YYC Entrepreneur Connect | Oct 15 2026
Beyond Networking: The Calgary Founders Table Everyone’s Been Missing
Real conversations. Real connections. Zero pitch-fests.
Calgary’s newest entrepreneur community launches October 15, and you’re invited to have a seat at the table.
You’ve Been to the Networking Events. You Know How They Go.
Everyone’s pitching. Nobody’s really listening. You have the same surface-level conversations, collect a handful of business cards, add a few people on LinkedIn, and leave with a business that still feels like you’re building it alone.
YYC Entrepreneur Connect is not that event.
This is a new kind of room for Calgary entrepreneurs, founders, solopreneurs, and small business owners.
No awkward speed networking. No walking sales pitches. No fighting through a crowd of 300 people hoping to stumble into one meaningful conversation.
Instead, we’re building something around one simple belief: the right relationships can change the trajectory of your business and your life.
Because entrepreneurship can be lonely. Your employees don’t always understand it. Your friends may not understand it. Sometimes even the people closest to you don’t understand the pressure, uncertainty, responsibility, and ambition that come with building something of your own.
But other entrepreneurs do. That’s who we’re bringing together.
What You’ll Get
✅ Real connections with Calgary entrepreneurs who are actually building something, not just collecting contacts.
✅ Insight from two Calgary business leaders who have spent years building businesses, leaders, and communities.
✅ Conversations that go deeper than “So… what do you do?”
✅ A chance to talk openly about the challenges, opportunities, wins, and frustrations that come with entrepreneurship.
✅ The beginning of a community you could still be leaning on a year from now.
Your Hosts
Eric Mortimer
Abe Brown
Event Details
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Calgary Rotary Challenger Park, 3688 48 Ave NE, Lower Level, Calgary, Alberta
💵 FREE, registration required REGISTER HERE
More Than an Event
We want this to feel personal.
The kind of gathering where conversations continue, relationships grow, and people genuinely notice when you’re there.
That means attendance for this event is limited.
If you’re building a business in Calgary and you’re tired of trying to figure everything out alone, this is your seat at the table.
Come meet people who understand the road you’re on.
Come have a few conversations that actually matter.
Come help us build the entrepreneur community Calgary has been missing.
👉 Reserve your seat now. Registration is free and space is limited.
YYC Entrepreneur Connect is proudly sponsored by Flourishing Workplace.
