Who: JonasBrandon, MatthewBurpee, MartinCleaver, RohanJayasekera
Food: Korean ;)
Items discussed
- Toronto is missing the startup network found in, for example, Waterloo (university-related) and Kanata (Mitel-related), with TorCamp a potential seed but lacking many actual startups
- Where are the success stories of Toronto's startups? - to inspire and encourage ("I've done it and you can too")
-- Where can we get these? e.g. Rotman school of Management?
- What steps must startups go through? e.g. common vision
- What can we do to get more ideas generated?
-- e.g. hack days (not necessarily of code, but of ideas, user experience, design slam, business plan)
- How do wannabe entrepreneurs find a startup to join?
-- Where can people advertise their skills/interests, etc? Linked-In?
- How does a startup get staffed up?
- What base documents that address matters such as legal foundation?
- What base documents for company formation, e.g. vesting restricted stock?
- What legal professionals can the community tap?
Action items
- We started the TorCampers page
Next meeting
- YuleCampToronto 2
