Each day is designed to share ideas on how to fix
what a business needs to fix next.
You can purchase individual in-person day tickets, discounted in-person passes week passes, OR you can purchase online week-long passes.
You attend part(s) of the day or stay for the entire day.
Monday
12:15 Doors at Platform Calgary open and the Zoom session starts
The main doors at Platform Calgary (407 -9th Avenue SE) will open, and the online Zoom session will start.
Those attending in person can pick up their name badge by the main door and head to the food and beverage station located at the west end of the second floor behind the glass wall.
1:15 – 1:30 Welcome and Opening
A welcome and overview of the 2023 Innovation Rodeo.
1:30 – 3:30: Kick-off Speaker Mike Michalowicz
In a city half the size of Calgary, April Boyle had 1,000 small businesses go through her Build Institute program in under six years.
Join us to imagine what Alberta could do if it could replicate April’s success in a province that has 10X the population of Detroit.
100 copies of The Startup Community Way by Brad Feld and Ian Hathaway will be given away to in-person participants of this session.
3:30 – 5:00: Non-Alcoholic Networking
In-person networking will take place on the second floor of Platform Calgary where lunch was served.
Online breakout rooms will allow participants to connect on different topics.
Tuesday
11:30 Doors open, and the online session starts
The main doors at Platform Calgary (407 -9th Avenue SE) will open, and the online Zoom session will start.
Those attending in person can pick up their name badge by the main door and head to the food and beverage station.
Those attending online can join break rooms to connect on different topics.
12:15 – 1:15: Entrepreneur Panel – Sales
Borrowing from Mike’s Business Hierarch of needs this panel, led by ???, features four entrepreneurs who will share what they fixed and how to grow sales in their Organizations
1:15 – 1:30: Innovation Challenge Team Formation
In-Person and online participants form teams and compete for $2,000 which is awarded to the team that is selected as having done the best job of applying Josh David Miller’s content to a local early-stage company that was selected based on company suggestions and voting results on the Startup Alberta Facebook page.
Online breakout rooms will allow online participants to create virtual teams and compete against their in-person counterparts.
1:30 – 3:30: Innovation Challenge: Design Sprints
Teams of up to four participants compete for $2,000 by applying the content from Josh’s session to a local early-stage company selected based on company suggestions and voting results on the Startup Alberta Facebook page.
3:30 – 3:45: Break / Networking
A 15-minute break as we set up for the student entrepreneurs to pitch for $2,500 and the chance to move on to the pitch competition finals held Friday afternoon.
3:45 – 4:30: Student Pitch Competition – Regional Round #1
Each day some of the most promising first-time Entrepreneurs from Alberta’s publicly-funded colleges, universities, and polytechnics compete for a cash prizes of $2,500 in regional rounds of the Most Promising Student Entrepreneur pitch competitions.
The top person from each day wins the $2,5000 in cash and the top two from each day of the regional pitch competitions move to the finals on Friday afternoon where compete for an additional $17,500 and the chance to win one of three $12,000 US scholarships to the top Entrepreneurship Program in Silicon Valley.
Students are judged by a panel of some of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs.
4:30 – 5:00: Meet the Students or Virtual Networking
Each student who pitches will have their own breakout room where you can connect with them to provide feedback, share suggestions or make introductions to people you think they should meet or have another 30 minutes in open networking rooms.
Wednesday
11:30 Doors open, and the online session starts
The main doors at Platform Calgary (407 -9th Avenue SE) will open, and the online Zoom session will start.
Those attending in person can pick up their name badge by the main door and head to the food and beverage station.
Those attending online can join break rooms to connect on different topics.
12:15 – 1:15: Entrepreneur Panel – Profit
Borrowing from Mike’s Business Hierarch of needs this panel, led by ???, features four entrepreneurs who will share what they fixed and how to grow profits in their Organizations
1:15 – 1:30: Innovation Challenge Team Formation
In-Person and online participants form teams and compete for $2,000 which is awarded to the team that is selected as having done the best job of applying Tapiwa Dzingais content to a local early-stage company that was selected based on company suggestions and voting results on the Startup Alberta Facebook page.
Online breakout rooms will allow online participants to create virtual teams and compete against their in-person counterparts.
1:30 – 3:30: Innovation Challenge: Design Sprints
Teams of up to four participants compete for $2,000 by applying the content from Tapiwa’s session to a local early-stage company selected based on company suggestions and voting results on the Startup Alberta Facebook page.
