Bet On Canada is a one-day summit where some of Canada's top business leaders will:
The Bet on Canada Summit is a one day event jam-packed with practical insights, tactics, and lessons from over a dozen top Canadian business leaders and founders, including people building Canada's most promising businesses right now.
You should come to Bet On Canada if:
"Bet on Canada is like an entire semester of business school packed into one day. And considerably less expensive!"
"I've never been to a business event that packs this much concrete information and knowledge into one day. There was literally zero fluff, which was so refreshing."
"I don't know where else you'd go to learn from this number of high-calibre people. The speakers on Bet On Canada are operators at the top of their game. Learning from them was a massive value-add for my career."
8:00am - 9:00am
Join The Peak starting at 8 am for coffee, snacks and networking.
9:00am - 9:30am
Who understands the challenges and opportunities of scaling a global business in Canada? Jason Goldlist does, and that’s why the CEO’s of Slack, Remote, and Squarespace just placed a big bet on him.
9:30am - 9:40am
We live in a culture of unsolicited advice. Everyone wants to tell you about the right way to do things and how to be successful. Too much advice can be overwhelming and make us feel inadequate.
9:40am - 10:10am
Canada is falling behind. With only about 20 unicorn startups, we the north are punching well below our weight compared to the United States where over 600 startups are valued at over $1 billion.
10:10am - 10:20am
The difference between a startup and a side hustle is how you’re paying rent.
10:20am - 10:30am
Take a quick break, stretch your legs, and meet your neighbour.
10:30am - 11:00am
As our parents like to say nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. Along the way, you might buy a house, see a doctor for good measure and eventually start planning for death.
11:00am - 11:15am
Braden Dennis co-hosts The Canadian Investor Podcast which is Canada's most listened to finance podcast bringing in 2.5 million listens per year.
11:15am - 11:30am
The Peak is Canada’s top business newsletter, reaching over 100,000 readers daily.
11:30am - 12:00pm
Can you define your organization’s culture? If not, that’s a problem.
12:00pm - 12:40pm
Stick around for lunch (included with your ticket), meet some new people and test your news knowledge with Peak News Trivia hosted by Peak writer Quinn Henderson.
12:40pm - 12:50pm
Adrian Grenier, along with dozens of other household names are investors and believers in Umana...
12:50pm - 1:20pm
A great product? Must have. A healthy pipeline? Need it.
1:20pm - 1:50pm
Since 1999 Mark MacLeod sat at the right-hand side of the leaders of high growth technology companies as either a CFO, VC or deal maker.
1:50pm - 2:20pm
Fingers crossed we can confidently say the next two years won’t be anything like the past two.
2:20pm - 2:30pm
Take a quick break, stretch your legs, and meet your neighbour.
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Scaling a business can sometimes feel like putting out a million little fires all over the place, all at once.
3:00pm - 3:25pm
Anthony Lacavera is fighting to bring competition to Canada’s telecoms.
3:25pm - 3:55pm
Raising money is a full-time job. Unfortunately, one typically needs a full-time job - running a company - in order to raise money in the first place.
3:55pm - 4:05pm
Believe it or not, one of Canada’s most iconic brands, Tim Horton’s, has embraced innovation.
4:05pm - 4:30pm
Swish Goswami has a lot to brag about.
4:30pm - 4:45pm
Jake Karls has sold over 11 million chocolate bars. He’s sometimes known as “the modern-day Willy Wonka.”
5:00pm - 5:15pm
Canada's most listened to daily business podcast is coming to you live to close out The Bet on Canada Summit.
5:30pm - 9:00pm
The Commons & The Peak are hosting a social for business + tech leaders, investors and innovators.