Events Podcast

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 Also Available on iTunes 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

The Events Podcast is an audio blog about the tech events in Vancouver, Canada. In this episode, I attend Pitching 101: Learn how to present your business in a 90 sec. elevator pitch. SPEAKERS: Paul Brassard twitter.com/ceoelevator | Kevin Pendergraft PROTOHACK https://protohack.com/event/protohack-vancouver/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/eventspodcast SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eventspodcast INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/eventspodcast/ EMAIL eventspodcast(at)gmail(dot)com MUSIC Misty by Floppy Circus https://soundcloud.com/floppycircus https://www.facebook.com/floppycircus Soul by Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/m0UBmJLv208 Warm by Joey Pecoraro https://soundcloud.com/joeypecoraro Music provided by Audio Library https://youtu.be/uFZ9rvvrpHc Toy houses by Joey Pecoraro https://soundcloud.com/joeypecoraro Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/PqbjgkfRqVA