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International Women's Day 2022

Platform Calgary is a non-profit, member based organization. Our mandate is to bring together the resources of Calgary's tech ecosystem to help startups launch and grow at every step of their journey, from ideation through to scale.

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It will take more than one day to #BreakTheBias for women in tech and STEM around the world, but today is a great day to draw attention to some of the exciting things that people who identify as women (and their allies!) are doing.

Did you know 30% of tech companies in Alberta have a female founder or cofounder (above the global average of 20%)?

Looking for a way to celebrate/learn more today? Here are a few places to start:

Events:

6 - 7 PM MT | CalgaryUX | International Women’s Day: Break the Bias
3:30 PM MT | Scovan International Women’s Day Forum (Shelley Kuipers of The51 is the keynote speaker)
General Assembly is hosting a free, virtual event series for Women’s History Month
University of Calgary’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is hosting several events
Mount Royal University’s resources and events

Good news stories:

Helcim is donating 20 cents from every merchant transaction to Chic Geek today to help fulfill their mission of getting more women in tech. Read more.
Since 2020, 19 new woman-founded startups have joined the Start Alberta Tech portal. Meet the founders.
Momentum’s new AWS re/Start Program in collaboration with Chic Geek and Amazon Web Services is designed to build opportunities for women in tech.

Other Calgary-based, women-focused community resources you should know:

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March 8, 2022

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We’re excited to introduce the inaugural cohort of the Platform Pre-Accelerator — a group of founders building solutions across healthcare, construction, transportation, agriculture, e-commerce, and more.This 9-week, in-person, execution-first program is designed for founders who have moved beyond the idea stage and are actively testing their product in-market — working to define their ideal customer, validate demand, and build a repeatable path to early traction. The cohort brings together Calgary-based founders who are building, experimenting, and working to turn early progress into structured, consistent execution.

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At the March Community Connect, we brought together founders and scaling sales leaders for a practical conversation on how AI is reshaping modern revenue systems.Featuring Abbas Sarraf (Co-Founder & CPO, Aimsio) and Dennis Hale (VP Sales, Aimsio), moderated by Stephen Wensley (CEO, Acuspire), the session cut through the noise and focused on what’s actually working today.And the message was clear:AI isn’t about replacing sales teams. It’s about building better sales and marketing systems for scale.

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