Looking for a cofounder? Want to join a startup? You’ve come to the right place.

We talk to lots of founders, and many of them are at the idea stage and need a business or technical partner to launch their startup. Other teams are looking for “employee #1” – that first person that will come on board and start kicking ass.

To get started, do the following steps:

Create an account and fill out your profile, making sure to fill out the speed dating questions in your profile (if you created a profile for Launch Party 6 or Launch Party 7, you can just login)

Browse the people looking for cofounders or wanting to join a startup or perhaps the business or technical – hit the “someone I want to meet” link to connect with specific people

Show up with a fistful of business cards, and participate in 5 minute one-on-ones.

Event Details:

Wed Jan 5, 2011 @ Bootup HQ 163 West Hasting St, Suite 200

6-6:15p Kickoff
6:15-7:15p Speed Dating
7:15-8:15p Drinks & Networking

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That’s right…it’s DemoCamp time! What’s DemoCamp? DemoCamp is a lightening-pitch style event that puts your ideas in the ring and let’s the crowd duke it out. Think you have what it takes to out-pitch Vancouver developers, designers, and startup folk? Join us for the gauntlet that is DemoCamp! When/Where? #320 – 309 West Cordova St Vancouver [...]


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Dan Kelly from Dank Media put together this great video recap of #LPGROW on August 17, 2011 featuring interviews by the lovely What’s Trending Host and Fellow Canadian, Shira Lazar and an inspiring speech by Payfirma‘s Founder and CEO, Michael Gokturk. If you missed the event, you can see Shira’s interviews with the Founders from [...]


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On August 17, 2011, my desire to one day have a Canadian-wide Launch Party was finally realized as Bootup hosted the opening reception of the 2nd Annual Grow Conference in Vancouver, BC. From NB to BC, 15 startups from across Canada were selected to demo at the #LPGROW reception and mingle with over 750 investors, [...]


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Launch Party Alumni will be thrilled to hear that Canadian-born, Shira Lazar, creator and host of CBS’s popular weekly show What’s Trending and The Partner’s Project will be the Guest emcee for the Launch @ GROW opening reception on August 17, 2011.  Tickets are sold out. You may remember that the lovely Shira hosted our [...]


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Finding a payment processing system that is simple and accessible for Launch Party and other Bootup events has not been an easy task for us.  That is why we were so excited to discover and partner with local startup, Payfirma for Launch @ GROW on August 17, 2011. Canadian born, Payfirma is a young company [...]


Thu, Aug 4 at 8:34PM

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It’s the announcement you’ve all been waiting for! Our awesome judges have chosen the 15 Finalists to demo their startups at Launch @ GROW on August 17th. Congratulations and good luck to all of the companies. Without further ado, here they are: Launch @ GROW’s 15 Finalists: Cargoh.com Cargoh.com is a curated marketplace for independent [...]


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As you may already know, the voting round for the Startup competition for Launch at Grow has ended, and the Top 25 finalists have been chosen by voters to move on to the next round. Check out the 25 Semi-Finalists here. Our top-notch judges, from across Canada and Silicon Valley, are currently in deliberation until [...]


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On Wednesday, June 29th, we welcomed back Dave Olson, Community Wrangler at Hootsuite, for Social Marketing Kung Fu session number four at Bootup HQ, entitled Building a Posse. Rockstars, Gardeners, & Interns Dave talked about three different types of people that want to be a part of your posse: rockstars, gardeners, and interns. They all [...]


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If you are an early stage startup, and you haven’t heard about GrowLab, Vancouver’s new startup accelerator, or the Launch @ GROW startup competition, you need to listen up! Deadlines to apply for these amazing startup opportunities are coming up, and they’re coming up fast! GrowLab: Vancouver Startup Accelerator Deadline to Apply: June 15, 2011 [...]


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On Wednesday, June 1st, we had Brian LeRoux from Nitobi come by Bootup to talk about the PhoneGap story and the future of mobile app development. PhoneGap is the only open-source mobile framework that supports 6 platforms – Apple iOS, Android, Palm, Symbian, Blackberry, and even more platforms will be available soon. Nitobi built this [...]


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Launch Party, a launchpad event for early stage tech startups, is teaming up with Dealmaker Media’s GROW Conference to host Launch @ GROW for the Opening Reception in Vancouver on August 17th, 2011. The event will attract over 600 attendees including top tier investors, entrepreneurs and influencers from across Canada and Silicon Valley. And we [...]


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Last Wednesday, Bootup and Contractually hosted a Startup Legal 101 session on the ins and outs of structuring financings for startups, with Mark Longo and Brock Smith from Clark, Wilson. Here’s the slide deck that Mark and Brock presented: Bootup startup financing by Clark Wilson (05-11-2011)   Key points from the presentation included: Getting your [...]


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Missed LPV10? Catch a glimpse of the excitement and the 9 featured companies.


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Thu, Jan 13 at 4:27AM

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It seems as though this week is a slow week for tech events in Vancouver. So, I thought I’d share with you an upcoming Bootup Event. Government Funding & Resources for Startups Wednesday, January 19th 9:00am Bootup HQ – Suite 200, 163 West Hastings St., Vancouver Event is free and now sold out. If you [...]


Thu, Jan 13 at 4:27AM

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Fri, Jan 7 at 8:19PM (0 comments)

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Happy New Year, Vancouver! Like many of you, when the New Year hits I am contemplative. I take some time to look back at what I have accomplished and experienced and then make plans for the year ahead. Since Bootup Entrepreneurial Society launched 18 months ago, we have organized more than 40 events and supported [...]


Thu, Jan 13 at 4:27AM

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I am sick today so I won't be able to attend. Sorry .


Wed, Jan 5 at 2:01PM

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We hope everyone had a memorable time ringing in 2011. Here’s to a year full of great opportunities for BC’s Tech peeps. This week, Bootup has an event we hope to see you at. Event details are as follows: Co-Founder Speed Dating Wednesday, January 5th 6:00pm Bootup HQ – Suite 200, 163 West Hastings St., [...]


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