Sprout Up February

We’re happy to announce the details of our February Sprout Up Toronto, the first event in our Winter 2011 series!

Sprout Up is a free monthly event for forward-thinking Toronto area entrepreneurs to gather and mind-meld. A great chance for startups around the city to get friendly, discuss current trends, and network in a casual, open, and focused setting. Attendees will walk away with new insights, new friends and actionable ideas for their businesses.

Join us on Wednesday, February 16th for the next Sprout Up! The guest speaker will be Lane Becker (http://monstro.com/), founder of Silicon Valley-based feedback company GetSatisfaction (http://getsatisfaction.com/).

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Event details:

Date: Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Time: 6pm-9pm
Agenda:
6-6:40 - registration
6:40-7 - startup demos
7-7:45 - guest speaker & questions
7:45-10 - networking
Place: The Courthouse, 57 Adelaide St. E (see a map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=the+courthouse+toronto&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.626896,74.619141&ie=UTF8&hq=the+courthouse&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.741336,-79.226532&spn=0.479209,1.165924&z=10&iwloc=A), closest TTC station: King and Yonge)

Guest Speaker:

Lane Becker, founder of GetSatisfaction

Participating startups:

RateHub (http://www.ratehub.ca/), CardSwap (http://cardswap.ca/), Rocketr

RSVP details:

Make sure you RSVP to get your connection nametag at the event - you MUST be registered with your first and last names to receive a namebadge. You can RSVP, follow conversations about the event and connect with attendees beforehand by following the #SproutUpTO (http://sprouter.com/sproutupto) event page on Sprouter. You can also RSVP on the Meetup page. For more information contact Erin at erin[at]sprouter.com.

Join us & be a part of our Sprout Up! It’s going to be a fabulous night of invaluable insights, new & old friends, & of course your lovely hosts from Sprouter(www.sprouter.com (http://sprouter.com/sproutupto)).

More about guest speaker Lane Becker:

Lane Becker is co-founder of Get Satisfaction, a web startup dedicated to fostering new methods of communication and collaboration between companies and their customers. He is also a co-founder of Adaptive Path and currently sits on the Board of Directors. While with Adaptive Path, Lane ran the consulting business and, as the creator of the New Ventures program, developed strategic partnerships with early-stage startup companies to provide them with long-term support for their product ideation, design, and launch strategies.

As a consultant specializing in organizational strategy and team development, Lane has worked with companies as varied as NPR, PBS, Princess Cruises, McGraw-Hill, the National Gallery of Art, and the United Nations. As a speaker, Lane has provided training and direction to numerous organizations, including Sun Microsystems, the Bank of America, The Washington Post, Visa, and Cathay Pacific Airlines, as well as speaking at conferences such as O'Reilly's Open Source Conferences, the University of California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business >Play conference, and South by Southwest Interactive.

More about Sprout Up:

Sprout Up is made up of three main components:
Innovation Demo – Pre-selected entrepreneurs share their innovative business ideas to the audience
Guest Speaker – Fabulous new speakers will be brought in each month to spur new discussions on relevant trends and ideas
Networking – Network with peers: share knowledge, experiences and drinks