Mercredi le 12 juillet 2017
Agenda 2016
| Time | Session Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Welcome! | |
| 9:40 AM | Angel Report: Trends + Best Practices in Angel Investing | |
| 10:05 AM | The Candian Startup Ecosystem is Stronger Than Ever: 500 Startups Comes to Town | With the Canadian Startup ecosystem being stronger than ever, fund models such as 500 Startups are poised to drive major impact in how early stage companies get funded. Why the 500 Model works and how they support incubator, angel and VC partner rounds. |
| 10:30 AM | Moving from Backyard to Sectoral - Death of Distance | With Startups becoming key players in creating business opportunities and driving innovation in Canada, how do you find, invest and support sectoral winners? How do Angels best navigate this terrain? Who is going to write that first cheque? And how do Angels and Accelerators work together nationally, cross-border and internationally? |
| 11:00 to 11:10 AM | BREAK | BREAK |
| 11:10 AM | Roundtables: Activating Your Angel Network | This session will be an overview of how Angels differ in their practices and operations at the local level, followed by round tables to explore common themes around leveraging the NACO Angel network |
| TOPIC 1: Getting Started or Growing Your Group | ||
| TOPIC 2: Building Relationships that lead to Syndicates | ||
| TOPIC 3: Leveraging the Knowledge of the Network for Diligence | ||
| TOPIC 4: Collaborating for Great Dealflow | ||
| 11:45 PM | Roundtable: Finding The One Metric That Matters | Working with founders to find the "one metric" that board, investors, and company team can focus on. Reporting, communications and board meetings, how to avoid "mentor whiplash". |
| 12:15 PM | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 1:2O PM | KEYNOTE | Coming Home - Anchoring in Canada - Story of Bench from Canada to NYC, and back to anchoring in Vancouver |
| 1:45 PM | Angels Collaborating with Different Funding Models | An exploration about how Angels work with different funding models & organizations from first cheques to Series A, Sidecar funds, Seed VC, Crowd VC, and Foundry. |
| 2:15 to 2:35 PM | BREAK | BREAK |
| 2:40 PM | How to Add Value to your Startup Investments | Exploring ways that Angels can get engaged and add value to their startups. Board membership is not the only way to be involved, so how do successful Angels use their networks and knowledge to support company growth. |
| 3:15 PM | NACO Policy Paper | |
| 4:15 PM | Closing Remarks! | |
| 4:30 PM | Special Chain Reaction Panel: The startup life cycle | In this unique one-on-one interview format, we'll hear from a pre-series-A founder, an angel, an accelerator, and a VC—all interviewing one another to answer the big questions: What's it like, what have you learned, how can we all work together/collaborate, and what would you change? |
| 5:00 PM | STARTUPFEST KICK OFF PARTY |