Welcome back to the Midweek Memo: your weekly digest of the city’s top tech events, personnel moves, job openings, and industry opportunities.
THIS MONTH
🗓 Tuesday, Jan 16 | 🎟 Free registration
Starting next week, our coffee meetups are back in 2024! Join us on Tuesday, January 16 between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. to connect with the Vancouver tech community in an informal atmosphere.
Check out a new office, discover a new career, find your next co-founder, or learn something new — do it all at one of our upcoming coffee meetups.
Agri-Food – Education Session
🗓 Thursday, Jan 11 | 🎟 Free registration
Join an education session for the upcoming Agri-Food Summit: part of 2024 Startup TNT Sector Summits.
🗓 Tuesday, Jan 16 | 🎟 Buy tickets
Join Vancouver Entrepreneur’s Forum for its Ask Me Anything fireside chat, where SmartSweets and Bold Beginnings founder Tara Bosch will share her founder journey, notable lessons along the way, and the hard truths of being a solo founder.
Five free tickets are available for VTJ members. Contact [email protected] to claim yours.
VTJ subscribers can use code VEFVTJ10 for 10% off registration.
🗓 Thursday, Jan 18 | 🎟 Free registration
Learn how to start your career in web development, data, cybersecurity, and related fields with guidance from experts at Apple, Amazon, and Lululemon.
With organizations and entire industries increasingly adopting a more digital-first approach, understanding your audience and providing a great user experience has never been more essential.
🗓 Thursday, Jan 18 | 🎟 Buy tickets
Founders Huddle is a monthly event where up to three founders can use five-to-ten minutes to share what business they are building, what kind of challenges they are facing, and what kind of help they need.
The audience can ask questions, offer suggestions, and provide resources to help the founders overcome their obstacles and achieve their goals.
🗓 Jan 26 - 28 | 🎟 Buy tickets
Do you have a problem to solve or an idea you’d like to bring to life, but don't know where to start? Or who to start with? Or do you just want to learn how to build a startup and an entrepreneurial mindset?
Over three days, meet mentors, investors, co-founders, and sponsors who will show you how to get more done faster — and maybe even start that business.
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MUST-ATTEND EVENTS FROM OUR PARTNERS
INNOVATEwest | April 16-17
👩💼 VANCOUVER TECH MOVES
Major personnel changes, including promotions, hires, and departures:
Justine Fisher was appointed chief financial officer of Svante
Efrem Ainsley was named chief executive officer of Alida (formerly Vision Critical)
SPONSORED BY TOAST
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Toast is a membership-based collective that’s flipping the hiring dynamic for women in tech. We connect women to roles we believe in, at companies we trust. We set up our members so they’re getting exactly what they deserve: more money, more flexibility, less bullsh*t.
💡 OPPORTUNITIES
🤝 VANCOUVER TECH JOBS
Whether you're looking for a dream role or a dream employee, Vancouver Tech Jobs has you covered, with open jobs including:
The BC Public Service is hiring a Database Analyst
BrainStation is hiring an Associate Educator, Cybersecurity
The City of Vancouver is hiring an SAP Technical Solution Architect
TTT Studios is hiring a Backend Engineer .Net / C#
Powertech Labs is hiring an Engineering & Operations Team Lead- High Voltage Laboratory
Check out who else is hiring on our Vancouver Tech Job Board »
Growing your team? Post a job with us »
👋 YOUR COMMUNITY
🗣 VTJ Community Slack – Connect with the community using our dedicated Slack! This is your chance to network and chat with your friendly neighbourhood tech professionals from anywhere.
🤝 Vancouver Tech Jobs board – Looking for work? Looking for your next hire?
🗓️ Vancouver tech events calendar – All the events in one place.
💪 Become a VTJ Corporate Member and get your brand in front of thousands of tech professionals, investors, decision makers, and leaders. Get in touch today.
That’s it!
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