You're invited to indulge in a slice of Canada in Seattle! Held at the headquarters of FLEXE, the evening features reminiscing about Canada and Waterloo and celebrating Canada's 150th birthday and UWaterloo's 60th birthday with Canadian-inspired food and Canadian prizes! This event is open to all engineering and math alumni and current engineering and math students living/working in the Seattle area.
This
event
is
hosted,
in
partnership
with
FLEXE,
by
Edmond
Yue (BASc 2005, Computer Engineering),
co-founder
and
COO
at
FLEXE. Edmond
and
FLEXE co-founder
and
CTO,
Francis
Duong,
will
do
a
tech
talk
titled The
Startup
-
There
and
Back
Again
touching
on
areas
of
their experience
of
building
a
startup
in
Seattle,
San
Francisco
and
Vancouver,
challenges
of
attracting
and
keeping
tech
talent
in each
city,
joining
YCombinator
and
the
advantages
of
being
part
of
an
incubator,
starting
a
company
as
a
Canadian
without
permanent
residence
in
the
USA,
as
well
as visa
and
immigration
challenges.
You
will
have
an
opportunity
to
catch
up
with
your
classmates
from
Waterloo
Engineering
and
Waterloo
Math
as
well
as
current
undergraduate
engineering
and
math
students
currently
on
their
work
terms
in
the
Seattle
area.