The Entrepreneur Retreat is the starting point for entrepreneurship. Our 7-hour event is where entrepreneurs, business professionals, and startup enthusiasts come together to learn, share ideas, form teams, and discover new connections. The goal is to leave the event with a launch into the entrepreneur and the business community.
Agenda:
9:00 AM: Check-in, connect with your community, and grab a free beverage and snack.
9:15 - 9:45 AM: Community Connect Activity - Todd Embley (COO of HORIZONthree)
9:45 - 10:30 AM - Workshop One
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Speaker One
11:30 AM - 12:15 AM - Workshop Two
12:15 - 1:00 PM - Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:00 PM - Speaker Two
2:00 - 2:45 PM - Workshop Three
2:45 - 4:00 PM - Networking and Closing.
Workshop Leaders
SEAN SHEPHERD
Sean specializes in helping organizations solve challenging problems through a collaborative and visual learning approach that ties directly to what their customers' value, designing exceptional experiences for both customers and employees alike. He has extensive experience in design, data visualization, project management, integrating and managing technology, communications, marketing, and strategic planning.
Sean's skill set includes data visualization, visual design, interaction design, user experience design, service design, and customer experience design. Sean is a Certified Usability Expert (CUA), Information Architect (IA), and Customer Experience Professional (CCXP).
Always committed to furthering his education, Sean is continuing his studies with a Masters in Information Design and Strategy through Northwestern University where he is writing his thesis on Experience Design.
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JAMIE WOOD
Lowering stress and optimizing brain efficiency in high-performance environments. As a stress management consultant, she excels at operational analysis and works fragmentation identification. Her specialty is working with high-performance individuals and their unique working styles to create efficiency and lower stress in their day to day routines. She created the Stress Management through Awareness (SMA) program, which is based in neuroscience and addresses how stress affects the operations and productivity of a fast-paced organization.
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JOEL SEMENIUK
Joel accelerates business modernization. That's a lot of syllables for "he make change happen faster". It's what he does. Joel loves talking about it, teaching it, and helping startups and businesses unlock their potential.
Since 1995, he's been examining and creating the methods, processes, and best practices for business innovation and have applied it to businesses of all sizes - from startups to mega-corporations. But even that's too slow. He wants to influence change on a massive scale and create a tipping point for the future of work, which he believes is upon us all.
So Joel founded HORIZONthree. Which is tackling the future of work from all angles - education, policy, and business. He takes a top down and bottoms up approach that gets businesses, educators, and policymakers thinking like investors and working like startups.
By creating programming that's accessible and scalable, we are democratizing innovation.
HORIZONthree is so much more than an innovation accelerator. It is here to help take our customers from the foothills to the summit, and all the stops along the way. From ideation to validation, to commercialization and on to market expansion into Canada, Asia, and Europe, HORIZONthree only goal is to get you there so you can make a difference and earn your degree in Disruptology along the way.
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Speakers
Brent Fikowski
Formerly the financial controller at Strawhouse, Canada's Fastest-Growing Startup Company that quietly works alongside dozens of the world's fastest-growing brands. The role has been acquired by the extremely talented Taiya Ahola, and Brent has moved to a part-time role. Strawhouse is ranked #1 on the 2017 STARTUP 50 ranking of Canada's Top New Growth Companies by Canadian Business Magazine. We design compelling media to scale customer acquisition for disruptive companies.
Now that Brent has reduced his working hours he is able to spend more time preparing to be the world's best CrossFit athlete. He has competed at the CrossFit Games the last three years in a row, finishing 4th, 2nd, and 4th respectively. He looks forward to the opportunities that excelling in this new sport will offer.
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Jason Kryski
Jason is a serial entrepreneur - Most recently as founder of a new AI startup, Uncoil Inc, but probably best known for co-founding Strawhouse, the world's first Venture Growth Agency.
He found his passion for business early and really haven't ever worked for someone else. While learning direct sales he discovered his love of psychology and sociology... that path led to sales training and recruiting.
Jason started in marketing and advertising via affiliate marketing and quickly found he could apply his understanding of psychology to a broader audience.
Leveraging performance compensation models, he has learned early on that when all parties interests are aligned; special things can happen.
At Strawhouse they drive customer acquisition for venture and private-equity backed consumer-facing companies. Revenue driven? Hundreds of millions. Market value created? Billions.
Jason likes to solve problems. Currently, he is focused on making it easier for direct to consumer businesses to start and grow.
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FAQs
What is included with the purchase of a ticket?
- Access to 3 workshops with industry experts
- Access to 2 special guest speakers
- Access to connecting with real entrepreneurs
- Snacks, water, and lunch
- Entrepreneur gift bag for attendees
- A free ride to and from the venue (must reserve a seat)
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Driving Yourself: There is plenty of street parking on St. Paul Street and Doyle.
Need A Ride: We are driving around Kelowna from 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM picking anyone up who needs a ride to coLab. We will stop at UBCO, H20 Centre and Okanagan College (KLO). The ride back will begin at 4:00 PM.
If you need a ride please email support@hustleoutlet.com to reserve a seat.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
For questions related to ticketing, need a ride and event, please email;
support@hustleoutlet.com
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, as long as you have the ticket QR code ready.
SPONSORS
HORIZONthree
For innovators and innovation leaders, HORIZONthree is a global collective of talent, practices, and tools that accelerate the creation of genuinely new businesses by helping organizations think more like investors and act like successful startups.
coLab
Since 2011, Okanagan coLab has been supporting new entrepreneurs and inspired creative professionals to work in a new way - through coworking. We are a community of people who choose to work together, more productively, to make our work, our lives, our cities, and communities better.
The coLab has been home to hundreds - helping them find their career path, start and grow a business, and be a part of an amazing community. Being a coworking space means we live through values of Community, Collaboration, Accessibility, Sustainability, and Openness.
The serendipitous nature of our hub encourages people to share ideas, ask for help, and challenge each other to do better work.
OKANAGAN COLLEGE
Okanagan College educates and trains more than 20,000 people a year in a host of programs. Offerings range from bachelor degrees in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems to diplomas, trades, training, vocational programs, and adult basic education.