International Startup Festival in Montreal
You think if you have a great idea for an internet business, it’s a get-rich quick scheme. Well it could be – if you only knew how to make it happen.
The International Startup Festival is a two-day conference for people who want to begin an online business presence and then some. So you learn not only how to start up but how to exit – and everything else in between.
The entrepreneur needs to learn essential steps, frameworks, and learn the resources that can help (like how to stay lean, or how to manage investors, what’s an incubator, mobil experts, social networking, and perhaps even gaming) and most importantly, the art of planning the selling of the business.
The conference brings together industry veterans and fresh faces, thought leaders and technology giants from around the world. Last year they attracted 1100 participants. If you are a Starving Startup, there are patrons who have money and are willing to buy extra tickets for a company that may not have any (yet!).
There will be chances throughout the event to pitch your idea. Besides that, this year anyone attending will have a chance to win $50,000 of funding . It is so cool that they offer up an actual elevator for elevator pitches.
International Startup Festival 2012
Location: Iberville Maritime Terminal in the Old Port
Dates Wed, July 11- Fri, July 13
www.startupfestival.com