Brad Clark, fractional CFO and Director of the Startup TNT Board contributed $500 for the beers on top of the 50 drink tickets Mercer Tavern supplied and we had ourselves an evening!
The What’s the deal team rolled into TNT after an afternoon strategy session and told us how valuable it's been getting product advice from Nathan, the head of product of Divethru, who also dropped by with his partner Ali, who told us how she went from a junior marketing coordinator at Pogo (acquired by Communauto) to the senior marketing manager at VC-backed Deal Closer in just 4 short years.
John talked about how he went from a pandemic panic attack to an exited entrepreneur in the Cannabis space in less than a year. He's friends with the founder of Rogue 7, who let us know that he's inching closer to closing an international partnership to improve operational excellence of pipelines using proprietary AI tools.
GreenSTEM Fellow Hillary shared that she’s ever so close to launching her first product that provides a rapid screen of early indicators of kidney disease in cats. Meanwhile, EACOs member Abbas celebrated joining the team at another GreenSTEM company and TNT Alumnus, Future Fields.
Sarah Hamilton discussed the role of a city councillor in determining how we use public dollars to support the startup ecosystem effectively.
And Emily tells us that the YEG Startup Origin stories project is nearly complete, and we can all take a ‘Startup Walking Tour’ of Old Strathcona before summer is out.
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