Buckle-up Startup! Feb 26th-Mar 4th: Events, Articles, Jobs, Opportunities etc. in Montreal Startups Community!
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We promised you a hot, hot, HOT year in Montreal’s Startup Ecosystem, and we are not gonna let you down. Tons of events, workshops, contests and anything else you can think of to spin-up your techy entrepreneurial skills await you this week. Here is the list of events not to miss this week, new programs, an articles roundup and job posts (feel free to ping us to suggest things we may miss!)
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Monday, Feb 26th, HackerNest Tech Social — 4th Anniversary Edition! | Randstad | 7:00–9:00PM
HackerNest Tech Socials are a fun, relaxed way to connect with your local tech community. Atmosphere: chill, friendly, unpretentious, agenda-free (no sales pitch, yo). Head over for a beer and meet some UltraSmart(TM) people.
Tuesday, Feb 27th, Défi OSEntreprendre Information Session | WeWork L’Avenue | 12:30 PM — 1:30 PM
Do you still have questions about this year’s competition? Join their experts and former winners to learn directly from them. This is a popular event — the information sessions are free and the places are limited, so don’t delay.
Get your tickets Here.
Wednesday, Feb 28th, Docteur Joyce’s Workshop: Visualize your client with the tool persona | Desjardins Lab | 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM
Who is your customer? are they mostly men or women? from which generation? what are they looking for? what is their motivation? how are they making decisions?
All of these questions are part of an exercise called “creating a persona”.
In this free workshop by our friends at Desjardins Lab, you’ll discover a very precious and powerful business tool! Follow the white rabbit in this link. Additionally, this event will be broadcasted as well on Desjardins facebook page.
Wednesday, Feb 28th StartUp Drinks Montreal | Notman House | 6:00–9:00PM
More great people and good drinks. This month’s our friends of Startup Drinks are organizing it in collaboration with NEXT Canada (who is currently looking for exceptional startups to join their next cohort). Come meet and talk directly with the director of NEXT Canada as well as alumni of the program at our awesome community Maison Notman House.
Get your tickets here.
Thursday, March 1st, MT Lab’s Information Session on the Incubation Program 2018–2019 | Notman House | 2:00 PM — 4:00 PM
Are you currently working on a startup project around tourism, culture, and entertainment? Then, DO NOT MISS this session. MT Lab will be selecting the projects for their 2018–2019 incubation program. Learn more about the program and how to get selected in this event. Get your tickets here.
But the list doesn’t end there. Here are a few more must-attend events happening this week.
And if you want to make sure you’re not missing any event, add us to your calendar!!
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Monday, Feb 26th
Quelle place pour l’humain à l’heure des algorithmes et de l’IA , 5:15 PM — 7:30 PM
HackerNest Montreal February Tech Social — 4th anniversary edition!, 7:00 PM — 10:00 PM
Tuesday, Feb 27th
Les soirées Pitch, Pitch Night : spécial Femmes entrepreneures, 5:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Sales 2.0: The Science Hacks to get Better at Sales, 6:30 PM — 8:30 PM
Wednesday, Feb 28th
Startup Drinks Special Edition, collaboration with Next Canada, 02:00 PM — 09:00 PM
We’re EDM, ask us anything !, 6:30 PM — 8:30 PM
Thursday, March 1st
La biométrie vocale: vers une identification incontournable, 12:00 PM — 01:00 PM
DémoTech X Float4, 5:00 PM — 8:00PM
Soirée d’inauguration Espace Créatif La Gare, 5:30 PM — 9:00 PM
Biotalk Café: Discovering the Food & Beverage Industry 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
Bootcamp : Startup + Impact Social (FR), 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Friday, March 2nd
Bootcamp : Startup + Impact Social (FR), 8:00 AM — 12:30 PM,
Forum économique de la relève d’affaires 2018 (FERA) — 3ème édition, 8:00 AM — 8:00 PM,
Les Pitonneux Coffee and Code @ POPUP LAB,
Meet & Hire Web Developers, 1:00 PM — 4:00 PM,
15 M.A.W, 7:30 PM — 11:00 PM
Saturday, March 3rd
IoT 101: Wireless Plant Caring, 10:00 AM — 1:00 PM,
AI Workshop, 09:00–3:00 PM
Journée Internationale des données ouvertes, 12:30–17:00
Introduction to Data Science Part I: Data Science and Business Intelligence, 1:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Sunday, March 4th
Introduction to Data Science Part II: Statistical and Predictive Modelling, 1:00 PM — 5:00 PM
If you missed it last week
ICYMI — events, contest deadlines, big news — we got your back here.
