Innovation Rodeo

Strategic storytelling will build brand loyalty, provide a better customer experience and power an evolution in your company. Learn how to harness the power of storytelling to transform your business for the better here

Harness the Power of Storytelling to Transform Your Business for the Better Strategic storytelling will build brand loyalty, provide a better customer experience and power an evolution in your company.

Just when you thought the impact of the pandemic was over, here comes an economic slowdown that is being foreshadowed by high inflation and supply chain complexities. This article https://bit.ly/3aRccS6 provides important tips on how entrepreneurs and small businesses can prepare for a recession

This lesson sheds light on how marketing teams craft their messaging, and how market knowledge, competitive intelligence and the inner workings of your sales cycle can strengthen it to become more about helping and less about selling. Free access here

Competitive Positioning Who comes up with your competitive positioning? Probably your marketing team. And what they come up with directly affects how you do your job. This lesson sheds light on how marketing teams craft their messaging, and how market knowledge, competitive intelligence and the inner workings of your sales...

In as little as 15 minutes you can create a complete financial analysis of your business idea. For more details, visit

Financial Projections Template – 150 StartUps Financial Projections Template In as little as 15 minutes you can create a complete financial analysis of your business idea. Complete the form below to receive an Excel spreadsheet template that takes as little as 15 minutes to create three years worth of: Cash flow statements Income statements Bal...

From 3:45pm, some of the most promising first-time Entrepreneurs from Alberta’s publicly-funded colleges, universities, and polytechnics compete for daily cash prizes of $2,500 in regional rounds of the Most Promising Student Entrepreneur pitch competitions. The top two move to the finals on Friday afternoon to compete for an additional $17,500 and the chance to win one of three $12,000 US scholarships. For details, visit:

Schedule | Innovation Rodeo Each day is designed to solve the different problems typically encountered when attempting to cross the chasm. You can purchase individual in-person day tickets, discounted in-person passes week passes, OR you can purchase online week-long passes. You attend part(s) of the day or stay for the entire...

Tomorrow from 12:00, join Cory Bray in the keynote: Sales Playbooks and learn how to create a repeatable, scalable and transferable sales playbook that accelerates sales and attracts investment. In-person and online participants will have a chance to compete for $2,000 by applying Cory Bray’s content to a local early-stage company. Details visit:

Innovation Challenges | Innovation Rodeo Participants of the Innovation Rodeo have the opportunity to form teams of up to four and win $2,000 cash Tuesday to Thursday by coming up with the best way to apply a speaker’s content to a local early-stage startup. The startups who receive the free crowdsourced input are decided based on the re...

This Afternoon from 3:45-4:30pm, some of the most promising first-time Entrepreneurs from Alberta’s publicly-funded colleges, universities, and polytechnics compete for daily cash prizes of $2,500 in regional rounds of the Most Promising Student Entrepreneur pitch competitions. Details visit

Schedule | Innovation Rodeo Each day is designed to solve the different problems typically encountered when attempting to cross the chasm. You can purchase individual in-person day tickets, discounted in-person passes week passes, OR you can purchase online week-long passes. You attend part(s) of the day or stay for the entire...

50 copies of Colleen’s book The Story Compass will be given away to in-person participants of this AFTERNOON's keynote: Creating Stories That Inspire led by Colleen Steward at Innovation Rodeo at Platform Calgary. Details visit https://bit.ly/3yizaJF

50 copies of Cory’s book Sales Playbooks: The Builders Toolkit with his co-author Hilmon Sorey will be given away to in-person participants at the Innovation Rodeo Keynote: Sales Playbooks on Thursday, July 14th. Tickets https://bit.ly/3MNgRCw start at $15.00 for in-person attendance or FREE for virtual attendance

Are you ready to raise some funding for your startup venture? Many actions and decisions made during the early stages of a startup’s venture are done using art as much as science, and that’s definitely the case with fundraising. Startups raise money either because they want the funding to accomplish more faster or because they need the funding in order to keep pursuing their dream. Access this course https://bit.ly/3zWnezB for more details

Join author and storytelling expert, Colleen Stewart and learn how to inspire customers, employees and investors to take the journey with you.
50 copies of Colleen’s book The Story Compass will be given away to in-person participants during this session Tuesday, July 12th at the Innovation Rodeo.
Tickets are available at https://bit.ly/3MNgRCw start at $15 for in-person attendance

Are you struggling starting your business? Here is the Ash Maurya's Lean(er) Canvas template to help you build your business with a detailed video that explains how to complete it here

Leaner Canvas Template and Instructions – 150 StartUps Leaner Canvas Template and Instructions Complete the form below to be emailed links to Ash Maurya’s Lean(er) Canvas template in PowerPoint format and a video that explains how to complete it. Entrepreneurs who complete a full Lean Canvas before doing a financial analysis tend to be less likely to ...