BizOnDeck is back! *new location*

We have moved BizOnDeck to the event room at White Spot ~ please come at 6 pm and have dinner with us.

We have two long-time LIFT members pitching their updates!

Joyce from Speedibin Composters

About Speedibin

We produce backyard composters designed to keep out rats and be easy to use. Rats are one of the main reasons that people don't compost at home. We have had a lot of happy customers with the Speedibin composter and now we want to make a big design change to make them tougher and hopefully cheaper. There will be cedar posts on the corners and corrugated sheet metal sides and a locking lid and a metal bottom screen. They look cuter too. We are thinking of calling them the Bunkerbin and it would be a new product, maybe replacing the Speedibin.

Find Speedibin on the LIFT directory here: https://liftstartups.ca/listing/speedibin-composters/

Kyrle from Prisym Renewable Developments Inc.

About Prisym

Prisym Renewable Developments is a Solar Energy Company in the Comox Valley that has been operating for 2 years. We have several updates to share with everyone and are seeking advice on our next moves forward. We will soon be opening a showroom in Courtenay and are looking for advice on how to grow sustainably over the next 5 years while maintaining a conscious balance between risk and financial strength.

Our main services are:

1) solar energy system design and installation

2) building energy efficiency assessments and upgrade recommendations

We are focused on two customer segments; homeowners, and builders/building designers. Our sales are trust and relationship based and we pride ourselves in offering an exceptional customer experience that empowers and educates our clients on their options with achieving a balance between upgrading a building combined with installing a modest solar system.

Find Prisym on the LIFT directorry here: https://liftstartups.ca/listing/prisym-renewable-developments-inc-2/

EVENT FORMAT

• 6:00pm Order dinner and a "Soft start" for informal networking. Bring business cards, brochures, etc.

• 6:50pm Everyone in their seats for "hard start" at 7pm: We will workshop the first business "on deck" for 45 minutes. They give a 3 minute summary of their business, including opportunities, challenges, what they can give to the round table, what they need help with. We respond with 42 minutes of questions, feedback, and help. We also have a template that asks about customer/client acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and revenue (Pirate Metrics, see below). The second business "on deck" is updating us on an earlier pitch and ask.

PIRATE METRICS

We will draw on Boris Mann's workshop using the Pirate Metrics model. For more on AARRR metrics, see http://j.mp/2DvbvrV

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO GROW SUCCESSFUL STARTUPS

This series of round table business development workshops is hosted by LIFT and the Solution Sponsors as part of this business and community economic development initiative.

Want to support this LIFT work? Let's talk. I'm looking for "solution sponsors" and "community partners" who want to help grow our Vancouver Island entrepreneur community.

Want to support your own business growth? For award-winning promotional and business development support apply at http://applyandgetlifted.ca

Thanks to 2019 Solution Sponsors

• Adil Amlani at Sure Copy Courtenay,

• Leif Jason at Mastermynde.com,

• Jabin at Jabin Postal Films,

• Allison Mandzuk & co at 98.9 The GOAT

• Lyle Carlstrom and partners at Old House Law & Notary / Holland & Co.,

• Liz Wootton at Human Nature Development,

• Ann Scott and partners at Presley & Partners

• Sonya Jenssen at Waterwoman Consulting

Thanks also to 2019 Community Partners

• Atlas Cafe,

• The Waverley Hotel,

• The Creator Space,

• Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary,

• My Tech Guys,

• McKinnon Photography,

• Douglas Magazine