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Masterminding the Amazon Exit
As promised, some more details on the upcoming STIRR Canada Tech Mixer in Calgary: How Canada’s AbeBooks engineered its multi-million dollar sale Boris Wertz, CEO at Nexopia & Director at Abebooks (photo courtesy of Kris Krug, via a Creative Commons … Continue reading
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Finding Great Talent: Event Wrap-up
“The challenge in finding and retaining great sales and marketing talent” was one of the hot discussion topics at the STIRR Canada Founders’ Table held on July 3rd, at the Tribune Restaurant in Calgary. A group of 10 emerging and … Continue reading
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STIRR Canada Founder’s Table and follow events
A Founder’s Table dinner is planned for Thursday July 3rd, 5 pm in Calgary [revised date] Following the success of our kick-off May 2008 STIRR Canada event (which hosted 50 Alberta-based guests) this July 2008 invitation-only dinner will return to … Continue reading
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STIRR Canada Founders & Funders Dinner Wrapup
On Thursday evening, Albertan tech startup founders, funders, and emerging young guns filled the main floor of Calgary’s Bonterra Trattoria restaurant at STIRR Canada’s kick-off Founders & Funders Dinner event. Five hours later, after some great networking and facilitated dinner … Continue reading
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DealHacks **SOLD OUT**
DealHacks is SOLD OUT. Please join us next time. Add STIRR to your RSS reader or subscribe by email using the links to the right.
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DealHacks Surprise Guest: Adeo Ressi, The Funded
Adeo Ressi, Founder of The Funded, joins the lineup for STIRR’s DealHacks on Wed, May 14th.
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Women2 Conference (STIRR Discount Code)
Women 2.0 Presents: “Beyond the Spark” Conference May 10, 2008 at the Stanford Grill Meet entrepreneurs changing the world, investors supporting them AND the 5 finalists from the Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition. Interactive discussions and LIVE Pitches to top-shelf … Continue reading
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Migration Hiccups (Broken Images, Links, etc)
We’re migrating the main STIRR site over to a shiny new WordPress blog. Pardon the chaos until things are settled. Much is broken: images, broken links, duplicated posts and all sorts of fun. More updates soon. RSS Subscribers, you may … Continue reading
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Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition
Our friends over at Women 2.0 are hosting a terrific event targeted towards encouraging women entrepreneurs. Grab a napkin and a pen and enter before April 15th. Most good business ideas are not germinated from a spreadsheet or powerpoint. All … Continue reading