BC Business
The Buzz Event Xi Shi Lounge, Shangri-La Hotel November 24, 2011 The Buzz Event, now in its sixth chapter, gathers budding entrepreneurs, PR socialites and the twitterati. Set in the Xi Shi Lounge of the Shangri-La Hotel, the evening's speakers included Amielle Lake, CEO and co-founder of Tagga; Lucas Roberts, president and CEO of Macinhome; and Travis Johnson, co-owner of Vancouver Circus School.
Amielle Lake (l), CEO and co-founder of Tagga, with Crystal Kwon, editor of VancityBuzz.
From left: Chantela Elloway, model; Karm Suman of VancityBuzz; and Adam Nagy, digital marketing manager of Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver.
From left: Harjoyt Kange of India Base, Kash Chahal of Limofriend, and Pat Chahal of Dost Software.
TalkShop Media’s Jaclyn Cummings (l), with Michelle Connelly.
Lucas Roberts (l), president and CEO of Macinhome, with Travis Johnson, co-owner of Vancouver Circus School.
Opus Hotel’s social media specialist, Jeremy Flewelling, and offsite catering operations manager, Marli Anderson.
Gordon Swenson (l) and Nima Sarhangpour of Case IT, an annual international undergraduate business competition focused on Management Information Systems (MIS) and IT case analysis.
Sean Bowles (l) and James De Chavez of Springboard.
Nancy Ngo (l) of Hoi An Cafe, with Emily Chow of Chow Communications.
Tavia Cosper (l) of Sense Communications, with Nicole Lougheed of Trader Corporations.
PR professional Sophia Cheng (l), with Rick Chung, social editor of Vancouver is Awesome.
The Buzz Event, now in its sixth chapter, gathers budding entrepreneurs, PR socialites and the twitterati. Set in the Xi Shi Lounge of the Shangri-La Hotel, the evening’s speakers included Amielle Lake, CEO and co-founder of Tagga; Lucas Roberts, president and CEO of Macinhome; and Travis Johnson, co-owner of Vancouver Circus School.
Organizers also launched a new addition to The Buzz Event called the Start-Up Spotlight, which gives notable startups an opportunity to share their story. This event’s spotlight featured Springboard, a crowd-funding platform that enables people to raise money for business and goodwill projects.