Grub in The Hub: The Real Scoop on Selling Your Startup

The Real Scoop on Selling Your Startup

Join Mark MacLeod, one of Canada’s leading technology company financial advisors, in his discussion of how corporate development groups are structured and how they value targets, and how to make yourself an indispensable acquisition target. Learn how these professionals live and breathe, how they make money, and how your startup might make (or break) their careers.

About our Guest Speaker:

Mark MacLeod – Founder, SurePath Capital

Since 1999, Mark has been helping to fund, grow and exit venture-backed startups. He has more than 14 years of experience as a CFO for companies including FreshBooks, Shopify, Tungle and more. He spent three years as a General Partner at Real Ventures, Canada’s largest and most active seed stage venture fund, where he led investments in a number of SaaS and e-commerce companies including Unbounce and Frank & Oak. Mark has raised hundreds of millions in capital from investors in Canada, the US and Asia and has sold companies to Airbnb, Blackberry, Rackable Systems, Return Path and others.

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Agenda:

11:45am - Pizza is served
12:00pm - Presentations begin
1:00pm - Networking

About Grub in The Hub:

Designed for busy tech entrepreneurs, Grub in The Hub offers bite-sized (pun intended!) information on useful day-to-day topics ranging from sales and marketing to 'selecting the right benefits program for your growing team' and delivers it for free during the lunch hour. Pizza is provided at Grub in The Hub and attendees are encouraged to eat while they learn.

If you have topics that you would like to see featured at future Grub in The Hub events, please email Ana at afong-marquez@bctia.org or phone 604.691.2395.

FAQs:

What is the cancellation policy?
All ticket sales are final. No refunds.

What are my transport/parking options getting to the Hub?
The Hub is conveniently located 7 minutes by foot from VCC-Clark Skytrain station. Hourly parking is available on both sides of the building which are metered by Impark. Alternatively, street parking is available on Great Northern Way, free of charge. There is also a $2 daily parking lot available at the end of the block where you will see a fleet of white trucks.