What are the initial corporate matters you need to consider in building your technology company? Fasken Martineau’s Steve Saville and Jonathan Conlin explain in this episode.

What goes into a winning pitch? Augurex founder and 2007 BCIC-New Ventures Competition winner, Norma Biln, shares her tips for refining and perfecting your pitch.

TOPICS

What are the 3 things you need to highlight in your pitch

How do you structure your presentation slides

How to effectively use a backup deck

How do you manage you time during a presentation

Who should be the person presenting the pitch

Don’t be afraid to paint a big exit

SPEAKER

Norma Biln, Founder & CEO, Augurex

https://twitter.com/nbiln

ORGANIZER

New Ventures BC

http://www.newventuresbc.com

https://www.facebook.com/newventuresbc

https://www.youtube.com/user/bcicnewventures

MUSIC

Punch by DJ Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Petrichor by Julian Avila https://soundcloud.com/julian_avila

Thankful by Julian Avila https://soundcloud.com/julian_avila

Best I can by Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

In this episode, SEO Specialist Barrett Wilson shares best practices and tips for Digital Marketing and how that can improve your WordPress site.

TOPICS

What are the primary pillars to organically rank higher in Google

What are some tools to manage SEO on WordPress -Why new businesses should focus on social media marketing instead of Google AdWords

What are the best type of content to advertise on Facebook that will get more conversions and engagement

How do you decide your target audience on Facebook

How do you determine the effectiveness of your Facebook advertising

What are some tools to manage your social media marketing

ORGANIZER

Vancouver Web Design Meetup Group (Graphically Speaking)

https://www.meetup.com/webdesign-395

SPEAKER

Barrett Wilson, SEO Specialist, O2E Brands

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrett-wilson-05471089/

MUSIC

Sink Or Swim by Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

Secret Sauce by Jeff Kaale https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale

Good to Me by Floppy Circus https://soundcloud.com/floppycircus https://www.facebook.com/floppycircus

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Events Podcast is a show that summaries the best Tech and Business talks at Vancouver Events. Each week we turn these talks into a (20mins or less) power episode. More episodes http://www.eventspodcast.ca

In this episode, I attend a WordPress event where I learn about the best practices and tips for Branding.

TOPICS

- How to increase brand awareness

- How to increase your brand recognition with a tagline and wordmark

- What are the components to branding

- (colors, logo, creative content, voice, typography)

- The importance of having consistency in building your brand

ORGANIZER

Vancouver Web Design Meetup Group (Graphically Speaking) https://www.meetup.com/webdesign-395

SPEAKER

Meena Sandhu, https://twitter.com/meenasandhu

MUSIC

Wonderful World by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

I still get butterflies by Elijah Who https://soundcloud.com/elijahwho

Mothership by Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

Mai tai by Jeff Kaale https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale

In this episode, I learn about pricing, including customer values, value-based pricing and pricing for maximum return.

ORGANIZER

Product Tank Van https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Product-Managers-Group/

SPEAKERS

Alan Albert, MarketFit https://twitter.com/A_Albert

SHOW NOTES https://goo.gl/56YLGO

MUSIC

And So It Begins by Artificial Music https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music

Best I can by Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

Thankful by Julian Avila https://soundcloud.com/julian_avila

Just Once Sec by Eery https://soundcloud.com/eery

TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast

INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/eventspodcast/

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast

MEDIUM https://medium.com/@eventspodcast

EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail.com

I attend Startup Hacks, an entrepreneurship business conference. Hear the stories of successful Real Founders and CEOs talk about their experience and provide authentic advice on how they built a successful brand and business.

ORGANIZER

Startup Academy https://www.startupacademybc.org/

SPEAKERS

Sarah Goodman, iHeart https://twitter.com/sarahgoods_

Andrew Hall, MealShare https://twitter.com/mealshareteam

Connor Beaton, ManTalks https://twitter.com/connorbeatona

Rocky Ozaki, BC Tech https://twitter.com/rockyozaki?lang=en

MUSIC

I Like To by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Step By Step by Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

Nighttime Stroll by Artificial.Music https://soundcloud.com/artificial-music

Too Much To Ask by Fragile https://soundcloud.com/fragile-touch

TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast

INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/eventspodcast/

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast

MEDIUM https://medium.com/@eventspodcast

EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail.com

I attend Startup Hacks, an entrepreneurship business conference. Hear the stories of successful Real Founders and CEOs talk about their experience and provide authentic advice on how they built a successful brand and business.

ORGANIZER

Startup Academy https://www.startupacademybc.org/

SPEAKERS

Igor Faletski, Mobify https://twitter.com/igor

Milun Tesovic, Metrolyrics | Expa https://twitter.com/miluntesovic

Wilson Lee, 720 Sweets https://twitter.com/720sweets

Keith Ippel, https://twitter.com/keithippel

MUSIC

Be Happy by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Almost Original by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Great Days by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

My Heart by Jeff Kaale https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale

TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast

INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/eventspodcast/

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast

MEDIUM https://medium.com/@eventspodcast

EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail.com

In this episode I attend a meetup event by Spring Startup School for Entrepreneurs where a panel of tech industry leaders share their advice on how non-technical founders can better navigate in the world of tech.

TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast

EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail.com

ORGANIZER Spring http://spring.is/

PANELISTS

Jennifer Li, MuseFind, https://twitter.com/themusefind

Peter Bajwa, App Scoop https://twitter.com/app_scoop

Tam Kbeili, CodeCore, https://twitter.com/codecoreyvr

Keith Ippel (moderator), https://twitter.com/keithippel

MUSIC

It’s True by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Fresh Start by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Dreams by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Jazzaddicts Intro by Cosimo Fogg https://soundcloud.com/cosimo-fogg

Desire by Blue Wednesday https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday

In this episode, I attend a meetup event by the Vancouver Web Design group where an expert lineup of speakers share their insights of the latest trends, techniques, and tools to ensure success for your ecommerce website.

ORGANIZER: https://www.meetup.com/webdesign-395/

SPEAKERS

Darrell Hadden, Graphically Speaking

Neal Chaudhary, Deloitte

Henry Leung, BCIT

Ron Heyde, Beachcomber

Tyler Vautier, BuildDirect

TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast

EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail.com

MUSIC

Dizzy by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

That Day by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

La La La by Otis McDonald (YouTube Audio Library)

Truly Yours by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Temptation by Floppy Circus https://soundcloud.com/floppycircus/ | https://www.facebook.com/FloppyCircus/

In this episode, I attend a free event by Amazon where their experts introduced AWS services for compute, storage, database and networking.

AWS https://aws.amazon.com/training/

TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast

EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail.com

Bingo Thrills by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Road Trip by Jaokim Karud http://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud

Always by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads

Hokey Pokey Shake by Super Simple Songs https://youtu.be/_rq--QeiPuA

Happy Music by Jeff Kaale https://soundcloud.com/jeff-kaale