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Emily Edwards
October 16, 2024

Welcome to the Midweek Memo: a weekly digest of the city’s top tech events, job openings, and industry opportunities.

Before we get into this, check out the results from our weekly poll!

On Sunday, we asked how many of you attended Calgary Economic Development's 2025 Economic Outlook event. Forty-percent showed up to learn about Calgary’s future.

Now, on to the events you can’t miss…

  • This conversation is designed for entrepreneurs, early-stage startups, and students eager to launch their ventures.

  • The session will provide an overview of the Canadian financing ecosystem, helping you identify the best funding options for your business at its current stage. Presenters will cover everything from traditional debt financing options to equity-based models that are popular with early-stage companies.

  • Techstars Startup Weekend is like a hackathon for people excited about tech.

  • Over a fun-filled 54 hours, participants pitch ideas, team up, and bring a startup idea to life. It’s all about creativity, teamwork, and turning ideas into action!

  • You’ll make new connections, find mentors, or maybe even meet your future business partner. It’s like a crash course where you learn by doing, with seasoned pros showing you the ropes.

  • InterGen’s second episode of the #ConstrucTech Breakfast Club series presents Bolster. Bolster offers construction management software aimed at transforming the process of purchasing, selling, and overseeing residential construction projects.

  • Back in 2021, Bolster broke Alberta records for the highest seed round fundraising after completing Y Combinator. Today, Bolster has had over $1 billion of construction projects sold through the platform and was named as one of Canada's "Best Startup Employers" in 2024 by Forbes.

  • Deep Tech Canada is hosting an event to bring together industry, policy-makers, and experts in supporting standards development to showcase opportunities for Canada's leadership in clean, green, and sustainable technologies.

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Banff Venture Forum | October 23-24

  • The Banff Venture Forum is a platform to showcase outstanding early and growth-stage ventures in the tech space.

  • It engages a North American audience of experts from private equity firms to corporate strategy makers and foreign trade and development agencies, among others.

  • The company showcase provides a highly focused networking opportunity for emerging outfits to display their products to strategic players for meaningful business development opportunities.

  • Calgary Tech Thursdays is co-hosting an event with Careers in Technology and Innovation on building your personal brand.

  • In today's competitive and fast-changing job market, personal branding has never been more important. Whether you're a job seeker, a mid-career professional, or a senior executive, your personal brand defines how you're perceived in the industry and shapes the opportunities that come your way.

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