Connect with likeminded innovators, startup resources and learn to navigate the complex web of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Alberta
Get ready to embark on your entrepreneurial journey with Startup 101, Platform Calgary’s flagship intro program for early-stage and aspiring founders. The startup world can feel intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Whether you’re shaping a new idea, exploring a career shift, or trying to solve a real-world problem, Startup 101 gives you the clarity and direction you need to begin.
This virtual session brings founders and innovators together in the heart of Calgary’s tech and innovation ecosystem. You’ll learn through hands-on activities, real examples, and guided exercises that prepare you for your next steps.
The foundational frameworks, methodology, and vocabulary that the earliest stages of a startup are built on:
A completed first-draft elevator pitch, a structured problem statement baseline, and low-barrier connections to Calgary’s startup community.
This workshop is led by experienced builders who have taken products from early prototypes to scalable systems — and know where founders get stuck along the way.
Shelby Boehm
Program Specialist, Founder Success, Platform Calgary
Supports early-stage founders through their first steps with Platform Calgary, helping them find the right program for where they are at.
Cindy Nguyen
Venture Specialist, Platform Calgary
Works closely with founders in the discovery and validation stage, helping them turn early conversations into evidence they can act on.
$25 +gst Single Workshop Seat.
Success isn’t based on the product you’ve built. It’s based on how well you understand your customer and solving a real problem.
Connect with likeminded innovators, startup resources and learn to navigate the complex web of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Alberta
Land Acknowledgement
We honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respect all Nations who live, work, play, innovate and build things on this land, and in so doing honour and celebrate the territory.
