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Plus, an evaluation of Vancouver tech, seven months in
Emily Edwards
June 19, 2024
👋 Welcome back to VTJ’s Midweek Memo: your weekly digest of the city’s top tech events, personnel moves, job openings, and industry opportunities.
UPCOMING EVENTS
🗓️ Thursday, June 27 | 🎟️ Buy tickets
#VTJTalks monthly events bring together entrepreneurs, executives, talent, investors, and tech community members to network and learn.
Join us this month to hear from local leaders about what's going right and wrong for Vancouver's innovation ecosystem so far in 2024.
Hear from:
William Johnson, BC Lead, Startup TNT
Rogayeh Tabrizi, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Theory+Practice
Chris Neumann, General Partner, Panache Ventures
Ally Bharmal, Partner, Fasken
🗓️ Tuesday, June 25 | 🎟️ Free registration
You’re invited to join us every Tuesday between 8:00 a.m. - 10:00am to connect with the Vancouver tech community in an informal atmosphere.
Discover a new career, find your next co-founder, or learn something new – do it all at one of our upcoming coffee meetups.
🗓️ Tuesday, June 25 | 🎟️ Free registration
We are living through some of the greatest workplace disruption in history, and people and culture leaders in the tech sector will face increasing pressure. To make the best decisions, you need data, knowledge, and context.
Join TAP Network for a look at the latest trends in employee benefits for Canada’s tech sector. This webinar will review benchmark data from TAP Network’s 2024 Group Benefits Survey and in collaboration with HUB international, we’ll provide actionable insights, bring you up to date on emerging priorities, and explore trends in benefits plan design.
🗓️ Wednesday, June 26 | 🎟️ Free registration
Cycling + Commerce is a weekly cycle round the city for ecommerce professionals. It’s about bringing together people in a professional community that promotes holistic well-being, and it’s a great way to engage your body and mind in a different way than sitting at a desk - a proven path to that eureka moment for your business!
Join to energize your week by cycling around Vancouver. It’s a great way to meet new people in your industry, add a healthy habit to your week, and switch up your working headspace (some of our best ideas come when we’re on our bike).
🗓️ Thursday, June 27 | 🎟️ Free registration
Connect with local entrepreneurs and investors at Startup TNT’s weekly happy hour events in Vancouver.
Join every Thursday to meet a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals and engage in conversations about latest trends and strategies.
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🗓️ Thursday, June 27 | 🎟️ Buy tickets
Pitch decks tell your story. That's what makes the investors go - "Interesting! Let me see."
But how do you generate that interest? How do you narrate value proposition and get investors onboard?
In this problem-solving session, VEF’s pulling in peeps who have been on both sides of the pitch deck to dive straight into the topic and address your specific questions.
🗓️ Saturday, June 29 | 🎟️ Buy tickets
This business event features four floors of music, art, and entertainment across eight rooms, hosting over 1,000 attendees at the Vancouver Club.
Internet Masterminds takes over the Georgian Room to provide an exclusive premier lounge for our community. Enjoy a vibrant atmosphere with music, casual conversations, and complimentary food sponsored by Nook Coworking.
What to expect:
Exhibition of some of the most iconic masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Art by the likes of Kiarash TK, Shwill, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Mr. Brainwash and Andy Warhol
Immersive Cocktail Stations designed to pair with each art collection
24 DJs spinning music all night long across five stages of music
1,000+ quality attendees including celebrated creatives, entrepreneurs, and influential professionals in Vancouver
Dress Code: Formal gala attire, no jeans, hoodies, puffy jackets, or graphic tees
VTJ readers can register for 15% off with the code “VTJcode”
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🗓️ Tuesday, July 2 | 🎟️ Free registration
You’re invited to join us every Tuesday between 8:00 a.m. - 10:00am to connect with the Vancouver tech community in an informal atmosphere.
Discover a new career, find your next co-founder, or learn something new – do it all at one of our upcoming coffee meetups.
🗓️ Wednesday, July 3 | 🎟️ Buy tickets
A conversation with Josh O'Kane, a business reporter with The Globe & Mail, Canada's largest national newspaper.
In 2017, a Google affiliate called Sidewalk Labs waltzed into Toronto with plans to reimagine urban planning “from the Internet up,” promising a utopia that would begin on 12 acres of brownfield land on Lake Ontario.
What happened instead was a two-and-a-half-year battle over the future of cities and their development, data regulation, and the power of the private sector in the public realm.
In this session, Josh O’Kane, author of the best-selling book Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy, will unpack how Sidewalk struggled to translate its idealism into reality and the role of Canadian policy in that failure.
In a fireside chat, Josh will also reveal why the giants of Silicon Valley see cities as their next major frontier and what this means for the City of Vancouver as it continues to attract new tech investors.
🗓️ Tuesday, July 9 | 🎟️ Free registration
You’re invited to join us every Tuesday between 8:00 a.m. - 10:00am to connect with the Vancouver tech community in an informal atmosphere.
Discover a new career, find your next co-founder, or learn something new – do it all at one of our upcoming coffee meetups.
🗓️ Tuesday, July 9 | 🎟️ Free registration
Do you work from home but miss the camaraderie of the watercooler? Join your local tech community for a free co-working day at WeWork!
On the first Tuesday of every month, Vancouver Tech Journal is taking over a large office at WeWork Main Street to provide a space for you to connect, share ideas, or just work in companionable silence.
🤝 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:
Ginger Desk is hiring a Director of Operations
TikTok is hiring a Product Manager, Performance & Signal
Okta is hiring a Director, Product Security, Red Team
Amazon is hiring an Internal Communications Manager, Global Real Estate and Facilities, Corporate Communications
Electronic Arts is hiring a Development Manager (3D Art) - EA SPORTS
Growing your team? Post a job with us »
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