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Founders, Play Your Own Game

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
4:00pm to 6:00pm

Edmonton Unlimited
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Hear from Brice Scheschuk, CPA, CA—Managing Partner at Globalive Capital and Co-Founder & CFO of WIND Mobile, about venture capital and building tech companies.

Founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators—this one's for you!

We’re teaming up with AltaML to bring you an exclusive keynote: "Founders, Play Your Own Game" with Brice Scheschuk, CPA, CA—Managing Partner at Globalive Capital and Co-Founder & CFO of WIND Mobile.

With 30 years of experience investing in tech and venture capital, Brice will dive into:

  • When (and when NOT) to take venture capital

  • What it really takes to be an outlier founder

  • Alternative capital paths that actually work for most founders

Come for the insights, stay for the connections. Following the keynote, stick around for a 30-minute Q&A + networking—your chance to ask questions and meet fellow people in the YEG tech & innovation community.

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Informed by 30 years of investing in technology and venture capital, Brice Scheschuk explores themes about fundraising including the limited scenarios where venture capital makes sense, the concepts of outlier founders and venture scale growth, and numerous alternative capital paths that are applicable to most founders. He discusses the concept of “Mighty Middle” businesses which exist between venture capital and lifestyle businesses and provides a balancing narrative to venture capital as the key measure of success.

Brice Scheschuk, CPA is the Managing Partner of Globalive Capital (www.globalive.com). He was a co-founder and CFO of WIND Mobile as well as CEO of Globalive Communications. Brice has over thirty years’ experience building and operating companies at Globalive, WIND Mobile, Leitch Technology and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He obtained his CPA, CA designation at PricewaterhouseCoopers and B.Comm (Hon.) Finance from Dalhousie University. Brice served as a Maritime Surface Officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve.


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