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).

This coming Friday, exactly one week before the 2010 Winter Olympics arrive in Vancouver, VEF Momentum will be hosting its first event of the year!

On Friday, February 5th at 5:30PM VEF Momentum: Higher, Faster, Stronger will feature a speaker and Q&A session, as well as ample networking time to help entrepreneurs connect with the people, resources and answers they need to succeed – all in an inviting, fun and casual atmosphere. What better way can you kick off the weekend than a great speaker, excellent company and delectable drinks and appetizers at our venue Pop Opera in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

When: Friday, February 5th, 2010
Start Time: 5:30PM
Location: Pop Opera, 686 W Hastings, Vancouver
Tickets: $10 – Register now (Registration is online only, there will be no registrations at the door and a maximum capacity of 150. Ticket price includes appetizers.)

The keynote speaker for the evening will be Mark Williams, Co-Founder of Elastic Path Software, a local success story that has created an e-commerce platform used by everyone from Sony Ericsson to the Vancouver Olympic Committee. Elastic Path has consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies in Canada. Mark will share some great war stories co-founding his start-up in Vancouver and will share what first-time entrepreneurs can do to reach the podium in their entrepreneurial endeavours.

Click here to register now!

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).

For all the students located in the BC area, mark down Innovation Camp on your calendars on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Saturday, November 28, 2009.

Why are ideas like zippers, chestnuts and sharks? Find out at Innovation Camp – a creativity and innovation workshop designed to inspire entrepreneurial thinking. Entrepreneurs see problems as opportunities. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. At Innovation Camp, participants practice techniques to create and implement solutions to problems and along the way, we build community and embrace imagination and innovation. During round one, participants raised $5000 in 7 hours for the Vancouver Food Bank! Innovation Camp is all about doing – there are no boring lectures, just engaging activities that stimulate your creativity and challenge you to think big and turn your ideas into reality. You’ll connect with brilliant people and work together to build on great ideas and find innovative solutions to real world challenges.

Here’s what people had to say about Innovation Camp Round One:

“I was recharged, inspired, laughed and met really cool people. AND our
workshop raised $5000 for the Vancouver Food Bank on a rainy Saturday
afternoon!” – Cinci Csere, PR agent at EAT Communications

At Innovation Camp you will:

- learn techniques to view problems from fresh perspectives in order to identify opportunities
- apply those techniques in entrepreneurial situations and reflected on what was learned in the process
- receive clear, concise feedback on your ability to work as part of a team
- analyze and learn from failures in your own and others lives
- laugh and have fun!

Sign up now to catch the early bird price for only $125 for all 3 days!

Click here to find out more details regarding registration fees, schedule and location or check out InnovationCamp.org for more details!