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

Before we get into this, check out the results from the Weekly Poll: On Sunday, we asked what was more important for founders: personal brand or company brand. 67% of you said personal brand.

Now, on to your Midweek Memo…

Calgary Tech Events

Product Discovery at Mid and Late Stage Startups | Sept. 21

• Join this Tech Thursday discussion on product discovery at mid- and late-stage startups.

• Speakers include:

  • Ekta Sinha, senior product manager at Clio

  • Oliver Hankinson, senior product manager at Neo Financial

  • Christa Hill, co-founder at Tacit Edge

  • Francisco Paniagua, product delivery manager, Citizen Development

Advancing Design in your Organization | Sept. 28

• Join the Tech Thursday crew for a panel with UX Calgary on advancing design in your organization.

• Speakers include:

  • Thomas Alvarez, chief product officer at GoodLawyer

  • Janet Bird, lead, UX digital design at Porter Airlines Inc.

  • Jeremy Mykola Bailey, VP experience design and research at Thinkific

  • Susannah Tawse, director and co-founder at IncluCity Calgary

  • Patrick Wu, user experience designer at Blackline Safety

Startup TNT Top 20 Pitch Night | Oct. 12

• Celebrating and showcasing 20 of Calgary's best pre-seed and seed-stage startups, as chosen by local investors.

• StartupTNT investors have over $150K to invest in at least one local startup, with winners to be announced in November.

• Tickets and more information available soon.

Long Calgary | Oct. 16

• Bringing together the people who have chosen Calgary as a home base to create, invest, and innovate.

• Expect raw talks, facilitated discussion, and good drinks and eats.

Startup TNT Finale | Nov. 16

• The five remaining Startup TNT Summit finalists hit the stage one last time before the Startup TNT angels announce the winner of over $150K in capital.

Innovation Week Launch Party | Nov. 23

• Innovation Week 2023 will wrap by highlighting some of Calgary’s most promising startups at Launch Party — the largest startup-focused showcase of the year.

• 2,000+ people will come together to celebrate Calgary’s tech community and put a spotlight on 10 startups that made their mark this last year. Hundreds of companies have been showcased at Launch Party over the years, including big names like SkipTheDishes, StellarAlgo, Orpyx, Virtual Gurus, Red Iron Labs, and more.

Calgary Tech Jobs

• The University of Calgary is hiring a Manager, Talent Partnerships and Engagement for the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking

• Greenlight Guru is hiring a Partner Account Manager

• Morrison Hershfield is hiring a Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation Engineer

• SentinelOne is hiring a Technical Marketing Engineer, Cloud Security

4 more opportunities for you

• Startup TNT Summit VIII Applications Open

• Spark Alberta’s fall cohort

• CVCA Private Capital Governance Program

• Innovation Catalyst Grant for STEM graduates

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