March 15th, 2008 - Following the success of the first Startup Camp Montreal, we are happy to announce the second edition of the event scheduled for May 15th, 2008.

The first edition was held this past January 23rd, with the intent of gathering 50 or so startups interested in the business side of starting a company. The event clearly struck a cord with the startup community, because 180 people showed up (140 entrepreneurs, 30 VCs and industry experts, 5 students and 5 organizers), representing some 15 cities in Quebec, Ontario and parts of the US.

At the end of the first event we sent out a survey and got lots of positive feedback and suggestions.  The second edition will be similar in format to the first with the following changes:

1) The top five startups selected to present at the event will have the opportunity to participate in a one-day pre-event workshop session.  The goal being to have “pitch” experts help the companies prepare ahead of the event. The workshop will be hosted by Austin Hill, John Stokes, Vincent Guyaux, and 2 other VC / marketing experts.
2) Presenting companies will have 8 minutes to present, with 10 minutes of follow-up questions from the event Gurus and the audience.
3) We will have ambassadors on hand prior to the event and during the event to help with match making and networking.

The complete details for the event are posted at www.startupcampmontreal.org, however the basics are:

Date: Thursday May 15th, 2008
Time: 6pm-10pm (or later)
Location: SAT (www.sat.qc.ca)

Registration is required, so please go to http://startupcampmontreal2.eventbrite.com <http://startupcampmontreal2.eventbrite.com/>  to register:

Thank you to our sponsors BDO Dunwoody, BCF, EMBRASE, SAT, Globalex, Microsoft and JLA Ventures, all of whom are committed to supporting the startup community in Montreal.  Any other interested sponsors can send us an email at ptelio@startupcampmontreal.org.