DemoCamp - May 13, Founders & Funders May 15

There are two great tech events happening next week - one that's open to all that are interested, and one that is invite only:

DemoCamp Calgary 9 (click here to register) is being held at Melrose Cafe and Bar on Tuesday, May 13th at 6:30. DemoCamp is for the community, by the community - so feel free to grab a friend and join us. Presenters get 10 minutes to demonstrate their wares, but no PowerPoint is allowed!! The audience will see 4 or 5 presentations and will get a few minutes to ask questions after each presentation. Then, we drink beer and discuss how we're going to change the world with our web 2.0 virtual reality / social networking /contextual advertising gaming platforms.

The DemoCamp Calgary community has been absolutely fantastic over the last year. We've had the opportunity to meet a variety of great entrepreneurs, companies, tech wizards and angels. Entrepreneurs have received some amazing advice, and angels have seen some great opportunities. We're looking forward to even greater things as the community moves into its second year.

Then, on Thursday, May 15th, STIRR Canada is holding a Founders and Funders Dinner with special guest Garrett Camp, co-founder of StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon was acquired by ebay for $75 million in 2007, and has recently hit 5 million users.

This is an invite only event, built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. After spending the last several years immersed in the community, I found that the biggest complaints about networking events was that they were either too large or had too many people that you wanted to avoid. To make things worse, the guest speaker usually sucked. 

So, the team at STIRR Canada faced those issues head-on: we restricted the invite list to entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists. So, if you're a part of a co-founding team that's developing more products than services, we're interested in hearing from you. If you're an angel or a VC that would love to contribute your smarts to Calgary's next great startup, we're also interested in hearing from you. We're just looking to facilitate the best business conversations ever. (inspiration: The Lobby) To top it all off, we'll bring in the "rock star" entrepreneurs that everyone is dying to meet.

We've limited the attendance to 50 people. Invites have been going out over the last few days, so if you haven't gotten one by Friday, contact us at info@stirr.ca and tell us why you belong on the list. And don't fret if this one isn't in the cards for you - we'll be holding more events throughout the year.