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VEF Online: Navigating the new normal for tech, entrepreneurs & the economy - a conversation with Jeff Booth

On Tuesday, May 5, the Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum is very pleased to welcome Jeff Booth for our first virtual conversation. Jeff will discuss his recently released book, The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation Is the Key to an Abundant Future and how founders should be thinking strategically in the current crisis and beyond.

About Jeff Booth:
Jeff Booth is a Vancouver technology leader, investor and advisor. He founded BuildDirect, a technology company that aimed to simplify the building industry, and led the company for nearly two decades through the dot-com meltdown, the 2008 financial crisis, and many waves of technological disruption.

Jeff has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, Inc.com, The Globe and Mail, BNN, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2015, he was named BC Technology Industry Association’s (BCTIA) ‘Person of the Year’, and in 2016 Goldman Sachs named him among its ‘100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs’.

Agenda:

  • 3:00 - 3:15: Opening remarks with Paul Koros, Chair of VEF

  • 3:15 - 4:00: Conversation with Jeff Booth, moderated by Sean Elbe, Past-Chair of VEF

  • 4:00 - 4:30:  Discussion and Q&A with Jeff Booth

    This event is delivered by New Ventures BC.