Registration | Haskayne Hour - Enhancing start-up success | September 21

Calgary’s start-up ecosystem is valued at $2.7 billion and the city is a hotbed for innovation with more patents per capita than the rest of Canada. There is no doubt that start-ups will play a big role in the future of Calgary and Alberta.

Developing a start-up is both an art and a science – and we invite you to join us as we bring together a Haskayne researcher, Dr. Michael Robinson, PhD along with Dr. Terry Rock, PhD, President and CEO, Platform Calgary. Together, they will share some of the specific steps needed to develop an effective start-up and how the Calgary innovation ecosystem is working together to support entrepreneurs – with insights from research and from experience. Expect some statistics, some debate and an opportunity to ask your questions.

Join us as we launch the 2021-2022 Haskayne Hour season. Haskayne Hour brings together researchers and executives to explore ideas in one hour. After 60 minutes you will leave with new knowledge to build better business practice and insights on how to plan for the future.

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
11:30 am – 12:30 pm MDT (1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EDT)
Webinar – A link will be sent to your email prior to the event.

About the speakers:

Dr. Terry Rock, PhD. is the President and CEO Platform Calgary. Platform Calgary, alongside partners in the Calgary Innovation Coalition, are driven to make Calgary a global hub for startups and innovation by increasing the number of technology startups in Calgary by ten times to 3,000 core tech startups by 2031. Prior to joining Platform Calgary, Rock has been Executive Director of the Alberta Small Brewers Association and founding CEO of Calgary Arts Development Authority. He worked on Civic Partnerships at the City of Calgary, and was an Assistant Professor in Strategy at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Michael Robinson, PhD. is a Professor and the Chen Fong Fellow in Entrepreneurial Finance in the Haskayne School of Business. He was the first site lead for the Creative Destruction Lab Rockies program and continues to serve as its Academic Director. He founded the Calgary Portfolio Management Trust (CPMT) program, a hands-on student investment fund, at the Haskayne School of Business in 1993. Earlier in his career, Robinson was a venture capitalist while on a three-year leave from the University of Calgary where he was the lead investor for several multi-million dollar investments in high technology firms in Western Canada.

Moderator will be Alice de Koning, Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Haskayne School of Business, RBC Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurial Thinking and Academic Director, Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking.

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