3:30 – 3:45: Break / Networking
A 15-minute break as we set up for the student entrepreneurs to pitch for $2,500 and the chance to move on to the pitch competition finals held Friday afternoon
3:45 – 4:30: Student Pitch Competition – Regional Round #2
Each day some of the most promising first-time Entrepreneurs from Alberta’s publicly-funded colleges, universities, and polytechnics compete for a cash prizes of $2,500 in regional rounds of the Most Promising Student Entrepreneur pitch competitions.
The top person from each day wins the $2,5000 in cash and the top two from each day of the regional pitch competitions move to the finals on Friday afternoon where compete for an additional $17,500 and the chance to win one of three $12,000 US scholarships to the top Entrepreneurship Program in Silicon Valley.
Students are judged by a panel of some of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs.
4:30 – 5:00: Meet the Students or Virtual Networking
Each student who pitches will have their own breakout room where you can connect with them to provide feedback, share suggestions or make introductions to people you think they should meet or have another 30 minutes in open networking rooms.
Thursday
11:30 Doors open, and the online session starts
The main doors at Platform Calgary (407 -9th Avenue SE) will open, and the online Zoom session will start.
Those attending in person can pick up their name badge by the main door and head to the food and beverage station.
Those attending online can join break rooms to connect on different topics.
12:15 – 1:15: Entrepreneur Panel – Order
Borrowing from Mike’s Business Hierarch of needs this panel, led by ???, features four entrepreneurs who will share what they fixed and how to create order in their Organizations
1:15 – 1:30: Innovation Challenge Team Formation
In-Person and online participants form teams and compete for $2,000 which is awarded to the team that is selected as having done the best job of applying Cory Bray’s content to a local early-stage company that was selected based on company suggestions and voting results on the Startup Alberta Facebook page.
Online breakout rooms will allow online participants to create virtual teams and compete against their in-person counterparts.
1:30 – 3:30: Innovation Challenge: Sales Playbooks
Teams of up to four participants compete for $2,000 by applying the content from Cory’s session to a local early-stage company selected based on company suggestions and voting results on the Startup Alberta Facebook page.
3:30 – 3:45: Break / Networking
A 15-minute break as we set up for the student entrepreneurs to pitch for $2,500 and the chance to move on to the pitch competition finals held Friday afternoon
3:45 – 4:30: Student Pitch Competition – Regional Round #3
Each day some of the most promising first-time Entrepreneurs from Alberta’s publicly-funded colleges, universities, and polytechnics compete for a cash prizes of $2,500 in regional rounds of the Most Promising Student Entrepreneur pitch competitions.
The top person from each day wins the $2,5000 in cash and the top two from each day of the regional pitch competitions move to the finals on Friday afternoon where compete for an additional $17,500 and the chance to win one of three $12,000 US scholarships to the top Entrepreneurship Program in Silicon Valley.
Students are judged by a panel of some of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs.
4:30 – 5:00: Meet the Students or Virtual Networking
Each student who pitches will have their own breakout room where you can connect with them to provide feedback, share suggestions or make introductions to people you think they should meet or have another 30 minutes in open networking rooms.
Friday
11:30 Doors open, and the online session starts
The main doors at Platform Calgary (407 -9th Avenue SE) will open, and the online Zoom session will start.
Those attending in person can pick up their name badge by the main door and head to the food and beverage station.
Those attending online can join break rooms to connect on different topics.
12:00 – 1:15: KEYNOTE: Transformation and Permanence
Borrowing from Mike’s Business Hierarch of needs this keynote session with ???, who will share what they fixed and how to create impact and legacy in their organization.
1:15 – 2:15: Crowd Favourite Pitch Competition
Six of Calgary’s newest tech startup founders from Calgary’s technical upskilling programs (EdgeUp, EvolveU and Lighthouse Labs) compete in a pitch competition that gives away all ticket proceeds from the week-long event, and Friday’s participants pick the winners.
2:15 – 2:30: Coffee/bio Break OR Virtual Networking
Take a 15-minute break or take advantage of open networking rooms.
2:30 – 3:30: Student Pitch Competition – FINALS
The six finalists from the regional rounds of the student pitch competition pitch to early-stage investors as they compete for an additional $17,500 in cash and the chance to win one of three $12,000 US scholarships to the top Entrepreneurship Program in Silicon Valley.
3:30 – 3:45: Winners of the innovation challenges and pitch competitions announced
Winners of the innovation challenges, crowd favourite pitch competition, and the most promising first-time entrepreneur pitch competition are announced.
3:45 – 4:30: Meet the Students or Virtual Networking
Each student who pitches will have their own breakout room where you can connect with them to provide feedback, share suggestions, or make introductions to people you think they should meet. You can also have another 45 minutes to take advantage of open networking rooms.
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