Launch Party GROW August 2011

When I bumped into my friend Mike Vardy (who now is the Canada editor of The Next Web) he asked me “what the hell are you doing here at Launch Party GROW?” Logical question, of course. After all, I’m not in the Vancouver tech community per se. As Lorraine once said it, I am a socialite with tech credibility. Well, you’ll see. I’m someone who is grateful for the support he’s had, and who doesn’t forget his beginnings.

And I owe the Vancouver tech/startup community quite a lot in my development as a blogger. In my beginnings as a blogger, I liveblogged some of Vancouver’s most important tech events: Facebook Developers Garage, Launch Party Vancouver, DemoCamp, BarCamp, Northern Voice, etc. So I felt I owed it to the organizers of Launch Party Vancouver (Maura, Danny, Tina, Sonia and their tireless team of hardworking volunteers) to show up to Launch Party GROW a week and a half or so ago.

I didn’t have enough time to browse all the startups that were being launched, but I’m looking forward to checking them out in the weeks to come. In the mean time, here are some photos of the event.