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Startup Fest 2024

4.47/5Total Reviews
5
4.47/5Total Reviews
5

Startup Fest 2024

About Startup Fest 2024

When and Where

Event date

Jul 10 - 11, 2024

Organized by

Embrase

Event type

Event fees

Event location

Canada

Event Snapshot

Event Overall Score: 4.47

Likelihood to Recommend
4.2
Networking
3.4

Recent Reviews

Pierre Laurent Macridis

Senior Associate

4.52 / 5

"Startup thanksgiving where distant relatives and friends get together."

Quality of the speakers and the attendees, had the opportunity to reconnect with friends in the community from across the country and network with new folks.

Raymond Chik

HIN Advisory Board Chair

3.88 / 5

"Great location and fun experience!"

The inaugural HardTech Fest was great. Helpers are very helpful - I was shown around the venues after I had registered especially to the stage where I was going to speak on.

Alison Anderson

Founder

5.00 / 5

"Have been running a startup for 13 years "

Great subject matter was amazing, no survival biases, talked about what it is really like to run a startup

Audio Reviews (1)

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Jul 2022

Evan Sitler

CEO 

at XpertVR

Our whole team had an amazing time at startup fest. We were able to network with so many startups and entrepreneurs that we had never heard of in the past. And now we are only a couple of days after start at Fest and already looking at collaborative projects that we will both benefit from. So we're really excited to see where those go as well. We got to connect with and network with many different investors both through the investor round tables, one on ones as well as pitching on stage and in front of others. And although we're not looking for investment right now, building out these connections and getting the response that we did and gave us some confidence that over the next year as we are looking to fundraise, we're gonna have everything needed, everything that is needed to proceed, especially these connections to get our foot in the door.

Reviews

Average Rating by Group

Total Reviews
5

Haris AmiriIn Person | speaker

Senior ML Engineer, Ground News

4.44/5

Review Source

Review Source

Enjoyed the festival, well organized and the other truth and ai speakers/panels were great.
What did you like best about the event?
Very well organized and lots of support to the speakers before and during event. Things moved on time and we had a pre panel meeting weeks in advance.
What could the organizers do to improve the event?
I think post panel/conference if there was a bit more space in the room or time to chat with the attendees of the panel. Would also be good if audience could ask questions.
Overall experience
5.00/5
Technical support for setting up the session
5.00/5
Interactivity with the audience
3.00/5
Overall In Person Experience
Event venue
5.00/5
Helpfulness of event staff
5.00/5

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jonathan lowenharIn Person | speaker

Founder and Managing Partner , Enjoy The Work

4.63/5

Review Source

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Connecting, productive and the right mix of festival and conference
What did you like best about the event?
The humans are kind, the production quality is outstanding, and the space is enormously comfortable.
What could the organizers do to improve the event?
I'm curious if it would be possible to sync the event agenda with people's google calendars so that in advance attendees could map their trip and make sure to hit those topics of most interest. Additionally, such a high percentage of the audience are idea stage young founders without any kind of company yet to speak of; what might be possible to nudge a higher percentage of the attendees from pre-seed to seed? I also would be curious how some speaker networking might be curated in advance of the conference - "given your background and interests, here are the top 10 mentors or speakers with whom you should connect and here are the LI profiles."
Overall experience
5.00/5
Networking opportunities
3.00/5
Technical support for setting up the session
5.00/5
Interactivity with the audience
5.00/5
Quality of the audience
4.00/5
Overall In Person Experience
Event destination
5.00/5
Event venue
5.00/5
Food and beverages at event
3.00/5
Helpfulness of event staff
5.00/5

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Alison AndersonIn Person | speaker

Founder, SuccessionMatching

5.00/5

Review Source

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Have been running a startup for 13 years
What did you like best about the event?
Great subject matter was amazing, no survival biases, talked about what it is really like to run a startup
What could the organizers do to improve the event?
Braindates were hard to navigate, I tried booking sometime but couldnt find my tables
Overall experience
5.00/5
Networking opportunities
5.00/5
Technical support for setting up the session
5.00/5
Interactivity with the audience
5.00/5
Quality of the audience
5.00/5
Overall In Person Experience
Event destination
5.00/5
Event venue
5.00/5
Food and beverages at event
5.00/5
Helpfulness of event staff
5.00/5

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Raymond ChikIn Person | speaker

HIN Advisory Board Chair, ventureLAB

3.88/5

Review Source

Review Source

Great location and fun experience!
What did you like best about the event?
The inaugural HardTech Fest was great. Helpers are very helpful - I was shown around the venues after I had registered especially to the stage where I was going to speak on.
What could the organizers do to improve the event?
Provide speakers a separate line to enter the registration area. Even though there is a separate desk, that’s after the only 1 Common registration queue.
Overall experience
3.00/5
Networking opportunities
4.00/5
Technical support for setting up the session
5.00/5
Interactivity with the audience
5.00/5
Quality of the audience
5.00/5
Overall In Person Experience
Event destination
5.00/5
Event venue
5.00/5
Food and beverages at event
3.00/5
Helpfulness of event staff
4.00/5

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Pierre Laurent MacridisIn Person | speaker

Senior Associate, Rally Assets

4.52/5

Review Source

Review Source

Startup thanksgiving where distant relatives and friends get together.
What did you like best about the event?
Quality of the speakers and the attendees, had the opportunity to reconnect with friends in the community from across the country and network with new folks.
What could the organizers do to improve the event?
Better options for food, notably for vegan / vegetarian, make the event more sustainable as a whole
Overall experience
5.00/5
Networking opportunities
5.00/5
Technical support for setting up the session
4.00/5
Interactivity with the audience
5.00/5
Quality of the audience
5.00/5
Overall In Person Experience
Event destination
5.00/5
Event venue
5.00/5
Food and beverages at event
4.00/5
Helpfulness of event staff
5.00/5

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Eventible is a neutral platform, unaffiliated with organizers or partners. Reviews reflect attendees' personal opinions.

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