League of Innovators Accelerator

Yes, they visited a farm in Calgary for the photo. And yes -- there was *no ducks harmed* in the raising of $500,000 to transform the sales world 🦆🤯 League of Innovators Accelerator Boost 2024 Alumni Taylor Del Giudice 🦆 and COO Jacob DiCarlo, previously worked as SDRs at Vancouver-based market intelligence software company Klue. Written by BetaKit: “There, Del Giudice said the pair found cold calling to be an often fruitful, but also time-consuming and manual labour-intensive way of booking sales meetings and generating new business.” One thing led to another and now they’re on the path to finding product market fit and scaling their solution to millions. Drop Taylor and Quack 🦆 some love in the comments 👏 #sales #startups #innovation 

Asked ChatGPT to make a photo of the most baller young founders coming out of Canada and it came up with this: Let’s just say: if startup accelerators had seasons, we’d be on Season 14. And this cast is full of absolute icons. From PhDs to marathoners, health tech to finance wiz kids, these founders are dialled in and it gets our LOI crew hyped out of our minds to see it. So, hold onto your horses because Labs 14 has officially entered the chat and they’re coming for you and your market share. You’ve been warned, amigo. For those of you who want to join our *next* cohort, fill out your info here (https://lnkd.in/gti5Kf2V) and we'll drop you a line when our next batch is 🥁 #startups #innovation #entrepreneurship

Hear why Clinton Large thinks you should apply to G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance’s next summit. Message Andrea Welling, MA, CDP, PIDP or Clinton Large if you have questions!

Wondering what League of Innovators Accelerator is? Here’s a 30 second elevator pitch of what our alumni are up to…

Introducing Our New Executive Director, Rob Ironside! 🇨🇦🚀 If you’ve worked with LOI in the last few years, there’s a good chance you’ve met Rob—on Zoom, over coffee, or by email. He’s been a driving force behind many of our initiatives, always looking for ways to support Canada’s up-and-coming founders. Originally LOI’s Director of Programming, Rob has now stepped into the Executive Director role. He’s helped shape our programs, establish strong partnerships, and develop opportunities that empower young entrepreneurs to thrive. We asked Rob about his top priorities for the year. Here’s what he had to say: 1. Expanding LOI’s reach across Canada 🇨🇦 2. Hosting more in-person meetups and events 🥁 3. Developing new programs and resources for young founders ☕️ Please join us in congratulating Rob on this new chapter. We can’t wait to see what we’ll build together next! #startups #innovation #entrepreneurship

Congrats to all the LOI alumni (and fellow founders) mentioned in BCBusiness's 2025 30 Under 30 Class 📰👏 It's one thing to build an incredible venture, it's a whole different thing to do it before the age of 30. As you may likely already know, our core mission at LOI is to lift up as many young founders as possible. Part of that is reminding them that age has been and never will be a prerequisite to making an impact. This list is a great reminder of that. Keep at it, builders. #startups #technology #entrepreneurship #innovation

Say goodbye to bad dreams and hello to deep sleep. Lauren Sudeyko — Founder of Sleep or Die™ — is on a mission to revolutionize sleep 😴 You heard us. Sleep. The thing we're *supposed* to do 8 hours per night, but we settle for 5. Sleep: the thing that restores your body with perfect rest that no blue screen, tik tok or energy drink can. You know sleep: the thing that Andrew Huberman and Arianna Huffington keep telling you to do but you keep ignoring them. *That* thing. Well, Lauren is cooking up a storm she’s about to unleash on the world. All of us have gone far too long without taking sleep seriously. And she’s here to put it back on its rightful throne where it belongs. Follow along. Test out her Shopify button and spread the word. Learn more at: Sleep-Or-Die.com P.S. She’s hiring a Gen Z branding expert. If you want an intro, DM us a picture of your sleep score and we’ll connect you over email. (For real) #sleep #entrepreneurship #startups

Founders are busy as heck. So building a personal brand shouldn’t feel like a job. And that's exactly why LOI alumni Sukhpal Saini built a viral Canva app called Carousel Studio 🎨📱 The craziest part? Already 8500 creators are using it and it just became the #3 product of the day on Product Hunt yesterday ⚡️ What’s the pitch? Carousel Studio lets you create LinkedIn carousels directly in Canva in <5 minutes with AI. 🤯 Here’s the weird part: It’s 100% FREE Creating carousels manually sucks because you have to: - Think of good copy - Mess around with the layout - Pick the right colours, fonts, theme Carousel Studio takes all the hard work out: - Give it a topic, pick some pre-defined colours - Click “Generate” and it will create a 4-slide carousel perfect for Linkedin - Just edit & post Try it here: engyne.ai/carousel-studio #startups #technology #entrepreneurship #canva #ai 

Us: “Hey ChatGPT, who won the USA vs Canada Game last night? Show us using a photo” 🇨🇦🦫🏒 ChatGPT: #canada #hockey #usa

LOI is committed to supporting the mental well-being of all of the founders in our community. And that's why we're so excited to announce a $4,000 donation courtesy of our Labs Program Manager and Head of Mental Health Programming, Kyle Moore. This donation will be used to kickstart the development of new programs and services specifically designed to support the daily mental health of young founders across Canada and provide the entrepreneurs in our community with mental health literacy and access to discounted and free therapy and counselling services. We asked Kyle what this donation means to him and here's what he had to say: "To support the mental health of the young entrepreneurs in our community means to support the wellbeing of the Canadian entrepreneurial ecosystem. Healthy entrepreneurs mean healthier workplaces which means healthier communities which means healthier Canadians. Behind every venture I work with are passionate young people who deserve to have their mental health supported. Through the commitment of the LOI team and the partnerships we're building with Canada's leading mental health organizations, we plan to do just that." One request from Kyle we have is - if you'd like to take part in helping make these new programs possible, please take 10 minutes to fill out our mental health survey available below which Kyle and the LOI team are using to help inform the development of these new support programs. Survey Link: https://lnkd.in/gXc-7XwA #mentalhealth #startups #entrepreneurship