvite only room of Canada’s most influential tech investors, as well as to the public through a live broadcast hosted by ITbusiness.ca.
Key note speaker, Kirk Simpson, founder of Wave Accounting, shared INsight from his experience as a successful entrepreneur.
The startups are already seeing the returns. Two of the companies are in investor negotiations towards their first round of capital for growth, and EventHoller is already close to closing it’s round!
@INcubes @Hovrme @EventHoller @Sports_GameDay @MyGDNT @WaveAccounting
![Lean Startup Machine Toronto at INcubes
Lean Startup Machine
Friday, October 19, 2012, 6:00 PM - Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Lean Startup Machine are intensive workshops, now being held around North America, where entrepreneurs and innovators learn the “lean” methodologies that are transforming how internet startups, startup. Mentors provide talks and hours of hands-on guidance on building what your customers want in the ‘leanest’ way. It’s an experience of incalculable value that will help lay the foundations of your future company. This workshop has many Success Stories.
Over the course of the weekend you will learn how to…
Conceptualize Product & Biz Dev using “lean” methodology
Practice Customer Discovery efficiently
Research your Target Market quickly
Test your Assumptions effectively
Iterate and Pivot optimally
Create a Minimum Viable Product
Present your Validated Learnings
Hosted by
[IN]cubes Accelerating Canada’s Leanest INternet Startups
INcubes is the Internet Business Incubator offering Canada’s top Acceleration Program for the earliest, most INnovative startups and tech mavericks. Positioned in the heart of Canada’s business district, the INcubes network of Mentors and INvestors, provides the ultimate resource for startups to immerse themselves in the support they need to be practicing lean methodologies. INcubes is proud to host the Lean Startup Machine!
SIGN UP YOUR Startup NOW
Tweet @ATravissCorry for your exclusive INcubes LSM DISCOUNT CODE. A significant value for the best applicants!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbl7zdEZYc1qlgru8o1_1280.png)
Lean Startup Machine Toronto at INcubes
Lean Startup Machine
Friday, October 19, 2012, 6:00 PM - Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Lean Startup Machine are intensive workshops, now being held around North America, where entrepreneurs and innovators learn the “lean” methodologies that are transforming how internet startups, startup. Mentors provide talks and hours of hands-on guidance on building what your customers want in the ‘leanest’ way. It’s an experience of incalculable value that will help lay the foundations of your future company. This workshop has many Success Stories.
Over the course of the weekend you will learn how to…
- Conceptualize Product & Biz Dev using “lean” methodology
- Practice Customer Discovery efficiently
- Research your Target Market quickly
- Test your Assumptions effectively
- Iterate and Pivot optimally
- Create a Minimum Viable Product
- Present your Validated Learnings
SIGN UP YOUR Startup NOW
Tweet @ATravissCorry for your exclusive INcubes LSM DISCOUNT CODE. A significant value for the best applicants!
Win 2 Tickets to the Lean Startup Machine Workshop Toronto @INcubes!
Toronto, Ontario Canada, October 19th at INcubes.ca Enter to win tickets today. A $600 value.
#demoday @incubes @atravisscorry @benzlotnick @garin @chick_tech #Toronto #Stock #Exchange (Taken with Instagram at Toronto stock exchange)
Announcing INcubes DemoDay INtake02 Programme
It’s nearly [IN]cubes Demo Day • INtake 02 Wednesday, September 12, 1pm • INvite Only; at the Toronto Stock Exchange Tower . As INtake 02 grads on our second DemoDay, our 4 Startups are poised to make their presence known globally.
Toronto boasts the most exits of any city in Canada, although it severely lacks support for early-phase internet entrepreneurs. At DemoDay Toronto’s Tech Community looks back at what INcubes has spurred and how Canadian startups fit into global business.
INcubes has successfully brought support for early startup teams in Toronto and to Canada’s business centre in the form of our private INcubator and nimble, agile, and competitive Acceleration Program. While only just in our second INtake, we’ve been listed as among the top accelerators in Canada, and we’re the only of significance servicing early startups in Canada’s finance centre. This DemoDay is the place to be to see Canadian INternet INnovation emerge. This is what we founded INcubes to do.
DemoDay Programme
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1:00 [ INsider Networking & Appetizers ]
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1:30 [ INcubes Startups • INvestor Presentations ]
Opening Remarks by Ben Zlotnick CEO of INcubes
INtro by Ben Zifkin of Hubab
The Pitch: Hovr • Product Search in Just One Click!
INtro by Scott Howard of Coral CEA
The Pitch: GameDay • Get In The Game!
INtro by Annie Pinet of Deloitte
The Pitch: Event Holler • Promoter Powered Event Management
INtro by Tim Shore of BlogTO
The Pitch: MyGoodNight • Making Where To Go & What To Do Simple
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2:30 [ Key Note • Kirk Simpson of Wave Accounting ]
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2:40 [ Thank you from A. Traviss Corry INoffice Director of INcubes ]
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To 4pm [ Mingling INperson Q&A with the INcubated Founders ]
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Prep yourself for DemoDay with…
THE DECKS:
Hovr • Product Search In Just One Click!
EventHoller • Promoter Powered Event Management
GameDay • Get In The Game!
MyGoodnight • We Make Deciding Where To Go & What To Do Simple
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The Public can TuneIN on Sept, 12 at 1pm EST for the LIVE BROADCAST at INcubes.ca Presented by ITBusiness.ca and your online host Brian J. Jackson.
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This event is Certified Kosher • INvite Only • LIve Broadcast
GameDay Interactive! Get In The Game! of INcubes INtake 02
The INvestor Event you don’t want to miss. On-stage investor presentations from the second INtake of fascinating & INnovative entrepreneurial teams to grad from INcubes accelerator program. Enjoy the atmosphere inside the Toronto Stock Exchange in the heart of Canada’s Business District. Ask INcube’s CEO Ben Zlotnick for a Private INvite.
For those who cannot attend in-person, INcubes DemoDay INtake 02 will be live-broadcast. Stay TunedIN for more details.
Featuring The INcubated Startups:
EventHoller • MyGoodnight • Hovr • GameDay
This fall, INcubes will host Toronto’s three-day Lean Startup Machine workshop!
“The Lean Startup is a term/process coined by Eric Ries, which involves rapid, iterative prototyping to test assumptions and to develop a product that customers actually want.”
Check out leanstartupmachine.com and follow @Lean for more information on how it works!
Stay tuned for the date of the workshop and when you can apply.
