Founders Day 2024 AGENDA
8:00 AM
REGISTRATION
9:00 AM
Welcome to Founders Day!
9:15 AM
BC Founders: The original series
Andrew Harries, President and Cofounder, Sierra Wireless
Lisa Shields, CEO and Founder, Hyperwallet → FISPAN
Glen Lougheed, CEO and Cofounder, Nodefly → Backrail Labs
10:00 AM
BC Founders: The Next Generation
Ryan Holmes, CEO and Cofounder, Hootsuite
Tanis Jorge, COO and Cofounder, Trulioo
Joshua Nilson, GM and Cofounder, East Side Games
Brenda Bailey, Cofounder, Silicon Sisters → BC Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation (JEDI)
10:45 AM
BC Founders: Discovery
Andrew Fursman, CEO and Cofounder, 1Qbit
Dennis Pilarinos, CEO and Founder, Unblocked
Suzanne Gildert, CTO and Cofounder, Sanctuary AI → CEO and Founder, Nirvanic AI
11:30 AM
How to get INVESTMENT
Dominic Lau, Partner, Ripple Ventures
Mike Winterfield, Founding Partner, Active Impact Investments
Patrick Lor, General Partner, Panache Ventures
Pocket Sun, Founding Partner, SoGal Ventures
Rasool Rayani, Angel Investor
12:00 PM
How TO GET INTO YC
Jacob Shadbolt, CEO and Cofounder, IcePanel (YC W23)
Brandon Waselnuk, CEO and Cofounder, Squire AI (YC S21)
Max Brodeur-Urbas, CEO and Cofounder, AgentHub (YC W24)
Sagar Malhi, CTO and Cofounder, Switchboard (YC W19)
Adam Watkins, CTO and Cofounder, Reworkd (YC S23)
12:30 PM
Closing REMARKS
2:30 PM
Founder-Only Office Hours
After the program, meet the speakers and other mentors from the BC ecosystem for a special founders-only “office hours” session.
5:00 PM
Networking Event
Join us at GoodCo on Granville to toast BC’s startup ecosystem with founders, investors and other supporters from across the province.