EVENTS YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS
North Bank Innovations brings founders together through guest speakers, founder-led workshops, coffee meet-and-greets, and special events designed around the topics entrepreneurs care about—and the ones they need to be thinking about. From practical insights and shared experiences to new connections and unexpected conversations, every event is an opportunity to learn, connect, and move forward.
Showcase Event
Startup Conversations in the Couve
Startup Conversations is a founder-focused event series built around one simple idea: skills matter. Each session centers on a single experienced founder unpacking a real, learnable capability that shaped how they actually built their company—grounded in decisions, tradeoffs, and hard-earned lessons.
There are no pitches, panels, or polished origin stories. The focus is on the craft of building durable startups and the skills that hold up when conditions change. Each conversation is followed by intentional, guided networking with other founders and operators who are actively in the work and serious about getting better.
Speaker: Susan Bladholm
Date: Tuesday, September 15th
Time: 10am to 12pm
Location: Vancouver Innovation Center
Upcoming Events
Our event lineup features a mix of professional networking, community leadership circles, creative pop-ups, and specialized industry tours in Portland.
These gatherings range from structured leadership discussions and interactive meetups to experiential, locally-focused site tours and community celebrations.
The Vancouver Tech Crawl
It’s early planning, but we are working to bring back the Vancouver Tech Crawl. We hosted these pre-COVID and had dozens of companies join us all in one night at the great restaurants in downtown Vancouver.
Past Event Highlights
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