Startupcourt

We empower black founders with the tools and resources to build successful businesses.

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

@startupcourt @PlatformCalgary If you're building a startup, growing a business, or supporting founders and you are in Calgary, this room is for you.

#blackfounders #startupcourt #founderslounge #yyctech

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

@startupcourt It takes place @PlatformCalgary.

Door opens at 5pm MT. Come for the conversations. Stay for the connections. Leave with clearer next steps.

Register here: https://t.co/981ut8Pdz6.

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

@startupcourt This month's edition is on Thursday: a Small Business Week special:
"The Canadian Small Business and AI: Fast or Finished."

A practical conversation on what AI actually means for small businesses here. No hype. Just clarity.

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

That's why I started Founders' Lounge by @startupcourt in Calgary: a room where Black founders can meet, learn from one another, and build genuine relationships.

Sometimes the most valuable thing a founder needs isn't another framework. It's another founder.

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

When you're rebuilding, the scarcest resource isn't money. It isn't even time.
It's people who understand what you're carrying and will tell you the truth about it.

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

Moving countries taught me to rebuild from zero: new network, new credibility, new everything.

Turns out that's also the founder's job description. 🧵

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

I'm Emmanuel Oluwatosin.

I started my career as an engineer, moved into product, worked with teams at Globacom, Nokia, & Microsoft and eventually became an entrepreneur.

These days, I'm building again.

Here's what I'm working on, what I'm learning, and what I'll share here 🧵

[Iteralab Inc. @theiteralab]

Products get expensive when assumptions survive too long untested.

IteraLab closes the gap with deliberate constraints:

2 weeks: idea to testable prototype. 6 more weeks: learnings to a focused working MVP.

Not "build it all in eight weeks." Build only what the evidence earns.

[Emmanuel Oluwatosin @eolutosin]

Happy Independence Day, Nigeria 🇳🇬 — 66 years.

Everything I do and build carries what Nigeria taught me: resourcefulness, resilience, and the courage to start with little.

To Nigerians everywhere: keep building.

#NigeriaAt66 #ProudlyNigerian #IndependenceDay #KeepBuilding

[Iteralab Inc. @theiteralab]

Where teams move from idea → prototype → validation → launch in weeks, not years.

This is what we built.

This is IteraLab - venture studio for the next decade.

Follow along. 🚀

#iteralab #venturestudio #InnovationInAction #productdevelopment #startup #InnovationStudio

[Iteralab Inc. @theiteralab]

Innovation is broken - not because people lack ideas, but because teams lack systems.

Here’s why the world needs a new kind of venture studio 👇

Most companies build too slowly.

By the time they ship, markets have moved on.

#iteralab #venturestudio #InnovationInAction

[Accelerate Fund @AccelerateFund]

Exciting news! $15M in new early-stage capital just became available to AB startups in life sciences, digital transformation, AI, and emerging technologies! This funding comes via an anchor investment by @ABEnterpriseCor into Accelerate Fund IV. https://t.co/D176S2tQMT

[Startupcourt @startupcourt]

Join us for a hands-on Product Innovation Workshop designed to transform your approach to product development. This session will help you refine your creative processes & innovate with purpose.

To register, visit https://t.co/sylXLQ5qYB.

#innovation #innovationweekyyc

[Paul Graham @paulg]

I've seen three big waves of technology so far, and they've been remarkably evenly spaced: Chips mid 1970s, the web late 1990s, AI early 2020s.

[Alberta Innovates @ABInnovates]

CALLING ALL TECH START-UPS❗

Looking to expand both your business and social impact?
Apply for the accelerator here: https://t.co/wn9pgIvlqP

Applications Open NOW (closing December 23, 2022)

[Platform Calgary @PlatformCalgary]

If you looking to develop an MVP, identify your first customers or build + run testing cycles with your users, the Engage Learning stream of #AlbertaCatalyzer is for you! ✨

Apply by Oct. 24 to join the next cohort: https://t.co/3gvSSs20VH

@InnovateYEG @ABInnovates

[Startupcourt @startupcourt]

For #startups with #mvp in #Alberta 👇🏼

[Platform Calgary @PlatformCalgary]

#AlbertaCatalyzer connects you to experts, resources and like-minded people to help catalyze your idea. ✨

The traction learning stream is for you if you’ve launched your MVP and have initial customers. Apply by Oct. 12.

➡️ https://t.co/3gvSSs2yLf

@InnovateYEG @ABInnovates

[Startupcourt @startupcourt]

For #entrepreneurs in #Calgary 👇🏼

[Platform Calgary @PlatformCalgary]

The Platform Incubator will help you focus on what matters for YOUR startup.

Get tailored coaching, advice and resources to help you move from the experimentation stage to a process-driven business ➡️ https://t.co/dENUPEsLCf

#yyctech #yycinnovation

[Rainforest Alberta - YYC @RainforestAB]

Are you:
💡 Curious about #tech in #yyc
💡 Working on an idea or #startup
💡 Looking to meet new people and build #connections

Join us for #LWOL on Sept 7 at NOON for virtual #networking to get a pulse on the #yyctech ecosystem.

Register here ➡️ https://t.co/RdYDbvMEo2