It's not every day you get to hear candid insights from the founder and early team of SkipTheDishes, who recently exited for $200M, but at the latest Co.mmunity, we got exactly that! 😎🍔Was a packed house of 200+ people, thanks to everyone for coming out 🔥
Are you a tech startup? 👉 applications are now open for our Co.Labs and Co.Launch programs! If you have revenues, significant users, or investment - consider Co.Labs 😎 If you're pre-market and looking to build your founder toolkit - consider Co.Launch 🤓 Applications here:
Pies and popcorn at Pi O'Clock 🥧🍿 Thanks to Innovation Place and Mentor Graphics for supplying the grub on this cool Friday afternoon! #sktech #startup #growth
Come out to September's co.mmunity event! Did we mention that the brew and pizza are on us?
We'll have special guests Josh Simair, Rob Marsh, and Brendon Sled talk about going from startup to $200M exit with Skip the Dishes. Come and hear about how they built the platform we know and love.
5:30pm - First keg is tapped, otherwise known as 'networking' 6:15pm - Fireside chat with Josh, Rob, and Brendon 6:45pm - Questions from the audience 7:00pm - Last keg is tapped
2️⃣️️ events 1️⃣ night 0️⃣️ regrets
Last week we hosted High School Computer Science teachers and ran them through a workshop designed to help them think like a tech startup! Inspiring to meet the people educating the next generation of founders 💥
Afterwards Matt and Kyle from Offstreet gave a candid interview for Fresh Founders. As always, thanks to Innovation Place for providing the grub for the evening 🍕
Every fast-growing tech startup should visit Silicon Valley 👩💻👨💻 Find out why and what we're doing to encourage the Saskatoon to San Francisco connection 🔗🔥
Click here 👉 www.co-labs.ca/blog/an-unexpected-journey
Saskatoon-founded Picatic has been acquired by San Francisco-based ticketing giant Eventbrite !💰 Congrats to Jayesh and the team 🔥💣 #boom #sktech
Want to work in tech or have an idea you'd like to develop? This is a unique event where you'll hear no-frills advice from someone who is just a year or two ahead of you! Also, free pizza :)
The first cohort of Co.Launch is officially in the books. Check out these remarkable metrics 📈 from the early-stage startups that went through Saskatchewan's first tech accelerator! #sktech 💫
📣 Here are the stories of the entrepreneurs who went through Co.Launch, Saskatchewan's first early-stage technology accelerator!👨💻👩💻 They were the 10 companies selected out of 23 applicants to go through 4 months of intense programming and they survived to tell the tale 😇
Have an early-stage tech startup or idea? Keep your eyes peeled for applications to the next cohort in the fall.
Aaaand that's a wrap🎬 The 1st ever Co.Launch tech accelerator is in the books!🎉
Thanks to Innovation Saskatchewan, Innovation Enterprise at the University of Saskatchewan, and many more for your support of #sktech and #startups. Check out our recap and a 🔥 video here: https://www.co-labs.ca/blog/1st-co-launch-cohort
Townfolio is the first Saskatchewan tech company to be accepted to a top 3 accelerator worldwide. Less than 1% of companies make the cut at Techstars - here is what the program and what Townfolio are all about!⚡
What a week at Startupfest - one of the largest gatherings of tech startups in Canada!🔥 Team Saskatchewan was out in full force with the tech startups, industry players, and government supporters that make our ecosystem one of the fastest growing in 🇨🇦️ Among the highlights:
1. Co.Labs startups caught the eye of investors. to the tune of over $1M dollars 😊 2. Two weeks after joining the program, Indig Inc pitched on the main stage as a finalist for the ‘Best Pitch Competition’ & got a Top 5 placement out of 125+ startups 🎉 3. We had one of the highest proportions of female founders at the festival - keep your eyes peeled for a national news article about SK Women in Tech 👩💼 4. Hundreds of connections to different hubs, investors, and potential partners across Canada 🔗
Startupfest 2018, you’ve been good to us 👍
We've penned our first blog!✍️ A nifty two-minute read on the ins and outs of Saskatchewan's first tech incubator 👌💣 https://www.co-labs.ca/blog-1/what-is-co-labs
June 27th. $15,000 up for grabs. Come to watch 4 tech startups battle it out! Less than 75 free tickets remain :)
"We have to realize we have permission to think big as Canadian tech entrepreneurs" - Michelle Zatlyn, COO, Cloudflare
Thanks to the C100 for putting on 48 Hours in the Valley and bringing in industry-leaders to pass on their lessons to some of the most promising Canuck startups 🔥
Come and see Michelle speak next week at our Co.Launch finale event! Only 50 tickets left here 🎟️ www.picatic.com/colaunchfinale
Ch-ch-check out this fantastic article about growth and expansion in the #sktech scene 💣
Thanks to the Lazaridis Institute and Chris Yeh for running a session on blitz-scaling on their #scaleup tour! 👌🙏
The Lazaridis Institute is looking for Canada's 10 most promising tech firms for their next cohort that are ready to #scaleup - join us on June 12th (tomorrow!) to learn more 🧠 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/saskatoon-lazaridis-scale-up-to… …
An amazing place for a tech startup to learn and grow! We have benefited greatly from being a part of this amazing organization.