After the sold out success of VEF Momentum: Higher, Faster, Stronger, VEF Momentum is pleased to announce their second event of the year:  “Go To Market”.

This event will feature an exciting speaker, Jason Smith, who is the President of Product Innovation at Vision Critical. Jason will share the Vision Critical story and discuss successful strategies on how to go to market with a new product. Jason is a recipient of the Ernst and Young’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award, the BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year national award, and he was named one of Business in Vancouver’s top 40 under 40.

The last VEF Momentum event hosted 230 people and as usual it was sold out. Please make sure to register early to reserve your spot!  Registration is available here.

When: Friday, April 16th, 2010
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Pop Opera Night Club, 686 W Hastings, Vancouver
Tickets: $10 and  Students $5 using code “EasterEgg” - Register now (Registration is online only, there will be no registrations at the door)

Ticket price includes light appetizers, so arrive early to sample the best! More great things you can expect:

• Excellent company and a comfortable environment to meet a diverse crowd of established entrepreneurs, up and comers, investors, mentors and professionals.
• Trendy and comfortable atmosphere to network with new acquaintances and catch up with people you haven’t seen in a while!

You can expect to meet:

• Young technology entrepreneurs from across the city.
• Student entrepreneurs from universities and colleges across the Lower Mainland.
• Early-stage, first-time entrepreneurs talking about their start-ups.
• Venture capitalists and angel investors.
• Established entrepreneurs with wisdom to share.
• Service providers from the accounting, legal and finance fields as potential mentors.

For more information, please contact VEF Momentum at vefmomentum@gmail.com. You can also follow them on Twitter (@VEFMomentum), Facebook (VEF Momentum) or LinkedIn (group name: VEF Momentum).

Impact Microcredit Chair, Mitchell Schinbein, will be participating in the MasterMind event at this weekend’s YSEC Re:Vision 2010 Conference on Sunday afternoon. Impact Microcredit 2010 has been one of 4 delegate initiatives at the conference that have been selected to be analyzed in this challenge .

Here’s How It Works

Impact Microcredit 2010, along with the  three other “cases” will each provide a two-minute pitch in front of an audience that describes the project and the challenge. After hearing all of the pitches, the audience is going to decide which of the four cases they want to help over the next hour or so. Followed by this will be a breakout session, where four separate discussions will take place, each based on a specific case. In these breakout sessions, the audience will get a chance to learn more about Microcredit 2010 and discuss ways to address the various challenges and oppurtuinities presented in this initiative.

Impact would like to wish Mitchell the best of luck in this event and thank the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada in selecting Microcredit to be part of this worthy event!

To learn more about Impact Microcredit, please click here.

To learn more about YSEC and the re:Vision conference, please click here.

We would like to cordially invite you to Impact’s Q2 Launch Social on the evening of Saturday, April 3rd in downtown Toronto!

This event will be a great opportunity to socialize with the Impact team and past alumni, to hear about the exciting 2010 programs, and to opportunity for you to learn more about the organization. Most importantly, this would be the place to gain and spread your Impact spirit!

Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Location: Spice Safar Lounge, 270 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
Dress Code: Business Casual
Light food will be served

We would like to celebrate Impact’s success at the beginning of this year and envision a bright year ahead via the following programs:

• A few words from our executive leaders and alumni
• Key success stories of Impact and its members in the past term
• Introduction of this year’s new members and leadership team
• More to be announced!

Please RSVP as soon as possible! We encourage you check this event out on Facebook and to invite your contacts to celebrate and network with us at the social.

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

If you’re ambitious, daring, and always land on your feet – you could be a ninja. Maybe it’s time for you to work for a start-up!

As we mentioned earlier in an earlier post, Impact Connect is hosting Start-OP, an event where you can learn all about working at or starting a new company!

At Impact Start-OP, you will be given the chance to talk to and connect with research institutions, start-ups, and venture capitalists from the Kitchener-Waterloo region and Toronto, who will be able to share their experiences in entrepreneurship.  This is also a great chance to network with local businesses, so don’t forget your business cards!

DETAILS

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Time: 5:30PM – 7:30PM

Location: Tatham Center Main Hall, University of Waterloo

Price: Free

Companies attending include:

• Allerta
• My IT Guy
• Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology
• NexJ Systems
• Desire2Learn Incorporated
• ThinkPanda
• Assetize Inc.
• FreshBooks
• SocialDeck

Everyone is invited to this event, so spread the word!  Registration is at startop.impact.org.

In March 2010,  the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada is bringing together the top 100 young changemakers in Ontario to re:Vision change. If you:

1. Are 17-34 years old
2. Have previously demonstrated leadership
3. Are committed to making a living while making change

Then YESC is looking for you! At re:Vision 2010, you will:

• Learn to align mission & sustainability
• Target root causes and systemic solutions
• Participate in a community of thought leaders & practitioners

Over two days, you’ll connect with leading experts in social enterprise and learn how to supercharge your initiative, harness innovation for your work, and make your projects sustainable.

Where: Metro Hall (55 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3C6)

When: March 27th & 28th, 2010

Tickets: Registration for re:Vision 2010 is $150, including a $25 refundable deposit

Registration: To register, please visit http://revision.ysec.org/register/

For more information, contact 416.993.6655 or email revision2010@ysec.org.