When we started LPV in September 2007, our goal was to shine a big bright light on the startup community and help connect entrepreneurs with investors, potential partners and their peers. Looking at photos from the last 9 events, it is clear that our community is growing and that the best of Canadian tech has consistently showed up to support and celebrate the latest crop of Internet startups in the great Northwest. It’s our hope that the startup... [read more]

At our first LPV in September 2007, we had 120 attendees and a handful of startups and at LPV9, we had 9 amazing companies and over 500 people in the room.  To me, this just proves Vancouver is for Startups and our community is growing.  Here’s a snapshot of LPV over the years. LPV 1 – September 27, 2007 Section 3, Vancouver 120 attendees, 6 Startups Photo Credit: Phillip Jeffrey LPV 2 – Launch Party with a Twist December 5, 2007 The Republ... [read more]

The judge’s and community have spoken and it’s time to announce the winners in the LPV9 Startup Contest.  A panel of 8 Judges casted their votes for the “Startup Most Likely to Succeed” and awarded Unbounce. From Judge Amar Varma’s comments: “Love that they are focusing on simplicity, and the creation of landing pages and not web pages in general. Identified a target niche market and are attacking it. Neat solution to bridge the gap betw... [read more]

Launch Party Vancouver 9 will kick off tomorrow night, June 17th at 6pm. 9 companies will be demoing their latest and greatest digital media and internet creations to 500 of our closest friends.  We’re proud to say that two of these companies, 8.5×14 Media Inc’s Contractually and OverInteractive’s DimeRocker, have completed the Bootup Labs program and we wish them luck in the competition portion of the event.

One week to go until Launch Party Vancouver 9 is here! As you know, we have a great line-up of startups for you to check out as well as an amazing list of attendees for you to mix and mingle with on Thursday, June 17th. If you don’t have your ticket yet,  what are you waiting for??  Get your tickets now before we sell out! It’s going to be a great evening. Hope to see you then. Here’s just a glimpse of some of the people you can look forward ... [read more]

There are a lot of great technologies being developed in Vancouver that we’re proud of, and personally I think we could do a better job telling our story. For example, not many people know of these three world class organizations being developed right in our city, and Bootup Labs is lucky enough to be call them “Roomies”… at least for a little while. Stewart Butterfield’s TinySpeck has temporarily set up shop in the old DimeRocker of... [read more]

I went to yesterday's 4:00 party I could not find anyone. so, I left about 30 minutes later.

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Tickets are now on sale for Launch Party Vancouver 9 on June 17, 2010.  We are really looking forward to celebrating summer’s arrival and the best new digital media startups of 2010 with all of you. We have some special guests lined up for LPV9 including: Members of The C100, a non-profit organization comprised of a select group of Canadians based primarily in Silicon Valley, including executives of leading technology companies, experienced s... [read more]

Are you ready for the next Launch Party!? We had hoped to do LPV9 in January but with the Olympics, we had a hard time locking down a venue that was central and could accommodate all of us without breaking the bank. BUT we are excited to announce that we FINALLY found one!  The Roundhouse in Yaletown has approved our application to hold the next Launch Party there on Thursday, June 17th, 2010. It will be a great way to kick off the summer season... [read more]

Hello Vancouver!  We’ve been getting a lot of emails and calls asking when our next Launch Party event will be.   And now that the Olympics are over <sigh>, and venues are freed up, we are working on finalizing the details for LPV9. But I need your help… I’ve been sourcing out venue after venue after venue but can’t seem to find a space that will fit all of us.  I feel like I have looked at every venue from Gastown to Yaletown but it is hard t... [read more]

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by Maura Rodgers (@Maurar) Another Launch Party is under our belt.  Our 8th Launch Party to be exact. Aside from finding a venue with a PA system that doesn’t make us sound like Charlie Brown’s Teacher or has sufficient AC to keep all 400+ of us a little cooler, I would call it a success.  I enjoyed seeing many familiar faces as well as meeting visitors from Seattle, Ontario, Kelowna, California and abroad.  We hope you left with a smile on ... [read more]

The results are in and it’s time to announce the winners in the LPV8 Startup Contest. A panel of 8 Judges casted their votes for the “Startup Most Likely to Succeed” and awarded Hootsuite. From Judge Gary Yurkovich’s comments: “For social marketers, this is a great platform. Almost mandatory to have something like this when managing multiple Twitter accounts”. So a big congrats to Hootsuite! The people have spoken and their votes went to MyWeddin... [read more]

The results are in and it’s time to announce the winners in the LPV8 Startup Contest. A panel of 8 Judges casted their votes for the “Startup Most Likely to Succeed” and awarded Hootsuite. From Judge Gary Yurkovich’s comments: “For social marketers, this is a great platform. Almost mandatory to have something like this when managing multiple Twitter accounts”. So a big congrats to Hootsuite! The people have spoken and their votes wen... [read more]

