Growing the Digital Economy in Calgary: FinTech, Social Media and Angel Investing

May 24, 2018, 12:00 – 3:00 AM

Startup Grind Calgary is excited to present Sandi K Gilbert and Mandy Balak on May 23rd! Sandi Gilbert is the Founder & CEO of SeedUps Canada and the Board Chair of Canada’s organization of Angel investors. Mandy Balak has is the founder and CEO of It's Date Night and The Ace Class as well as being the Executive Director of Best of Calgary.

In-person event

About this event

Startup Grind Calgary is excited to present Sandi Gilbert and Mandy Balak on May 23rd!

Sandi Gilbert is the Founder & CEO of SeedUps Canada and the Board Chair of Canada’s organization of Angel investors. Sandi started her career in investment banking in Calgary, raising private capital for junior oil and gas companies. Her entrepreneurial ventures include a start-up telecommunication firm in USA and a document process outsourcing company in Canada which grew to $33M in revenue with four facilities across the country. In 2012, she turned her focus to broadening early stage companies access to private capital by introducing technology to make the capital raising process more efficient, compliant and accessible.

Mandy Balak is a leader in creating powerful brand connections and storytelling to millennials through events, content and unique experiences. She is the founder and CEO of It's Date Night (72.5k followers on Instagram) and The Ace Class as well as being the Executive Director of Best of Calgary.

We will also be featuring elleBiz, a network of female entrepreneurs who empower one another to be leaders in their industry, learn new ideas from each other and engage through events and discussions.

Join us for cocktails/snacks, community and these exciting premier fireside chats.

Check out what happened

Speakers

  • Sandi Gilbert

    National Angel Capital Organization

    Chair of the Board of Directors

  • Mandy Balak

    It's Date Night

    Founder & CEO

  • Meagan Johnson

    elleBiz

    co-Founder

When

When

Thursday, May 24, 2018
12:00 AM – 3:00 AM UTC

Agenda

12:00 AMCocktails and Hors D'Oeuvres
12:30 AMIntroductory Remarks/ Intro to WiseChase TV
12:40 AMFeature Organization - elleBiz
12:50 AMFeature Fireside Chat - Mandy Balak
1:10 AMQ&A
1:20 AMFeature Fireside Chat - Sandi Gilbert
2:00 AMQ&A
2:10 AMCocktails and Hors D'Oeuvres

Host

  • Chad Ford

    and Startup Grind Calgary Chapter co-Director

    Director, Founder Institute Western Canada

Organizers

  • Kelby Price

    XQ Msg

    Startup Grind Calgary Board Member

  • Jason Wang

    Bennett Jones LLP

    Startup Grind Calgary Board Member

  • Jason Byrne

    Jobs Alberta

    Startup Grind Calgary Board Member

  • Tara McLaughlin

    Paper Crane

    Chapter Director

Partners

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12 Poles Photography

HustleCo Workspace logo

HustleCo Workspace

Matt Biggar logo

Matt Biggar

Junction logo

Junction

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