It was a cold and cozy December setting to share stories of past failures over premium pizza, beer, beer pong, and late-night tacos from Buns and Baos.
Bradley kicked it off with an ironic F***Up: failing to build Fail Club. He’s definitely not failing to build Airtrail, a flight management software that is growing major customers by the week!
Jill, the self-described Albertan Hippie owner of Hip Bees, followed with an appropriate hippie F***Up: damn near ruining $7 million worth of medical-grade marijuana!
HR expert Lindsay spoke about failures trying to investigate a legal problem without the right skills.
And Local VC Mark had a Fundraising F***Up story: failing to raise bridge financing for his Silicon Valley startup and then spending 3 stressful months struggling to save the company.
VMS venture manager and emcee Lazina even shared her past failure as a fashion entrepreneur.
Radha with SAM played Beer Pong with Dom (COVID rules) and then ordered us Taco Baos.
Tosin, a computing science student, is looking for a great internship opportunity - who's got one?
Down south in YYC, we had Adrian, Cherry Health COO, and TNT Investor, handing out NDA’s to give an update to investors before an imminent public announcement.
We had Derek Hill, CEO of Menszleague, mentioning they're opening a clinic focused on men's mental health in YYC!
Shelvie from Fly and Fetch joined us with friends! A new founder Guarev Mehta, came by (his wife told him to) looking for advice about his defence/security startup that is prototype ready.
And in case you missed it, you can catch the Life Sciences Summit company info session here.
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TNT Sponsors
Cheers to some amazing sponsors that help make Startup TNT possible.
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5-Minute Fridays
Where the interviews are 10 minutes.
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Re-watch our latest 5-minute Friday with Nir Katchinskiy, CEO and founder of PulseMedica – a proprietary real-time 3D imaging and laser targeting system for precise retinal surgery. It's some really cool tech and TNT investors loved them! |
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TNT Calendar
Check out these exciting events happening in December!
Join us for TNT every Thursday from 6-9 PM in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Regina. |
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December 23: Will you TNT with Me tonight?
- YEG - Campio
- YYC - Briggs
December 30: Kiss my A$$ 2021
January 6: Welcome Back TNT
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TNT Community News
Here's what's happening this week around the TNT community.
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- Fundraising SWAT Team Program is LIVE - Get 100 hours of hands-on investment preparation for your startup and raise capital faster with help from local experts. Register Here!
- Complete the startup community scorecard — Rainforest AB is gathering information to better serve our startup community. Complete the 2021 Rainforest Scorecard and help shape the future of our innovation ecosystem.
- Ordr is a local startup in YEG and a to-your-seat delivery service that makes it simple for customers to order food, drinks, and merch from venues—all without leaving the comfort of their seats.
- Jesse was featured in another podcast called "Bringing Home the Bacon," a series by StartupVille.
- TNT investor Michael Oshry has just sold his company for $90M
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Weekly Bar Tab Coverage!
1 Drink = 1 Point
Drinks bought for and drank by the TNT community during Happy Hour. |
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Week 136 Updates:
- ThresholdImpact VMS bought most of the drinks at F*** Up night earning service providers 125 points.
- 2 anonymous TNTers earned 8 points for community.
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Drink Sponsorship Leaderboard
Up 136 points this week 🎉
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Help build community by sponsoring a round of drinks at any of our 4 TNT Happy Hours in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon or Regina and we'll give you a shout-out!!! |
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