Sprout Up Toronto – HootSuite’s Ryan Holmes

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 March 24th for the next Sprout Up! We have a special guest flying in from Vancouver for the event – guest speaker Ryan Holmes, founder and CEO of professional Twitter client Hootsuite. Ryan will be talking about his journey as a serial entrepreneur (from founder of a paintball field to tech startup CEO). You’ll also hear from new local startups about their businesses.

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Time: 6pm-9pm
Place: The Pilot, 22 Cumberland St, Yorkville

Guest Speaker:
Ryan Holmes, HootSuite
*Connect with Ryan on Sprouter before the event

Participating startups:

SmartBride, TweetAgora, TBA.

You can RSvP, follow conversations about the event and connect with attendees beforehand by following the #SproutUpTO event page on Sprouter. 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 Ryan Holmes

Ryan Holmes is the CEO of HootSuite Media, Inc. and also co-founded Invoke Media in 2000. Ryan’s experience combines diverse management skills with solid industry and technical knowledge in addition to academic knowledge through the University of Victoria School of Business and Okanagan College plus hands-on entrepreneurial experience through several start-up ventures including a restaurant chain, a tourist adventure business, and an e-commerce store with 3m+/year revenues. Holmes frequently appears in media interviews, speaks at conferences and participates in industry panels about the future of the social web.

More about Hootsuite

HootSuite helps organizations use the social web to launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audience, and distribute targeted messages across multiple channels. Using HootSuite’s unique social media dashboard, teams can collaboratively schedule updates to Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, WordPress and other social networks via web, desktop or mobile platforms plus track campaign results and industry trends to rapidly adjust tactics.

Launched in Dec. 2008 by Invoke Media, HootSuite’s rapidly growing user base includes governments, artists and organizations like The White House, Martha Stewart Media, SXSW and Zappos. Accolades include awards from Mashable’s Open Web, Canadian New Media, and Shorty Awards.