Smart Cities Challenge
Federal Gov initiative, and City of Montreal mtlvi is calling you to propose some cool projects for potential support, yep yep!! :) “Smart city” is really broadly presented, so whether it’s a corporate endeavour, a new non-profit project, or social impact initiative, don’t hesitate, check it out!
Register now, click here.
Queer or Ally?
Don’t miss the awesome line-up of events by our colleagues at Queer Tech MTL, click here.
Create your startup in Artificial Intelligence
Interesting program by our friends at Datapreneur. Deadline to apply, March 9th.
Register now, click here.
Cross-University Startup Competition
We are really happy to help 5 universities to organize this awesome cross-uni startup competition coming up! We are still finalizing the workshops and the pizza providers, so whether you wanna participate or contribute with a workshop or some support in any form, feel free to reach out to Julian@mtlnewtech.com
And to register, click here!
Have you filled our ecosystem survey yet?
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a community player, investor, etc. please we count on you to fill the Global Startup Ecosystem Report. As an ecosystem we need that to be able to compare ourselves from one year to the other, but also because of its global recognition, it helps position Montreal on the map, attract talent, and guess what, investors too! ;)
Please take 5 min to fill the survey! Please… :)
Fill the 5min startup ecosystem survey
News from the community
This section shares the latest from our community friends who made it into the news for the current week.
Thanks to our friends and partners from MTLinTech (go subscribe!) for their great job, and for Lucky Luke a.k.a Quinn for writing faster than her shadow ;)
Thanks also to the work Betakit Montreal, and if you see any cool article, or new writer in this space, tell her/him to ping us at facebook.com/mtlnewtech so that we share the good news ;)
Montreal-headquartered SCALE.AI selected by Canadian government to receive part of the $950 million supercluster initiative, MontrealinTech,
NEXT Canada expands accelerator program to Montreal, joins SCALE.AI as one of its first Ontarian partners, MontrealinTech,
Le Ministère ouvre les données relatives aux zones industrialo-portuaires, Économie, Science et Innovation Québec,
iNovia Capital LAUNCHES EMPOWER INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT FOUNDERS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN TECH, @betakit
And finally, if you are looking for a nice challenge at one of the most promising startups in Montreal, look right here.
- Meet & Hire Web Developers — Presented by DecodeMTL, DecodeMTL,
- Coordonnateur en entrepreneuriat technologique, Centre d’entrepreneuriat Poly-UdeM,
- Coordonnateur, coordonnatrice à la recherche en sciences des données, GERAD (HEC),
- Professionnel, professionnelle de recherche en science des données / recherche opérationnelle, GERAD (HEC),
- Head of Programs & Events, @FormFintech
- Sales, Marketing, Data Science, Customer Success, DevOps, Human
- Resources, MNUBO,
- Designer, Covera,
- Spécialiste, Développement des affaires, Centech,
- Several at @ElementAI.
With tons of community love,
Your MTL NewTech team,
Our volunteer work at Montréal NewTech wouldn’t be possible without friends and parters who help us keep the lights on, so huge thanks to BDO Canada and Startupfest (coming up!!) for their ongoing support!! Merci les amis!
