Home, sweet new TNT Home! 

Now making friends at Mercer Tavern.
Every Thursday. 6-9 pm.

If there were any doubts about re-establishing an in-person happy hour downtown, they were squashed by 5:30 pm on July 8th.

50 Free beer tickets compliments of Mercer + $600 in beer sponsorship sent this launch party to the moon!

It was quintessential TNT all night long:
 
Barry, the bar manager, told us we could take over the elevated space every week from here to eternity.
 
There were over 15 people at Mercer 30 minutes before the event even started, “I like how you told me it starts at 6 pm, but it’s already full,” Barry laughed.
 
Multiple people showed up early because they had ‘business meetings’ from 5-6 pm. It was hard to determine the difference between the happy hour beers and business meetings.
 
Parents of TNT Summit finalist Cherry Health joined us and are interested in joining the investment team for the fall summit.
 
We ran out of our initial 50 free beers by 6:30 pm.
 
And the TNT community stepped up. Literally, the last beer ticket I handed out was to Cory Chan of Moody’s Tax, who responded: “I’d like to buy a round for the party!”
 
Zack gave a speech that looked more like excited hand waving. 

People were taking selfies with local politicians.

“Thanks for the party – Last night was awesome,” said one attendee.

“Met a lot of really cool people,” said the CEO of a company that makes advanced sensors for the mining industry. 
 
The entire Startup Edmonton crew, including new team member Nathan was in the house. Nathan gave some attendees a tour:

The new Director of Business Development at Innovate Edmonton was having informal conversations about improving local programming with entrepreneurs. 

Two guys we've never met excitedly told me that they just closed $250,000 from a local Angel for their in-stadium food delivery app.

“I plan to come back most Thursdays. I work nearby,” said the founders of a restaurant deal menu app, the fierce female team selling biodegradable menstrual pads, and literally everyone else at the party!
 
Some TNT Investors showed up after hours. A securities lawyer rolled in at 11 pm!
 
We didn’t roll out till after midnight.
 
Looking forward to doing it again this week – thanks for joining, and come back soon!

The Great Alberta Pitch Marathon is back

Coming up in July

Having fun. Every Thursday at Mercer Tavern. 

July 15th: Beers. Innovators. Fun. Don’t register. Just come. 
July 22nd: Beers. Innovators. Fun. Don’t register. Just come.
July 29th: Beers. Innovators. Fun. Don’t register. Just come.

Politics at TNT: Neutral but still fun!

It's election season and candidates want to meet entrepreneurs.

Nanolog CEO and future MP Candidate Adam showed up a full hour and fifteen minutes early. Mayoral Candidate Cheryll Watson joined us as did downtown MLA David Sheppard, who both shared some greetings. 

We think it is awesome that local politicians and political candidates want to engage with the startup community in informal ways by attending our happy hour or host meet and greets that lead into our happy hour.

We encourage our community to attend, share your views, and discuss what issues are important to the startup community. 

However, Startup TNT will not be officially endorsing any political candidates; we do of course encourage all members of our community to be politically active and support the candidates you believe in. 

I know just how hard it is to run a political campaign; my wife and TNT Investor Keren Tang is running for city council in Ward Karhiio.

There are already 2 'Meet and Greets' schedules in July to lead directly into the TNT happy hour on July 15th and 29th and we hope to see all serious mayoral candidates do the same. 

We are in discussion with Michael Oshry, who also joined us as an investor in TNTISIII, to host a meet and greet soon. We'd love to have Kim Krushell and Amarjeet Sohi join us for future events as well.  Stay tuned!

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