Blog • Aligned Collective

StartUp 101: Successful Business Models

StartUp 101 Successful Business Model Workshop When: Fall 2018 Where: Aligned Collective, 38085 2nd Ave, Downtown Squamish Investment: $119 (limited spots available) Reserve your spot here Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit? Do you have great business ideas but you are not sure where to start? How do you know if your great idea will…

LinkedIn 101 for Professional + Business Owners

We are so excited to host Sarah Ward, an acknowledged LinkedIn expert, speaked and coach & co-founder of The LinkedIn Consultant. . On June 5th from 11AM-1PM, she will lead a workshop at Aligned Collective called “LinkedIn 101 for Professional + Business Owners”. Sarah will talk you through the basics and show you how to…

Making the Global Goals Local: The SDGs in Squamish

In 2015, the United Nations voted unanimously to adopt Agenda 2030 – an ambitious and transformational vision for a better future for all. At the core of this vision are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Join us for an evening of conversation and refreshments as we explore the Sustainable Development Goals and what they could…

The Money Side of Business: Understanding your Finances

Aligned Collective is very excited to host the workshop “The Money Side of Business | Understanding Your Finances” with the Women Enterprise Centre. This event SOLD-OUT in Whistler and will sell out in Squamish! Please buy your tickets in-advance. Only 24 spots available. And don’t forget to bring your lunch for this…

Top Predators in Coastal & Marine Systems | Sharks, Whales & Otters

Join us at Aligned Collective for an evening of presentations and dialogue on the marine environment featuring presentations from three science communicators and Marine Biologists. Saturday, March 10th, 2018 @ 7pm Dr. David Shiffman Marine Conversation Biologist & Science Writer Twitter: @whysharksmatter Dr. David Shiffman is a Liber Ero Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Simon Fraser…

Building High Growth Companies: Success, Failures and Venture Capital

Are you developing a start-up in a high-growth industry and/or interested in entrepreneurial finance? This event is for you! Richard MacKellar, Adjunct Professor at Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia and Managing Partner at Chrysalix Venture will touch on the elements of business success (market, money, people, product) as well as business failures…

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The Future of Squamish Rec-Tech Economy: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Join us for an evening of storytelling and dialogue with 9 community contributors: What is the Future of the Squamish Rec-Tech economy? The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. This event will foster inter-generational knowledge exchange between the people of the past,…

How To Improve Your Businesses With Math. Richard Hoshino, Quest University

I moved to Squamish in February 2013, to start my “dream job” teaching mathematics at Quest University. Like so many others living in Squamish, I have grown to love our beautiful community. In my classes, students learn the powerful problem-solving technique of reformulating hard real-world problems into simpler equivalent math problems, which empowers these students…