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Sunday, April 6th, 2014
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

The Startup Nanaimo unConference will bring together entrepreneurs and business owners in the greater Nanaimo area in guided discussion using open space technology.

Session topics related to entrepreneurship will be decided on the day-of, based on feedback from those in attendance. Discussion groups will consider the topics and weigh their merit; when a topic is perceived to have potential, participants will be encouraged to think through the process of inputs and actions required to see the topic through to fruition, and anticipate the expected outputs and outcomes, and estimate their value in exchange for the necessary inputs and actions.

Session topics are based on what you are interested in, some examples may include:

- Risk Aversion
- The basics on how to set up your business
- How to get funding and the types available
- How to make connections in the city
- Family Life: sacrifices, support groups and what it takes. how to balance work and life.

Our featured speaker is Jayesh Parmar. A serial entrepreneur with over 17 years of event industry experience, public speaker and featured personality in startup documentary DayJob. Jayesh Parmar is Picatic�s CEO/Cofounder and is listed as one of the worlds top 10 Tech Entrepreneurs Disrupting The Event Industry. Picatic is the worlds first FairPay and Crowdfunding website, Winner of SISO 2013 breakthrough event technology award. Visit Picatic, or follow Jayesh�s twitter feed @jayeshnews.

Jayesh doesn�t separate his personal life from his professional life as the two go hand in hand. He started his first company in 1998 and has been building companies ever since. Jayesh�s job is to oversee product, strategy and overall company vision and then to stay out of the proverbial kitchen and let his team get the job done!

Jayesh has received exceptional mentoring from The Canadian Technology Accelerators in San Francisco and New York City and was part of the 2012 Extreme Startup Cohort in Toronto. Being emerged in Silicon Valley, Silicon alley and Toronto�s startup scene has provided Jayesh a diverse understanding of what it means to be a part of the startup community.

Cultivating an environment that focuses on cross pollination, a pay it forward attitude and a culture that invites the new is what Jayesh is currently striving for. He�s always looking to change the �status quo� and push the edge. He's an example from his last major published article on startups: http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/01/how-silicon-valley-can-kill-your-startup/


About Startup Nanaimo:

Startup Nanaimo is a movement geared towards activating and empowering entrepreneurs. As part of Startup Canada, the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over a thousand past events in 110+ countries around the world, we bring a great team focused on the success of entrepreneurs in Nanaimo. Startup Nanaimo is about creating connections between entrepreneurs and about increasing collaboration between people who are already contributing to Nanaimo's entrepreneurial vibrancy. A strong and well-rounded group of community enterprise partners made Nanaimo become the only BC community to become a part of Startup Canada in 2014 so we're excited to be leading the way.


Please visit our event page for tickets here: https://www.picatic.com/event13923129534276

For a discount on your ticket enter this under "promotional code" on our website (link above): Harbour