Here are a few “over heards” from last night’s Launch Party Vancouver 8 event: 6oz: Great job on #LPV8 last night @sonsryan ! It was teh hotness – both literally and metaphorically – Kirsten was demo’ing Hootsuite, and perhaps remarking on the fact that it was the temperature was a *little* high last night tinatinatinah: my friend just asked me how the “nerd convention” went last night. well, i replied to my disconnected friend, #... [read more]

We’re not doing a full Co founder Speed Dating event for this Launch Party, but we do want to keep helping potential co-founders to connect. We’ve decided that from now on, every Launch Party event will include a “Co Founder Corner”. We’ll have an area set aside where people who are looking for cofounders can hang out, leave their business cards, and in general know they’re in the right spot to meet other potential founders. We’re not (yet) imp... [read more]

The judges have chosen and 8 companies have been selected to demo at LPV8, 5 from Vancouver, 2 from Seattle and 1 from Kelowna. As usual, we’ll feature each of the companies in a 2 min video and give you the chance to vote on which is most likely to succeed. Voting will begin starting Saturday, September 5th. We present to you the 8 companies (in no particular order) chosen to demo at LPV8. Lilipip Seattle-based Lilipip will be one of 3 out-of-... [read more]

LPV is back with a Silicon Valley spin.  We are proud to announce our friends from San Francisco will be co-hosting the 8th installment of LPV.  Headquartered in San Francisco,  Dealmaker Media organizes a series of well attended, conferences and roundtables that connect CEOs, technology and entertainment executives, investors, analysts and press.  Dealmaker is very connected in the Valley and in LA. Their events including the popular Under th... [read more]

The results are in! The votes have been counted and it’s time to announce a winner in the LPV7 Startup Contest. A panel of 6 Judges casted their votes for the “Startup Most Likely to Succeed” and for the first time ever in LPV history Tynt won both Judge’s and People’s favorite. Sun Startup Essentials has awarded Tynt with a brand new camera. As for the event itself, the 7th installment of Launch Party was again a huge success with the ... [read more]

A special thanks the volunteers who helped out with LPV7, especially Magda Bukala, Danijela Eres and Casey Leung who ran the registration desk. Thanks to Jason Brown, Photographer who captured the event from his lenses. Thanks to Warren Frey from Freyburg Media for covering the videography and getting 1 minute spiel’s from all the demo companies. Lastly, thanks to Gregg Scott for covering the crowd interviews and being the video host for the ev... [read more]

Hey all, great launch party! I was pleased to be in from Ontario, and happy to meet a lot of fantastic folks out here in Vancouver. In case I didn't get to chat with you, check out ca.sun.com/startup if you are in need of free advice, tech support, affordable hosting, major discounts on servers and storage, and cool promos and contests. We were so glad to be able to sponsor this great event, and I can't wait to get back here again! Sandra

A special thanks to all of our  sponsors. The tag for tonight is #LPV7 on Twitter, Flickr and elsewhere. See you all tonight at Steamworks Uber Lounge at 6pm.

... than crowdvine. the only props I can give them is the fact that their CEO actually emails you if you bitch them out on twitter, which was fun. although so far they haven't really done much to improve in the last year. anyhow, looking forward to seein' y'all at LPV7 next week. :)

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Nick Bouton: Okay, you got me on that one. I didn't realize Crowdvine was free. I just felt like being critical, heh. :) Free takes the edge off a lot of things. There's a free version of the Telligent Community Server that you may want to check out too. I'm pret... [read more]

Boris Mann: I actually configured the discussions to post to Twitter using RSS and Hootsuite, so no blame there :P You don't have to re-register - your login (per email) is unique and you can "activate" your profile for new networks. What you DO have to do is re... [read more]

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The Georgia Straight’s technology reporter, Stephen Hui, caught up with Maura via iPhone on all the exciting things going on with Bootup Labs & Strutta: Maura Rodgers is an enthusiastic promoter of Vancouver’s technology sector. The 35-year-old entrepreneur is one of the founders of Launch Party Vancouver, a series of mixers organized by the Bootup Labs Entrepreneurial Society that showcases local Internet start-ups. She’s also the cofound... [read more]

The Georgia Straight’s technology reporter, Stephen Hui, caught up with Maura via iPhone on all the exciting things going on with Bootup Labs & Strutta: Maura Rodgers is an enthusiastic promoter of Vancouver’s technology sector. The 35-year-old entrepreneur is one of the founders of Launch Party Vancouver, a series of mixers organized by the Bootup Labs Entrepreneurial Society that showcases local Internet start-ups. She’s also the cofound... [read more]

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Launch Party Vancouver 7 (fittingly) features 7 demo companies, and as always you get to cast your vote for the Startup Most Likely to Succeed. Voting is simple, and with just 7 companies, we encourage you to render judgment on each of them. Once your account is registered and verified, just rate each video between 1 and 5 stars. The overall winner will be awarded a prize. A list of VIP judges will soon be announced, and they too will choose a wi... [read more]

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