ToIRL March 2024

Welcome to the seventeeth edition of Toronto IRL - where we find the best IRL business + tech events in Toronto, and curate them, so you don’t have to go searching.

Events (Sorted by Date)
🔒 - semi-public, must apply to attend
👤 - I am attending

PORCH Potluck x Sunil Sharma / Founder Institute Hosted by Neil Weitzman
Time & Place: Friday March 8 @ One Eleven
Notes: ​​The Potluck for immigrant entrepreneurs and professionals in Canada! Join the PORCH community for a night of food, sharing, networking, food, pitches, fun, and food.
Ticket Link - $20

Private Poker Social for Entrepreneurs & Business Owners $500K+
Time & Place: Saturday March 9 4pm-9pm @ King West
Notes: Poker night for founders, the entrepreneurial minded, the ones that are driven and willing to take risks! For those who enjoy talking about business in-depth. Poker is optional.
👤🔒 Ticket Link - DM Ryan if you meet the above criteria & he’ll forward you the application

Women’s Only Founder & VC Poker Tournament Hosted by Simran Nanda & Derek Jouppi
Time & Place: Tuesday March 12th @ Art Haus
Notes: Application only. Friendly founders community. Beginners welcome.
🔒 Ticket Link - Free

AI Era Is Here Hosted by Latin PM Network
Time & Place: Wednesday March 13 @ Deloitte
Notes: Speaker panel.
Ticket Link - Free

Fuckup Nights Toronto 7 Year Anniversary Hosted by Marsha Druker
Time & Place: Thursday March 14 @ Stackt
Notes: Global speaker series where stories of failed businesses and projects are shared. Each speaker is given 10 minutes and is able to use 10 images. Q&A session, as well as time for mingling and drinks!
Ticket Link - $36

Best of TechTO Hosted by Jason Goldlist
Time & Place: Monday March 18 @ Rotman
Notes: Combination of speaker panel + networking + after party. Attracts a very broad audience, so good for expanding beyond your usual network. Speakers may or may not be relevant to you, but production quality is always top notch.
Ticket Link - $45

Meetup for Creative Minds Hosted by CreatorClub
Time & Place: Wednesday March 20 @ CreatorClub (130 Spadina Ave)
Notes: For content creators!
Ticket Link - $33 early bird

SaaS Partnerships Professionals Private Dinner Hosted by Will Taylor
Time & Place: Thurs March 21 @ King West
Notes: SaaS Partnerships professionals only. Limited to 12 attendees
🔒👤 Ticket Link - (50% full)

TO Founders Brew Tech Mixer Hosted by Daivik Goel
Time & Place: Monday March 25 @ Amsterdam Brewhouse
Notes: Millennial founders.
Ticket Link - Free

Upcoming
Wanted to give a shoutout to Aceocial for planning Toronto Tech Fest 2024 in May. A week long “unconference” where anyone can host a tech event. DM Michael Liu and he’ll help you plan an event!

Ryan’s Corner - What Is He Up To?
Continuing to hone my craft on event planning - I hosted a dinner for Web3 CEOs at ETHDenver, and got together 12+ CEOs. It drove significant marketing results for my organization. Pretty proud of this one. More info to come in a separate LinkedIn post.

Job Postings

I have a few friends who are CEOs of venture backed Web3 companies looking to hire Account Executives. If you are deeply interested in blockchain and have software sales experience feel free to shoot me a note.

Event Organizers I Am Tracking And Aggregating
RI.Events, TechTO, FuckupNights Toronto, Aceocial, Founders Poker, TodoToronto, TorontoEventHub, Ryan Wong, Daivik Goel, Happier_Social. Sometimes I add Bitcoin Bay / Solana Toronto events if I feel relevant to a broad audience.

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