| Date | Tuesday February 26, 2008 |
| Time | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Location | Waterloo Accelerator Centre, 295 Hagey Blvd., Waterloo |
| Expected Attendance | All are welcome! |
Previously: StartupCampWaterloo1
A group has been created so please join to discuss BarCamps or DemoCamps in the region. Also there's a Facebook group too!
Agenda (The plan in a draft form)
StartupCampWaterloo borrows from DemoCamp except we have a *main speaker* and a couple set presentations from members of the community. The StartupDemo gives you a chance to get your idea out there and get feedback so you can strengthen your idea.
The intention is that the demos are from technology people who are thinking about starting a company, or have recently started a company and are looking for ideas or feedback. It's not so much a pitch, it's a dialogue - you ask us questions, we heckle you! It's a discussion and learning opportunity for everyone - we all get to see what you are asking and what you get back from the audience of technologist and business-types.
- Intro, rules, etc
- Speaker: Stefanus Du Toit - RapidMind
- Want to present? (Whoever wants to present gets 60 seconds or less, what is your idea, what you want to talk about. This will only happen if more than six people want to present.)
- food (be social, vote for what you want to see on the whiteboard)
- StartupDemo-style presentations, round 1
Breakdown:
- who are you?
- what issues do you want help with e.g., market validation, business model, marketing, etc
- audience participation in answers
- break (start talking to people)
- repeat
- Closing Speaker: Austin Hill from Akoha
We will have a post-StartupCampWaterloo pub gathering, location TBD
Over the evening experts in certain topic areas will be identified, the idea is to use the break time to have small group discussions.
Demos (List will make up the StartupDemo presentations. If we don't have more than six then we will skip the 60 second intro.)
Please add what you would like to see at StartupCampWaterloo that isn't listed above.
Attendees
Add your name below (use Edit Page at the top) to attend - and participate! in the StartupCamp. Or email jrodgers@uwaterloo.ca.
- Jesse Rodgers (instigator) email blog
- Mic Berman (organizer) email blog
- Simon Woodside (instigator) email blog
- Brydon Gilliss shooting my mouth off...
- Kevin Morris (WLU student) email blog
- Miki Setlur (UBC Graduate, Entrepreneur) email website
- Avlok Kohli (UW Graduate, Entrepreneur) email website
- Ari Shomair, Entrepreneur & Internet Marketing Blogger
- Simon Clark (oscillator) zebraspot VillageToolBox
- Bartek Gniado, Entrepreneur email
- Richard Reiner, Entrepreneur and Investor www
- Thusenth Dhavaloganathan, WLU 4th Year BBA, blog email
- Corey Dutson, Web Developer, blog email
- Jevon Macdonald, Entrepreneur, startupnorth
- Jonas Brandon, startupnorth
- Jim Murphy A Canadian Sea Turtle email
- Khalaf Mohamed, (UW Student) Entreprenuer
- David Crow, trouble maker, davidcrow.ca/
- Ross Bennett, email website
- Monish Gandhi, email
- Norman Young, Personal Syndication
- Adam Joncas (UW Alumni, Entrepreneur), tagiton
- Ali Asaria Well.ca, blog
- Ilya Grigorik AideRSS.com, blog
- Rajesh Kumar meetrajesh.com email
- Michael Fagan
- Amina Gilani (WLU student) email
- Dan Silivestru Mobile Weekend blog
- Zeev Lieber (SlashID) email blog
- Gary Will web
- Larry Borsato email blog Twitter
- SimonLaw Akoha
- Austin Hill Akoha
- Pete Lloyd email
- Rhonda Lee (THERMAHEAL Founder) email
- Rob Soosaar (Local tech business voyeur) email
- Jacqui Murphy, VC Tech Capital Partners, email
- Troy McConaghy
- Ash Christopher newthink.net
- Kunal Gupta [http://www.canadianbusiness.com/mobile]
- Chris Thiessen - Zoomii
- Aydin Mirzaee - chide.it (no hard feelings.) blog email
- Peter Kao - email blog
- Chris Long - Well.ca
- Natalie MacNeil - email Epica International
- William Dittmer - email Epica International
- Adam Keanie email
- Gavin McGarry - (Media Consultant type)email
- Ahmed Shuaib - UW Student email
- Robin Axon - Partner Ventures West
- Duncan Hill - EIR, Ventures West
- Vijay Raj (Web development) email
- Simon for Bulk email software
- Mark Dowds - email Brainpark
- Jamie Wakeam (Technical Advisor, Microsoft Canada)
- Paul Butler - blog
- George Liu
- Shawn Kahandaliyanage (Former RIM biz-devver looking for a new gig) email
- Rick Niesiobedzki - Recursive Design
Would like to participate but can't make it that day
Just enter your name here if you can't make it but would like to attend the next BarCampWaterloo.
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Sponsors
If you would like to sponsor BarCampWaterloo, please add your name to the list of sponsors below. We need to cover the cost of the space, snacks, name tags, etc.
Sponsors get:
- a mention and BarCamplink on the BarCampWaterloo page
- small but visible sign at the presentation table
- MC to mention sponsorship at the event, including a sentence or two about what your company does
- a mention of the sponsor and url in any publicity/articles and we will try for news releases
Task List
- Find some people to help
- Figure out if more budget can be found somewhere
Community
Help build the community. Add your events, thoughts, etc to the WatCamp page!
What is it?
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees. StartupCamp follows the same spirit but we try and focus on the joy a start up brings.
(Part of the WatCamp community. The previous BarCampWaterloo was BarCampWaterloo_September06, BarCampWaterloo_December06, BarCampWaterloo_March07 and BarCampWaterloo_May07.)
StartupCampWaterloo discussion and planning notes from meeting Friday August 3d.
