ThreeFortyNine

(Note: Cross posted with ShiftMode.) What happens when you take the best parts of a good old roadtrip and mash it up with one of Canada’s coolest startup conference? I wasn’t sure either but ThreeFortyNine Roadtrips is my best guess. Travelling to and from conferences is a massive waste of time. You attend a great conference, hear [...]

[Guest post by Scott Allen of SightMetrics.com] A group of local entrepreneurs kicked off a new event series called “Landing Page and Website Optimization” this week at 349. Not surprisingly, based on the title of the event series, we’re rolling up our sleeves and taking a hard look at actionable tips, tactics, and tools that [...]

Pitch, one of our regular events here, has us playing a version of Dave McClure’s Half Baked game. You’re assigned two random words and a partner. You have 10 minutes to prepare and 2 minutes to pitch a business based on those two words. A room full of peers immediately offer you direct feedback on [...]