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“The challenge in finding and retaining great sales and marketing talent” was one of the hot discussion topics at the STIRR Canada Founders’ Table held on July 3rd, at the Tribune Restaurant in Calgary.
A group of 10 emerging and established tech startup founders and funders were invited to the dinner, hosted by STIRR Canada’s Patrick [...]

A Founder’s Table dinner is planned for Thursday July 3rd, 5 pm in Calgary [revised date]

Following the success of our kick-off May 2008 STIRR Canada event (which hosted 50 Alberta-based guests) this July 2008 invitation-only dinner will return to the classic STIRR single-table gathering comprised of 10-12 founders of tech-driven companies.
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On Thursday evening, Albertan tech startup founders, funders, and emerging young guns filled the main floor of Calgary’s Bonterra Trattoria restaurant at STIRR Canada’s kick-off Founders & Funders Dinner event. Five hours later, after some great networking and facilitated dinner table conversations, people were still buzzing.
Participating companies included: Active Conversion, Broadramp, Calgary Scientific, Cambrian House, [...]

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Adeo Ressi, Founder of The Funded, joins the lineup for STIRR’s DealHacks on Wed, May 14th.

Women 2.0 Presents: “Beyond the Spark” Conference
May 10, 2008 at the Stanford Grill
Meet entrepreneurs changing the world, investors supporting them AND the 5 finalists from the Women 2.0 Business Plan Competition. Interactive discussions and LIVE Pitches to top-shelf judges — join the fun and vote for your top choice via mobile phone.
Check out the Finalists [...]

We’re migrating the main STIRR site over to a shiny new Wordpress blog. Pardon the chaos until things are settled. Much is broken: images, broken links, duplicated posts and all sorts of fun. More updates soon.
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Our friends over at Women 2.0 are hosting a terrific event targeted towards encouraging women entrepreneurs. Grab a napkin and a pen and enter before April 15th.

Most good business ideas are not germinated from a spreadsheet or powerpoint. All you need is a pen and a cocktail napkin. Doodling is a universal language and [...]

You may have seen him share a hack at FounderHacks III (talk video is here), but if you’d like to know more about Ev Williams there’s a great writeup about accidental entrepreneurship in the December Economist.