Growth Beyond BC

Go Big, Go Global – Now. Inspiring stories from startups who have made the move outside BC!

  • David Helliwell, Pulse Energy:
    How to start a cleantech company in 2,846 easy steps.
  • Ryan Holmes, Hootsuite:
    Be local everywhere - growing your product globally the HootSuite way.
  • Surinder Kumar, Vecima Networks:
    Talent to compete with the best in the world.
  • Andrew Reid, Vision Critical:
    Fire on all cylinders! Vision Critical's explosive international growth using both direct and indirect channels to market.
  • Todd Stone, iCompass:
    Stick to the Plan… with Agility.

Speakers

  • Founder & President
    Vision Critical

    Andrew’s vision and leadership established what Vision Critical is today. Coming from a background of Internet advertising and market research, Andrew started the company in 2000 because he saw the opportunity to use the web as a way to improve market research for both the client and the respondent.

  • CEO
    Pulse Energy

    Pulse Energy is led by its co-founder, David Helliwell, whose career has spanned 3 continents and has been focused on the energy sector since 1994.

  • CEO
    HootSuite

    HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes’ entrepreneurial endeavors include successes in a variety of industries from founding a pizza restaurant chain to building the top online paintball equipment supplie

  • President & CEO
    Vecima Networks

    Dr. Surinder Kumar is an internationally recognized expert in microwave engineering and holds a number of patents in this field.

  • President and CEO
    iCompass

    Todd is the founder of iCompass, a Kamloops-based SaaS company.


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