StartupCamp Coming in November - Get Ready

by Ben Yoskovitz

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StartupCamp is a great event organized primarily by Embrase. It’s a less tech-focused unconference (versus DemoCamps and BarCamps) where a handful of startups get on stage and pitch the audience. There’s a group of investors (angels and venture capitalists) who provide feedback, and there’s the overall audience of entrepreneurs, etc. there as well.

There have been two StartupCamps in Montreal so far (I missed the second one), but I think it’s a good opportunity to take a more “business-focused” look at startups. One of the biggest challenges for startups is raising capital. I think StartupCamp can help.

The next StartupCamp is on November 27th - so it’s still some time away - but you might as well sign-up now and save the date.

There will be two speakers - Austin Hill and Patrick Lor. Both are great guys. Both have tons of experience. And both can present the pants off of almost anyone I know.

There’s also going to be a panel discussion with a handful of entrepreneurs that are currently running funded companies. I’ll be involved in that, along with Sebastien Provencher and Marc Gingras. They’ll be adding a couple more people soon to the list.

Right now, if you’re a startup and you want the chance to get on stage in front of an audience, and learn a lot about how to present for investment, you should submit your company for review. A group of folks will take a look and pick the 5 companies that get to present.

All the details are here: http://www.barcampmontreal.org/wiki/StartupCampMontreal3

You should definitely consider attending and getting a chance to meet a lot of the entrepreneurs, investors and business folk that live and breathe the Montreal startup community on a daily basis.

August 27th, 2008
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  • Bob405
    Have anyone seen this site: http://www.dipwa.ca . It's a canadian version of woot.com . Check out

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woot.com if you haven't already know the magic of woot.
  • Bob - there was another site like that recently that went under almost instantly. Can't remember the name.
  • That sounds like a really fun event, and it is interesting that there are real investors there. In my business, we did not need to raise any capital from any outside sources, and I think a lot of entrepreneurs should try to take that route. In many cases, doing that is impossible, but it sure takes away a lot of stress.
  • Will register now. Thanks for the heads up!
  • Seems like an interesting meeting. I seem to tend to lean towards the thoughts of commenter Rick above. It is terrible having to come up with a great business idea and then have to go to beg for capital in exchange of control. Then again, without major capital influx, a business can grow only so fast. I grow my business strictly fueled by cash flow and sometimes it is frustrating to grow at a slower pace than what you dream; I guess in such cases, an occasion such as what you have presented sounds to be of great value. Thank you.
  • Begging for capital is the name of the game though. I feel like businesses that don't need capital right now, will at some point anyway.
  • Startup Camp is an event dedicated to everything Startup. It is the forum where early stage companies, investors and on-lookers alike can share information and validate pitches live. Join us as we learn from each other about the ins and outs of starting up. This event is not just for Montrealers, all are welcome.
  • afreshup
    Ben,
    Great blog, I am a start up business as well. For the last year I have mainly focused on affiliate products and have made my websites pretty successful in tough verticles. My next venture is to begin making my own products. My wife and I have a great idea and have researched the sourcing, marketing, manufacturing and shipping. All we need is the capital to move forward.
    My questions are:

    Do I represent someone that may be able to garner support at this function? And is this camp going to be worth the trip I have to make from Atlanta? I don't mind traveling, in fact I enjoy any excuse to. However, Canada is a stretch.
  • Thanks for info. Really helps. Will register now.
  • This sounds really interesting. Begging for capitol IS what it comes down to. Its a game that all must play. Thanks for posting this..
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