At tonight’s event at Nuba, Jon Bixby will be speaking about focusing on the big picture, lessons in leadership and achieving measurable results. It seems only appropriate then, that he’ll be recommending you to make a goal, and make it public.

We’ve got three ideas you can use to make your goal public:

• Post your goal as a comment on this blog post
• Post your goal on the VEF or VEF Momentum LinkedIn Group pages. A discussion thread has been made for this topic so you can post your goal under the thread “Make Your Goal Public”.
• Or for maximum impact, use Twitter! Keeping your goal succinct is probably a good idea anyway. Use the hashtag #MyGoal on Twitter.

We’ll accumulate the best and most interesting goals in put them together in a seperate post.

We’re excited to say that tomorrow’s event at Nuba is sold-out! There will be 140 entrepreneurs, professionals, business leaders and students out so we anticipate an exciting mix of people that will make this event an excellent networking and learning opportunity. Here are some reminders on the event tomorrow and a quick note about our Twitter Challenge that we think you’ll find interesting:

Event Details

The event starts tomorrow (Thursday) at 6:00PM at Nuba Restaurant. Our speaker for the evening, Jon Bixby CEO and Co-Founder of Strangeloop Networks, will be speaking early on in the evening and Nuba will be serving up some excellent appetizers around that time so we encourage you to arrive early. It is important to note that we do not have additional capacity for guests who have not registered online and can not accept payments at the door to register them.

Nuba Restaurant is located at 207 West Hastings Street on the corner of Cambie Street and West Hastings (Link to Nuba Restaurant on Google Maps). We encourage you to enter on the Hastings side of the street to pick up your name tag.

Twitter Challenge

As a number of our guests will be Twittering at the event, we thought we would step things up a little and make it interesting with a gift card to the Apple Store. We will be using the hashtag #MomentumLeadership for the evening. We encourage everyone to take photos during the event of the venue, the speaker, of connections you make and friends you meet, whatever you like. Using the hashtag #MomentumLeadership (and make sure you call out @VEFMomentum in some of your tweets!) we want you to upload those pictures to Twitter using your favourite Twitter photo app (TwitPic, yFrog, etc.).

The next morning we’ll tally up who has the most photo tweets of the event on Twitter (using the #MomentumLeadership hashtag to track them down) and awarding the top 3 Twitterers with free tickets to the next event, with a $25 gift card to the Apple Store going to the first-place finisher. This will be announced on our Twitter stream the next day so please follow us on Twitter (@VEFMomentum) to find out if you won!

We look forward to seeing you at the event!

We’ve got one last VEF Momentum Connect event before the summer kicks into high gear. This Momentum Connect Event will feature a speech and Q&A session with Jon Bixby, CEO and Co-Founder of Strangeloop Networks. It’s taking place on Thursday, June 25th and we’re hosting it at Nuba, an excellent restaurant with a great lay-out in Gastown, and they’ve promised to offer up some pleasing appetizers for everyone attending. It’s sure to be an excellent night of learning, networking and fun, so we hope you can attend and look forward to seeing you there.

Details on the Event:

When: Thursday, June 25th 2009 starts at 6:00PM

Where: Nuba Restaurant (207 W Hastings)

What:

John Bixby, CEO and Co-Founder of Strangeloop Networks will share valuable lessons on leadership, focusing on the big picture and achieving measurable results. He will share his insights in integrating these lessons to position your start-up for success in these challenging economic times. Expect to mingle with the Vancouver’s up-and-coming entrepreneurs, angel investors, professionals, and established entrepreneurs in a fun and exciting environment while enjoying delectable appetizers from Nuba’s exquisite menu.

Register (Regular Price $10):

To register for the event, click here and select “Register” or for more information select “More Details”. Feel free to contact us or comment below if you have any trouble registering.

Currently, early-bird registration requires a special “discount code” where early-bird registrants can attend the event for free. Please follow us on Twitter,or search “VEF Momentum” on LinkedIn or Facebook to access the discount code before early-bird registration closes.

The “Technology Legends” theme of the monthly VEF Fireside Chats has been extremely successful since it launched several months ago. People seem to really enjoy the discussion-centered format and gain a lot of valuable knowledge from the wildly successful entrepreneurs that share their honest wisdom on stage. The result has been a number of sell-out crowds. With the last “Technology Legend” event approaching this Tuesday, I thought I would include some information on it while tickets are still available. Here are the details:

Fireside Chat with Greg Peet
Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC)
19 May 2009, Tuesday starts at 05:30 PM

In the final instalment of our “Technology Legends” theme, the VEF is pleased to present a fireside chat with local legend Greg Peet. Greg is an accomplished business leader, entrepreneur, angel investor and corporate director.  Until 2004, he was VP and General Manager of the McKesson Medical Imaging Group, a role he assumed following McKesson’s (NYSE:MKE) acquisition of A.L.I. Technologies in 2002 for over $500 million.  As CEO, Greg spent a decade directing the growth of A.L.I., from an R&D organization into a market leader in the digital medical imaging segment with over 400 employees.  Greg was recognized as the Ernst & Young’s Pacific Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002, and B.C. Technology Industry Association’s “Person of the Year” for 2007.  Prior to ALI, Greg was CEO of Enterprise Technologies and Norsat.  He began his career in the financial services industry.  Greg currently serves on a number of company boards, and is Co-Chair of the B.C. Premier’s Technology Council.

Click here for express registration.

If you have an important message to share with the technology community, consider applying for a 100-second lighting pitch by completing an application at our registration site.

If you haven’t already voted, please remember to get out to the polls tomorrow, May 12 to vote.  The last provincial election was decided by less than 5,000 votes so every vote matters in determining the next provincial government.

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Be sure to vote tomorrow.

Photos from Stimulus are available for your viewing pleasure! Working with SoCial was not only a great experience, but it gave Ealeen Wong (the evening’s photographer) a chance to take some great shots of Gastown. Thanks to everyone for attending (and being reasonably photogenic), and thanks again Ealeen for taking these excellent photos!