Beth hosted this evening.

Attendees

Beth, Guarav, Kris, Ken, John, Ahmed, Ben, Kiko, Alec, Corin, Freddy, the cats

Notes

  • Beth:
  • elaundry
    • purpletie
    • prim
    • washio
  • find examples of other companies that are doing that thing
  • what do people like about it
  • what are their complaints
  • US company invested in a Chinese company that does this
  • jobjar - i am exec - taskrabbit - my best helper
  • can you find a customer here?
  • getmagicnow.com
  • accio (Victoria)
  • find a doorman service
  • cleanify
  • $20 particle.io
  • Amazon button
  • Shenzen - Hackers on a plane

  • dangerousprototypes.com

  • Guarav:
  • looking for a business to acquire

  • that is recession proof and and tech proof

  • Kris:

  • Can you change people’s politics/religion

  • Ken:
  • GPS for goal setting
  • has built a lot of learning management systems
  • focuses on constantly learning
  • cogcentric labs
  • http://www.cogcentric.com/ company
  • https://onfabric.net/ current product
  • ll goals fall into 1 of about 20 categories
  • Where you are - goal space - where you want to be
  • a handful of variables to track
  • 1000s of journals on success factors
  • mainly career and academic goals
  • mechanical turk it first
  • tellusyoursuccess path.com and use that path
  • coach.me
  • chains.cc
  • beeminder
  • 6400 grade 4 teachers in bc

  • do what wikipedia did, for classes

  • “We’re in the do it for me economy” - John

  • “We’re robotic fools” - Ben

  • John:
  • training ed
  • expedia for tech training in Vancouver
  • rethinking about how people find knowledge
  • putting it into a logical manner and disseminating it
  • the most highly rated resources
  • Corbin: “Where are people experiencing the biggest pain point(s) in the startup process?”
  • https://clarity.fm/
  • GoMentor - Calgary based startup - hooks them up with mentors
  • StartupConnect from StartupCanada
  • reverse schools - start with end goal, not taking classes to maybe get there
  • concrete examples instead of generalities
  • read Founders at Work
  • FoundersAnonymous

  • I used to sell corporate training for years

  • validate real stories - by those who have many repeat successes, not one offs

  • Kris: "When should you go/do it vs (read about it or find a mentor)?"

  • Ahmed:
  • software background
  • startups are always trying to increase traction
  • don’t scale internationally unless they’re ready
  • ie. I’m from Egypt, can help scale to middle east (dubai, jordan, saudi arabia)
  • LATmultilingual translations
  • Kris’ idea: maple syrup wrapped maple leaves
  • Kris: What is missing that you don’t have there
  • Beth: dried cranberries wanted in China

  • Kris: check out Carmannah from Victoria

  • Ben:
  • Textbox.io
  • San Fransisco
  • software dev, now do marketing
  • automatic link qualification
  • lead qualification idea
  • companies with +25? If you see their email, you can qualify them
  • salesforce bought full contact
  • Linkedin sales navigator
  • Vancouver startup Klue
  • desk it
  • Kris: "spy in your pocket"
      • for conferences

  • mechanical turk

  • Alec:
  • Management consultant background, just arrived from London
  • a tool that will help DIY travel plans
  • thisisatripthatwedid and how we did it
  • time? budget?
  • what would people pay?
  • Flightfox
  • a list of previous summaries you can choose from - what would be lost on different dates/seasons etc
  • Vancouver Vending Machine Circuit

  • openstreetmaps and google maps api

  • Corin:
  • CEO of business software startup

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