Event category: BetaKit Keynote Stage

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09:15 AM – 09:40 AM
Nov 16 25 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

Scaling Up and Achieving Success

When it comes to taking your company to the next level, scaling up comes with its own set of challenges and roadblocks. Overcoming these obstacles is imperative to achieve long-term success. One important aspect to consider is maintaining a strong company culture. Rapid expansion can often dilute a company’s values and principles, so taking steps to prevent this is vital to ensure continuity.

Additionally, adopting a customer-centric approach is a game-changer. Prioritizing your customers’ needs and preferences is crucial in building a loyal customer base and achieving sustainable growth. Lastly, building high-performing teams and embodying effective leadership qualities is vital for a successful scaling journey. Doing so can set you up for success and achieve your growth goals.

When it comes to taking your company to the next level, scaling up comes with its own set of challenges and roadblocks. Overcoming these obstacles is imperative to achieve long-term success. One important aspect to consider is maintaining a strong company culture. Rapid expansion can often dilute a company’s values and principles, so taking steps to prevent this is vital to ensure continuity. Additionally, adopting a customer-centric approach is a game-changer. Prioritizing your customers’ needs and preferences is crucial in building a loyal customer base and achieving sustainable growth. Lastly, building high-performing teams and embodying effective leadership qualities is vital for a successful scaling journey. Doing so can set you up for success and achieve your growth goals.

Moderator

Tuyen Vo

Head- Technology & Innovation Banking
National Bank
Speaker

Louis Tremblay

CEO
FLO
01:20 PM – 01:50 PM
Nov 14 30 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

Secrets of High-Impact Messaging: Using Modern Sales Science to Grow Your SaaS Business

“What does your company do?” It’s a question that SaaS sellers and founders get asked every day. Yet in a market where your customers struggle with unprecedented solution choices, razor-tight budgets, and infinite distractions, leading with your product, service or even its benefits is no longer enough to engage them!

If you want to avoid getting lost in a sea of sameness, your narrative needs to resonate with lightning-fast emotional precision. That’s why in the battle for customer attention, science tells us that manifesting the confidence and conviction needed to convert modern buyers lies in describing their problems better than they can.

In this session, David Priemer, founder of Cerebral Selling and author of the bestselling books, Sell The Way You Buy and The Sales Leader They Need, will share simple but powerful tactics for transforming your narrative to grow your revenue faster.

“What does your company do?” It’s a question that SaaS sellers and founders get asked every day. Yet in a market where your customers struggle with unprecedented solution choices, razor-tight budgets, and infinite distractions, leading with your product, service or even its benefits is no longer enough to engage them!

If you want to avoid getting lost in a sea of sameness, your narrative needs to resonate with lightning-fast emotional precision. That’s why in the battle for customer attention, science tells us that manifesting the confidence and conviction needed to convert modern buyers lies in describing their problems better than they can.

In this session, David Priemer, founder of Cerebral Selling and author of the bestselling books, Sell The Way You Buy and The Sales Leader They Need, will share simple but powerful tactics for transforming your narrative to grow your revenue faster.

Speaker

David Priemer

Founder & Chief Sales Scientist
Cerebral Selling
04:35 PM – 04:40 PM
Nov 13 5 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

SheBoot Winner Announcement

SheBoot is a national non-profit and investment-ready bootcamp for women tech and tech-enabled founders that prepares them to pitch their business and secure investment.

SheBoot is a national non-profit and investment-ready bootcamp for women tech and tech-enabled founders that prepares them to pitch their business and secure investment.

Speakers

Julia Elvidge

Chair, Co-Founder & Investor
SheBoot

Chris McMartin

National Small Business Lead, The Scotiabank Women Initiative
Scotiabank

Sonya Shorey

Co-Founder
SheBoot
12:55 PM – 01:00 PM
Nov 15 5 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

SheBoot Winners Unveiled

SheBoot is a national investment-ready program for early-stage women-led tech and tech-enabled companies that culminates in a pitch competition for $300,000 from 30 women investors! After an intensive six-week bootcamp, one-on-one coaching, and weekly pitch practices, the 2023 cohort winners will be announced on stage at SaaS North, by SheBoot co-founders Julia Elvidge, Jennifer Francis, and Sonya Shorey.

SheBoot is a national investment-ready program for early-stage women-led tech and tech-enabled companies that culminates in a pitch competition for $300,000 from 30 women investors! After an intensive six-week bootcamp, one-on-one coaching, and weekly pitch practices, the 2023 cohort winners will be announced on stage at SaaS North, by SheBoot co-founders Julia Elvidge, Jennifer Francis, and Sonya Shorey.

Speakers

Sonya Shorey

Co-Founder
SheBoot

Julia Elvidge

Chair, Co-Founder & Investor
SheBoot

Chris McMartin

National Small Business Lead, The Scotiabank Women Initiative
Scotiabank
04:35 PM – 04:40 PM
Nov 5 5 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

SheBoot Winners Unveiled

SheBoot is a national investment-ready program for early-stage women-led tech and tech-enabled companies that culminates in a pitch competition. The 2025 cohort winners will be announced on stage at SAAS NORTH.

SheBoot is a national investment-ready program for early-stage women-led tech and tech-enabled companies that culminates in a pitch competition. The 2025 cohort winners will be announced on stage at SAAS NORTH.

Speakers

Julia Elvidge

Chair, Co-Founder & Investor
SheBoot

Chris McMartin

National Small Business Lead, The Scotiabank Women Initiative
Scotiabank

Sonya Shorey

Co-Founder
SheBoot
04:05 PM – 04:35 PM
Nov 5 30 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? The Great Canadian Dilemma

Every Canadian founder hits the crossroads: stay and scale at home, or head south to chase capital and customers? In this lively, honest conversation, founders, investors, and pro-Canada advocates unpack the real challenges—and surprising advantages—of building companies in Canada. From funding gaps to global competition, we’ll explore what it takes to make “staying” the smarter move.

Every Canadian founder hits the crossroads: stay and scale at home, or head south to chase capital and customers? In this lively, honest conversation, founders, investors, and pro-Canada advocates unpack the real challenges—and surprising advantages—of building companies in Canada.

Moderator

Lucy Hargreaves

Co-Founder and CEO
Build Canada
04:10 PM – 04:15 PM
Nov 15 5 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage
08:50 AM – 08:55 AM
Nov 17 5 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage
Speaker

Leo Lax

Co-Founder & Executive Managing Director
L-SPARK
04:40 PM – 05:10 PM
Nov 13 30 Minutes BetaKit Keynote Stage

SURVEY SAYS – It’s Founders Feud!

Step into the hottest game show at SAAS NORTH where top SaaS companies face off in a fun and competitive game inspired by Family Feud. Watch as teams compete for charity to guess the most popular answers to industry-related questions, showcasing their knowledge, wit, and agility in the fast-paced world of SaaS.

Step into the hottest game show at SAAS NORTH where top SaaS companies face off in a fun and competitive game inspired by Family Feud. Watch as teams compete for charity to guess the most popular answers to industry-related questions, showcasing their knowledge, wit, and agility in the fast-paced world of SaaS.

Moderator

Derek Vollebregt

Director of Customer Success
Friendlier