About this Event
Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded.
Free to attend, happy hour prices all night, and a free beer for the first guests through the door.
Arrive before 6 PM. Vancouver's founders, angel investors, creators, and Web3 builders in one room.
Hear from two serial founders with multiple exits, meet angel investors, and keep the night going with a live DJ.
What to expect:
- 5-6 PM: Doors + networking. Grab your free beer and appetizers (early arrivals) and meet founders, investors, and operators.
- 6-7 PM: Founder AMA2 (starts sharply at 6). Real stories and straight answers from Hussein Hallak and Mike Nabavi, with angel investors on hand. Bring your questions.
- 7 PM-close: Live DJ + networking. Keep the conversations going.
On stage:
Hussein Hallak is the author of the Amazon bestseller, The Dark Art of Life Mastery, and a serial entrepreneur with two exits and 22 businesses built across Damascus, Dubai and Vancouver. His first tech company was acqui-hired by Spacetoon, the Disney of the Middle East. He co-founded CreativeArab, the world's first and largest online marketplace of Middle Eastern art, built award-winning creative agencies, and led product, sales and strategy teams serving brands like P&G, Unilever, Universal and Disney. He was General Manager and Head Mentor of Launch Academy, Vancouver's largest startup hub, whose 6,500+ founders have gone on to raise over $2.5 billion. He spent two seasons on the tech panel of Our City with Kirk LaPointe on RoundHouse Radio, and was tech lead on MBC's No. 1 morning show, watched by 40 million viewers. Today he is founder and CEO of Next Decentrum and editor of The Streetlight on Substack.
Mike Nabavi, six-time founder. He sold his first company, started in university, after growing it past 35 people. He drafted the business plan behind Guest-Tek's TSX IPO, consulted at Deloitte, ran a tech startup for a decade before exiting, and has since backed numerous startups. His payments venture LavaPay had a pipeline nearing $9M a month when its banks shut it down, which led to Omnieon, infrastructure for federated finance. Today he works as an interim or fractional executive for early-stage and owner-operated companies. Ask Mike anything, including what he got wrong.
Who should come: founders looking to raise, investors looking for deal flow, and operators and creators building in Vancouver.
Register to save your spot, and arrive early: capacity is limited and the free keg of beer goes to early guest arrivals.
Presented by The Art Party (AV, sound, live DJs) · The Basement (160 capacity) · Hastings Crossing BIA · Vancouver News Livestream with support from Impresario Partners, a consulting and VC firm, (this event will be livestreamed to 10,000+ viewers) · Micro Media Solutions for photography · Canadian Allied Services for financial advice.
Bringing new audiences into the Hastings corridor.
Hastings Crossing BIA is an organization that takes a leadership role in managing change and shaping a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable local economy here in the Downtown Eastside. Through collaboration with its business members, grassroots, government, private sector and non-profit partners we bridge the needs of local businesses with the capacity of community focused organizations to foster a vibrant, healthy and diverse area for all – whether you’re here every day or just for the afternoon.
This event brings new energy to the Hastings corridor and supports the Hastings Crossing BIA's work to grow local business and entrepreneurship pathways.
More info:
136 W Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Capacity is limited so arrive early. First arrivals get a free beer ticket. Bus stop and parkade are across the street.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Basement, 136 W. Cordova Street, Vancouver, Canada
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