​🚀Are you ready to launch your own tech startup, or perhaps you have already taken the plunge🔥

​Join us to hear from seasoned founders who have successfully navigated the transformative journey from working within a tech company to founding their own startups. Each founder will share they unique journey and insights into the challenges and opportunities of tech entrepreneurship, including the brutal world of fundraising, overcoming failure, and ultimately building a brand. This event will offer guidance on how to leverage your skills and experiences to successfully transition into a tech entrepreneur.

​Be sure to submit your questions for the founders when registering for the event! Drinks and lunch will be provided at the event!

​Founders:

1. ​Matthew Housser - Founder & CEO @ Convergence

   • ​Convergence and its subsidiary UX Research & Design studio, Pixel Ramen, create award-winning digital products for public and private sector clients, applying the latest trends in UX, web application development, AI/ML engineering and cloud computing to create world-class user experiences.

2. ​Max Brodeur-Urbas - Founder & CEO @Gumloop

   • ​Gumloop enables anyone to be able to automate their work with AI. Gumloop is backed by First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Max Mullen (Instacart), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Andrew Ofstad (Airtable) and others.

3. ​Simon Wiedemann - Founder & Chief Scientist @HYPOTHETIC

   • ​Hypothetic is an AI powered 3D art creation and management platform provider. Raised $5M seed from Courtside Ventures, RRE, etc.

​Agenda:

• ​10:30am - 10:45am: Arrival & Check-In

• ​10:45am - 11:45am: Founder's Keynotes

• ​11:45am - 12:15pm: Panel & Audience Q&A

• ​12:15pm - 1:00pm: Lunch & Network

​Vancouver Tech Week: This event is a part of Vancouver Tech Week - a week of events that celebrate builders and hackers within Vancouver’s tech industry, built by the community, for the community.

​​​Venue: Convergence is our venue sponsor for this event. Thank you for your support!