Running something for builders in Waterloo Region and need a place to host it? Get in touch. One rule: don't be an a-hole.
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We confirm the potluck list for Friday's Pancake Social tomorrow. Sign up and tell us what you're bringing.
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This week at Builders Club:
Wed noon, Technical Wednesday
Fri 9 am, Pancake Social
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Wed noon, Technical Wednesday
Fri 9 am, Pancake Social
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Working remote is great until December. Come to a holiday party full of people who also work from their kitchen. Nov 27.
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Pancake Social is a potluck. We bring the pancakes and coffee, you bring your favourite thing to share. Fri Nov 13, 9 am.
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BetaKit put Builders Club on its Most Ambitious list this year: "a place for ambitious people who do things." Still the best description we've heard.
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Holiday party, Nov 27:
5:00 meet and greet, games
5:30 gingerbread house competition
6:15 community recognition
7:30 DJs
Kids welcome until 7:30.
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5:00 meet and greet, games
5:30 gingerbread house competition
6:15 community recognition
7:30 DJs
Kids welcome until 7:30.
luma.com/waterloo-drnm?…
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Independent communities that run out of Builders Club: CivicTechWR, AI Tinkerers Waterloo, AI Builders Waterloo, DevHouse, Socratica, KWIPS, Build Canada Waterloo, and more.
Organizers bring the format. We bring the space.
Organizers bring the format. We bring the space.
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Barn Ventures writes $50K first cheques in Waterloo, from the same community that runs Builders Club.
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274 events on the Waterloo Tech (+adjacent) calendar in the last 12 months. 145 of them at 165 King St W.
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Remote Worker Holiday Party III is Nov 27 at Builders Club. Third year running, the day after US Thanksgiving. Food, drinks, gingerbread houses, DJs.
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Non-Technical Wednesday today at noon. Product, marketing, pricing, and the human stuff every builder runs into. Bring a challenge, the group sets the agenda. Free, drop in.
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Thanks to every founder who did Barn Sprint F26, and to LaBarge Weinstein for backing it.
We write pre-seed cheques in Waterloo. If you applied to YC this week, we'd like to see it too.
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We write pre-seed cheques in Waterloo. If you applied to YC this week, we'd like to see it too.
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Barn Sprint F26 Demo Day was last night. Founders screened their one minute YC videos, took notes, and submitted before the deadline.
Thanks to LaBarge Weinstein and every mentor who held office hours.
Thanks to LaBarge Weinstein and every mentor who held office hours.
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Tomorrow: Barn Sprint F26 Demo Day and the YC deadline. We'll be there to watch the videos before they go in.
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Waterloo keeps producing founders. The open question is whether their first cheque comes from here or from somewhere else.
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Halfway through the sprint. Rough cuts this week.
The founders who've talked to the most customers are going to have the easiest edit. That's not a video skill.
The founders who've talked to the most customers are going to have the easiest edit. That's not a video skill.
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Most rounds are priced in US dollars. Converted, Ottawa's $1.75B is about US$1.2B. Worth remembering every time the headline number gets quoted.
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