The Coast Capital Speaker Series is designed to inspire you to consider an entrepreneurial path and learn how to navigate the winding startup journey. We invite founders of leading Vancouver startups to share their stories of success, struggles and industry quirks.
The events are free of charge and open to any ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV student, any current post-secondary student, and recent ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV alumni. This is also an opportunity to network and mingle with speakers and fellow attendees after the main event.
Be INSPIRED by successful ventures
NETWORK with other student entrepreneurs
LEARN how to grow a business
Upcoming Events
Past Events
2022
March 28 2022 - Fireside Chat
with Sumreen Rattan (Moment Energy)
February 24 2022 - The Future of Artificial Intelligence for the Community
with Hassan Murad (Intuitive AI), Nipun Goel (Artenal), Paige Tuttosi (Haiven), Jenny Huang (Haiven), Kristen Bystrom (Haiven)
2021
March 4 2021 - Life After Winning Idea Prize
with Christina Wong (Employ to Empower), Rene Blanco (Labora), Tawanda Masawi (GameSeta), and William Brenner (Venture Connection)
March 31 2021 - Getting Started with Entrepreneurship
with Marzia Sager (Glow Within Foundation), Raaj Chatterjee (MeaningfulWork), Annie Lo (MiTravel), Kaito Cunningham (ThriftSo)
November 25 2021 - The Creative as a CEO
with Michael Cheng (Lumen5), Bassam Mirghani (LIVSHOWS)
2020
March 12 2020 - Careers in Communications - The Workshop with Andrea Ng (Glo Media Co.)
November 18 2020 - Innovating in Sustainable Energy Engineering: How to Get Started & Success Stories with Steve Oldham (Carbon Engineering Ltd.), Sumreen Rattan (Moment), Devpreet Bhullar (Novion), and Maryam Yazdanpour (Corvus Energy)
2019
July 11 2019 - Startup Journey Panel Talk 1.0 with Christina Chiu (CareCrew), Owen Ingraham (Intiveo), Dan Sutton (Tantalus Labs), Jordan Gutierrez (Wishpond), Max Burke (UrbanLogiq)
May 10 2019 - From Freelancer to Founder: A Marketer's Guide to Building a Business
with Alex Wan (Periphery Digital), Atif Saad (Co-llective Marketing), Kaitie Bakker (OXD, formerly Open Road Communications)
February 25 2019 - From Coder to Founder: Turning Code Into a Business
with Jaime Tastubana (Footystats.org), Geoff Groos (Empower Operations)
2018
October 29 2018 - Doug Fast, Fireside Chat: Business Failure
with Doug Fast (Dark Water Tek)
March 21 2018 - Govermany Funding for R&D, Innovation and Growth
with Jaap Siekman (NorthBridge Consultant)
2017
October 10 2017 - Why Big Data Matters (For Startups)
with Chris Neumann
2016
March 30 2016 - Tech and Science Commcercialization
with Master of Ceremonies, Professeor Elicia Maine, (Science & Technology Commercialization at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV), Speaker, Andrew J. Rae (iCo Therapeutics Inc.), Expert Panelists, Jeanette Jackson (Foresight Cleantech Accelerator), Gabe Kalmar (Genome BC) and more!
2015
November 3 2015 - Science Startups
with Eric Atkinson (NRC-IRAP), Karen Chiang (Team Fit), Ernest McEachern (Alectos Therapeutics), Eugene Suyu (Tinkerine Studios Ltd.)
2014
November 24 2014 - Design, Innovation, and Technology
with Eugene Suyu (Tinkerine Studios Ltd.), Jin Fan (GWS Design&Solutions Inc.), Joseph Rangel (Coast Capital Savings), Herb Bentz (Form3 Design Inc.)
October 2 2014 - Entrepreneurship 101
with Kelly Graves, ( Investors and Owner - Ideas First.), Roger Flowerdew (Compass Star Strategic Advisors), Hearther Rayment (Coast Capital Savings), Yan Hong (Offerri)
March 20 2014 - Science Startups
with Oliver Buck (ITM Isotope Technologies Munich GmbH), Christopher J. Campbell (Business Development Consultant) , Austin Lee (
Shield Diagnostics), David Vocadlo (
Alectos Therapeutics), Byron Thom (Optigo Networks)
2013
October 7 2009 - Student Startups
with Matias Marquez (Buyatab Media), Milun Tesovic (Metrolyrics [Acquired by CBS in 2011]), Howie Wu (Layerboom [Acquired by Joyent in 2010])
July 18 2013 - Engineered at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
with Doug Wiggin (Switch Materials), Max Donelan (Bionic Power)
January 31 2013 - Digital Media Startups
with Keith Ippel (Invoke Media/Labs), Warren Anthony (FCV), Michael Fergusson (Ayogo Games), J Joly (OverInterActive Media/CineCoup), Mike Torillo (V7 Entertainment and ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Alumnus)
2012
November 16 2012 - Big Data, a Conversation
with Chris Neumann (DataHero), interviewed by VC alum Arash Afrooze (HiretheWorld)
July 5 2012 - Women in Technology (Plus one Guy)
with Judi Hess (CopperLeaf Technologies), Shannon Susko (Subserveo), Arash Afrooze (HiretheWorld), interviewed by Catherine Jacobs (McQuarrie Hunter)
March 29 2012 - Success, One Tab at a Time with Matias Marquez (Buyatab.com and VC Alum)
January 21 2012 - How to Validate your Technology in the Marketplace
with Matt Ferguson (Progressive Health Innovations)
2011
November 22 2011 - Starting and Scaling your Creative Studio
with Leah Nelson (Giant Ant Media)
August 2 2011 - Adding Business Value through Sustainability
With Lisa von Sturmer (Growing City)
July 5 2011 - T is for Tea
How 8 Young Entrepreneurs Built an International Company. With Lana Sutherland
June 21 2011 - Is Franchising Right for you?
with Jeff Cooley (Booster Juice)
April 5 2011 - The LayerBoom Story
From Zero to Acquisition in 13 Months. with Howie Wu (LayerBoom and VC Alum)
March 1 2011 - How Does a Visual Artist Get to be Running a Healthy Meal Delivery Service and Retail Company?
with Katie Rodgers (Licious Living Inc.)
February 1 2011 - How Can a University-trained Software Guy Open a Successful Food Business?
With Brent Kyle (Indishpensable)
2010
August 3 2010 - Setting up Your Business and a Brief Look at Business Models
with Ross St. George (Buyatab)
July 6 2010 - Solidifying Creative Ideas into a Business
with Gordon Manson of MAPT Media
June 15 2010 - Landing your First Client
with Christie Anderson and Diana Kidd (NuXD)
March 30 2010 - Resources and Funding for Students Forum
with Hafeez Shaikh, Bob de Wit, Tess Menges, and Joshua Zoshi as Moderator
March 16 2010 - Operating a Business as a Student
with Minna Van
March 2 2010 - Building your Passion into a Business
with Graham Buksa
February 2 2010 - Reaching your Target Market with Social Media
with Kemp Edmonds
2009
November 19 2009 - Successful Ventures
with Joe Timlin (Growthworks)
November 5 2009 - Making $ from your Services
with Mayur Jobanputra (Full Motion Group)
October 22 2009 - Perfecting a Pitch
with Ed Levinson (Analusis Consulting Inc.)
October 8 2009 - Team Development
with Ryan Fetterly (EasyPlug)
October 1 2009 - Concept Evaluation
with Brad Palmer (Jostle Corporation)