Startup Calgary, an Initiative by Calgary Economic Development

startup calgary will guide and support you on your entrepreneurial journey, pointing you to what you need when you need it. in the spring of 2017, calgary economic development brought startup calgary into its organization to better serve calgary’s early-stage entrepreneurs as part of its mandate to support the city’s economic growth. calgary is at a turning point. structural changes in our economy and technological shifts are changing the way we do business and the way we interact with one another. how and where we work tomorrow won’t be the same as it is today. while considerable employment is with large established businesses, according to the kaufmann foundation, businesses less than 5 years old have been generating the majority of employment for quite some time. in today’s economy, the important ingredients are talent, ideas and capital. however, the recipe that governs the speed at which the ingredients interact and move through the system is equally or more important than the ing