Archive for September, 2008
Masterminding the Amazon Exit
As promised, some more details on the upcoming STIRR Canada Tech Mixer in Calgary: How Canada’s AbeBooks engineered its multi-million dollar sale Boris Wertz, CEO at Nexopia & Director at Abebooks (photo courtesy of Kris Krug, via a Creative Commons Licence) On Oct 15th, headliner Boris Wertz, CEO of Edmonton’s Nexopia, will be in Calgary [...]
As promised, some more details on the upcoming STIRR Canada Tech Mixer in Calgary:
How Canada’s AbeBooks engineered its multi-million dollar sale
- Boris Wertz, CEO at Nexopia & Director at Abebooks (photo courtesy of Kris Krug, via a Creative Commons Licence)
On Oct 15th, headliner Boris Wertz, CEO of Edmonton’s Nexopia, will be in Calgary at a STIRR Canada Tech Mixer event to share insights on how his previous venture, AbeBooks, won the attention of Amazon and was recently acquired.
Attendees to this invitation-only event will also be first to hear 60-second elevator pitches from a select group of local “under the radar” tech founders. Get ready to mingle with a great group of seasoned and emerging tech industry players!
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Calgary Tech Mixer announced – Oct 15
STIRR is known for great events – big and small. Get ready for a BIG STIRR Canada event this October 15th – more than 100 tech entrepreneurs will meet up in Calgary for the Fall Tech MIxer. Come to this Main Event to meet founding high-tech peers, get great advice from successful founders and funders; [...]
STIRR is known for great events – big and small. Get ready for a BIG STIRR Canada event this October 15th – more than 100 tech entrepreneurs will meet up in Calgary for the Fall Tech MIxer. Come to this Main Event to meet founding high-tech peers, get great advice from successful founders and funders; learn about some under-the-radar emerging tech companies, and have a great time.
WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS ON TICKETS AND FEATURED COMPANIES – COMING SOON!
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Tech Talks Visibility – Event Wrap-up
We were back at the Tribune Restaurant in Calgary for the August Founders’ Table dinner. Founders and/or funders participating in this STIRR Canada event represented the following organizations: Wireless Dynamics dTech CoolIT Systems x-Tech DirectVoxx VoodooPC Octane Capital iNovia Capital Much talk was around marketing, PR, getting visibility, and tech product management. The importance of [...]
We were back at the Tribune Restaurant in Calgary for the August Founders’ Table dinner. Founders and/or funders participating in this STIRR Canada event represented the following organizations:
Wireless Dynamics
dTech
CoolIT Systems
x-Tech
DirectVoxx
VoodooPC
Octane Capital
iNovia Capital
Much talk was around marketing, PR, getting visibility, and tech product management. The importance of a brand strategy that is implemented with consistency was discussed as an important component of getting noticed. The dinner conversation then turned to the ups and downs of selling into big, multi-national companies (many stories were told!), as well as the differences in marketing enterprise technology vs. consumer devices. Before the evening ended, the topic of “building businesses with an exit strategy in mind” was tabled.
