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August STIRR Canada Founders’ Table
[ August 27, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Invites have gone out for the next Calgary Founders’ Table. This invitation-only dinner for tech-driven entrepreneurs will kick off the conversation with a window on the challenges and opportunities facing hardware-oriented tech startups.
HOW TO JOIN: If you’re the founder or funder of a tech startup, and you’re interested in joining STIRR Canada, please click on [...]
| August 27, 2008 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Invites have gone out for the next Calgary Founders’ Table. This invitation-only dinner for tech-driven entrepreneurs will kick off the conversation with a window on the challenges and opportunities facing hardware-oriented tech startups.
HOW TO JOIN: If you’re the founder or funder of a tech startup, and you’re interested in joining STIRR Canada, please click on the Apply tab (above) and complete our Application Form … tell us more about you and your company.
HOW TO SPONSOR: If you’re interested in sponsoring a STIRR Canada event, please click on the Sponsor tab (above) to find out more.
WHAT’S ON FOR FALL?: Invites will go out in September for our big fall Calgary Tech-Mixer event - get ready for some great Hacks, special guests, and networking opportunities!
Media STIRR
Local coverage in the Calgary Herald newspaper about Garrett Camp’s visit back to Calgary and his sharing of the StumbleUpon.com startup experience at STIRR Canada’s inaugural event.
From the Herald article:
“We wanted to have [Garrett] back to Calgary to … help coach the people in the room to what do we have to do to make [...]
Local coverage in the Calgary Herald newspaper about Garrett Camp’s visit back to Calgary and his sharing of the StumbleUpon.com startup experience at STIRR Canada’s inaugural event.
From the Herald article:
“We wanted to have [Garrett] back to Calgary to … help coach the people in the room to what do we have to do to make sure the next Garrett Camp, who might well be at one of the tables, has the opportunity to get mentored, funded and supported here so we can keep some of these great startup stories local, ” said Claudia Moore, a director of STIRR Canada and owner of Calgary-based technology company growth agent Material Insight Inc.“
And many thanks also to Techvibes for their support and coverage as well. Techvibes correspondent, Barcamp supporter, and technology intern, Cam Linke, came down from Edmonton to attend the Founders’ Table event. Thanks Cam!
The talks from STIRR USA FounderHacks III
Evan Williams, Jonathan Abrams and Michael Cerda shared their insights at STIRR USA’s FounderHacks III. There were over 300 in attendance. Over 75% founding teams of early stage startups.
Here are the talks:
Ev Williams “Just Say No”
Jonathan Abrams “Common Wisdom sometimes isn’t”
Michael Cerda “Stick to your DNA”
The good folks over at Found|Read wrote about the talks [...]
Evan Williams, Jonathan Abrams and Michael Cerda shared their insights at STIRR USA’s FounderHacks III. There were over 300 in attendance. Over 75% founding teams of early stage startups.
Here are the talks:
Ev Williams “Just Say No”
Jonathan Abrams “Common Wisdom sometimes isn’t”
Michael Cerda “Stick to your DNA”
The good folks over at Found|Read wrote about the talks here.
Kudos to Chef Paul for catering and the STIRR Armored Door Team for keeping the flow moving smoothly.
Highlight Talks from STIRR USA FHI and FHII
Some of the highlight talks from STIRR USA’s FounderHacks I and II
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Some of the highlight talks from STIRR USA’s FounderHacks I and II
The Talks from STIRR USA FounderHacks II
Our thanks to Scott Rafer, Patrick Koppula and James Currier. Here are the talks from FHII:
James Currier
Patrick Koppula
Scott Rafer
Our thanks to Scott Rafer, Patrick Koppula and James Currier. Here are the talks from FHII:
James Currier
Patrick Koppula
Scott Rafer
The talks from STIRR USA FounderHacks I
The videos from FounderHacks I have arrived.
Munjal Shah, CEO, Like.com
David Weekly, CEO, PBWiki
David Marks, CEO, Loomia
Ted Rheingold, CEO, Dogster/Catster
Thanks to Nandor Fejer from bub.blicio.us for the videography work with nods to Brian Solis and Allison McNeill. Thanks to the San Jose Mercury News for additional footage.
The videos from FounderHacks I have arrived.
