Building a startup in Toronto? Come out to Sprout Up!

We’re happy to announce the details of our next Sprout Up Toronto, taking place during Small Business Week 2010!

Sprout Up is a free monthly event for forward-thinking Toronto area entrepreneurs to gather and mind-meld. A great chance for startups around the city to get friendly, discuss current trends, and network in a casual, open, and focused setting. Attendees will walk away with new insights, new friends and actionable ideas for their businesses.

Join us on Wednesday, October 20th for the next Sprout Up! The guest speaker will be Daniel Debow, one of Ask.Sprouter.com’s expert entrepreneurs and co-founder of Rypple.

Daniel Debow

Event details:

Date: Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Time: 6pm-9pm
Place: The Courthouse, 57 Adelaide St. E (see a map, closest TTC station: King and Yonge)

Guest Speaker:

Rypple co-founder Daniel Debow

Participating startups:

Story Guitars, NoteWagon, tinyHippos.

RSVP details:

Make sure you RSVP to get your connection nametag at the event. You can RSVP, follow conversations about the event and connect with attendees beforehand by following the #SproutUpTO event page on Sprouter. You can also RSVP on the Meetup page. For more information contact Erin at erin[at]sprouter.com.

Join us & be a part of our Sprout Up! It’s going to be a fabulous night of invaluable insights, new & old friends, & of course your lovely hosts from Sprouter (www.sprouter.com).

More about guest speaker Daniel Debow:

Daniel Debow is a co-CEO of Rypple. Daniel was one of the founders and the VP of Corporate Development and Marketing for Workbrain, an enterprise software company. He holds a JD and an MBA from the University of Toronto and an LLM in Law, Science & Technology from Stanford University. He’s a huge music fan, plays the bass (badly), and spends far too much time online. He lives in Toronto with his wife.

More about Sprout Up:

Sprout Up is made up of three main components:

Innovation Demo – Pre-selected entrepreneurs share their innovative business ideas to the audience
Guest Speaker – Fabulous new speakers will be brought in each month to spur new discussions on relevant trends and ideas
Networking – Network with peers: share knowledge, experiences and drinks