By Nicole Donnelly, SaltyWaffle.com Say Growth Hacking around a bunch of SEO practitioners and you will likely elicit scowls at very least. You talk to a “social media expert” who’s been in the biz for a while and they’ll poo poo the term as trendy. It’s not scientific enough, it’s …
Despite rising interest, women are still underrepresented and underserved as investors — barriers to entry seem high, and knowing where and how to start can be difficult. The RAISE Collective is a community of female investors whose purpose is to change the gender ratio in innovation and funding by leveling …
Spring is thrilled to be partnering once again with the City of Campbell River and their Modern Entrepreneur Series in 2018! With this series, we will be supporting the startup community in Campbell River with growing their businesses through workshops, resources and Leader’s Roundtables. They will be hosting a number of …
Our final shoutout for this season goes out to our AMAZING community partners! Spring is thrilled to have an incredible list of community partners that come along side our entrepreneurs in support of their growth. Futurpreneur, NRC, and Women’s Enterprise Centre bring funding and a wealth of support to entrepreneurs. …
Spring thanks, VANTEC, Vancouver’s original angel network, with E-Fund and many others getting their start from VANTEC over the years. Spring companies have been able to pitch, and raise investment, from the VANTEC community since our inception, and they are one of the most active groups in the Pacific Northwest …
Today we do a special shoutout to The Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC) who has been partnering with Spring for 3 years! They are dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs at the intersection of impact and technology. Their innovative spirit has allowed Spring to support entrepreneurs across a range of industries, with a …
Spring extends our thanks to Mike Winterfield and Active Impact Investments for all the support and expert advice they have provided for our entrepreneurs. Mike’s commitment to the companies as Spring’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence, holding open office hours and always being available for our alumni have been crucial in supporting the entire …
App-Scoop is a premium app development and consulting firm focused on delivering mobile and web solutions. Their presence at every Spring event and connectedness with the Spring community and alumni group is greatly appreciated by the entire Spring family. Their desire to help support all entrepreneurs who are looking to …
A big thank you to Karl and Adam Jung of Jung Financial Services! They are always a helpful and welcome presence at the Spring events and have provided in-depth advice to our alumni who come to them with questions. We also want to show our great appreciation for all the hard …
Spring has so many wonderful partners who take part in building and supporting our social impact community! We would love to thank our partner, Radical I/O today for the tech work they’ve done with all of our impact focused companies, their fun approach in building an ever growing team and …
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and as a global team we’d like to extend this acknowledgement to all those who have historically stewarded and nurtured the lands we live, work, and play on today.