Munjal Shah, CEO, Like.com
David Weekly, CEO, PBWiki
David Marks, CEO, Loomia
Ted Rheingold, CEO, Dogster/Catster
Thanks to Nandor Fejer from bub.blicio.us for the videography work with nods to Brian Solis and Allison McNeill. Thanks to the San Jose Mercury News for additional footage.
STIRR USA Mixer 2.3 in Photos
Photography by Lane Hartwell
STIRR USA Alumni in the News!
Congrats to the following STIRR USA Alumni for making some noise this month!
(STIRR 1.8) has received $1 million in funding
(STIRR 2.3) is profiled in a NY Times story, “Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching“
(STIRR 1.1) is profiled in a Forbes story, “The Ebay of Loans“
(STIRR 2.1) is profiled in [...]
Congrats to the following STIRR USA Alumni for making some noise this month!
(STIRR 1.8) has received $1 million in funding
(STIRR 2.3) is profiled in a NY Times story, “Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching“
(STIRR 1.1) is profiled in a Forbes story, “The Ebay of Loans“
(STIRR 2.1) is profiled in a Forbes story, “Send in the Clouds“
STIRR USA Founder’s Mixer 2.2 Wrapup
Photos Courtesy of Ammie Wang Photography
STIRR Mixer 2.2 wrapup: This month we had three firsts. Our first talk by a Silicon Valley legend, the first time the room was so silent for 10mins you really could hear a pin drop, and our first time someone gamed the Audience Choice Awards.
The guest host for 2.2:
Rafe [...]
Photos Courtesy of Ammie Wang Photography
STIRR Mixer 2.2 wrapup: This month we had three firsts. Our first talk by a Silicon Valley legend, the first time the room was so silent for 10mins you really could hear a pin drop, and our first time someone gamed the Audience Choice Awards.
The guest host for 2.2:
Rafe Needleman, Editor at Large
To keep STIRR events free for the entrepreneurs and the presenters, STIRR relies on generous sponsors. This month’s sponsor was Sun Microsystems and their Startup Essentials program. More about Sun and the Startup Essentials program at the end of this article.
Scott McNealy’s talk:
Valley legend Scott McNealy joined us for 2.2. When Scott took the stage, it was the first time in STIRR’s 11 month history the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Scott’s reputation proceeds him. In the valley he’s been known for being controversial, brash, loved by his employees, outspoken and not afraid to make enemies of his competitors. Besides helping bootstrap the entire workstation market from zero, in the web 1.0 timeframe Scott took on Microsoft, and unlike Netscape, Sun survived to tell about it. For STIRR Scott put on the charm and had some solid advice to share. Our only regrets were not getting a longer Q&A to talk about the early days of getting Sun off the ground. Here are some of his insights paraphrased:
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Hire smart people who get along with each other.
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Your business has “got to be controversial,” otherwise everybody will do the same thing you do.
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Don’t cheat (even if nobody’s looking). It’s the little cheats/quiet-deals that demoralize a smart team.
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Manage through slogans (aka “The Network is the Computer”)
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Your competing firms are your enemy, but not their people. “They threaten our existence as a company”
and more gems and anecdotes in the talk. We’ll get the video online shortly for all to share.
Audience Choice Award:
Starting in January, the STIRR audience has been selecting one lucky winner to win a SUN x2200 M2 Server. This month there was a surprise in store for everyone and being the social engineers at heart that we are we were impressed with some blatant social engineering. As we were gearing up to measure the audience applause, one of the contestants shouted “and we’ll buy everyone free drinks if we win!”. Well, they won by a landslide, a score 10db louder on the meter than the other 3 contestants. Right after receiving their award the winner shouted “ok, but we’ll buy drinks _after_ we get funding”. The crowd let out a resounding ‘Boo’ and we all had a chuckle watching the mock drama unfold. We’ve talked with the winning team, and they are going to live up to their original promise. First round of drinks are free for
everyone at Mixer 2.3, and we’ll hit ‘em up for free drinks all night the month after they get funding, so come on down.
Thank you Confabb!
Video Coverage:
Courtesy of Bub.blicio.us
Welcome to STIRR
At Stirr Mixers we’re trying something a little different. Great people, a short 60 second presentation format, and an on-your-feet networking environment where entrepreneurs and the community supporting them can connect and share. Our first event launches April 5th.
At Stirr Mixers we’re trying something a little different. Great people, a short 60 second presentation format, and an on-your-feet networking environment where entrepreneurs and the community supporting them can connect and share. Our first event launches April 5th.
