# Event Details - **Event Name**: ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded. - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Nov, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Tue, 10 Nov, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event Description**: ​​Hear from two serial founders with multiple exits, meet angel investors, and keep the night going with a live DJ.About this EventGet Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded.​Free to attend, happy hour prices all night, and a free beer for the first guests through the door.​Arrive before 6 PM. Vancouver's founders, angel investors, creators, and Web3 builders in one room.​Hear from two serial founders with multiple exits, meet angel investors, and keep the night going with a live DJ.​What to expect:​5-6 PM: Doors + networking. Grab your free beer and appetizers (early arrivals) and meet founders, investors, and operators.​6-7 PM: Founder AMA2 (starts sharply at 6). Real stories and straight answers from Hussein Hallak and Mike Nabavi, with angel investors on hand. Bring your questions.​7 PM-close: Live DJ + networking. Keep the conversations going.​On stage:​Hussein Hallak is the author of the Amazon bestseller, The Dark Art of Life Mastery, and a serial entrepreneur with two exits and 22 businesses built across Damascus, Dubai and Vancouver. His first tech company was acqui-hired by Spacetoon, the Disney of the Middle East. He co-founded CreativeArab, the world's first and largest online marketplace of Middle Eastern art, built award-winning creative agencies, and led product, sales and strategy teams serving brands like P&G, Unilever, Universal and Disney. He was General Manager and Head Mentor of Launch Academy, Vancouver's largest startup hub, whose 6,500+ founders have gone on to raise over $2.5 billion. He spent two seasons on the tech panel of Our City with Kirk LaPointe on RoundHouse Radio, and was tech lead on MBC's No. 1 morning show, watched by 40 million viewers. Today he is founder and CEO of Next Decentrum and editor of The Streetlight on Substack.​Mike Nabavi, six-time founder. He sold his first company, started in university, after growing it past 35 people. He drafted the business plan behind Guest-Tek's TSX IPO, consulted at Deloitte, ran a tech startup for a decade before exiting, and has since backed numerous startups. His payments venture LavaPay had a pipeline nearing $9M a month when its banks shut it down, which led to Omnieon, infrastructure for federated finance. Today he works as an interim or fractional executive for early-stage and owner-operated companies. Ask Mike anything, including what he got wrong.​Who should come: founders looking to raise, investors looking for deal flow, and operators and creators building in Vancouver.​Register to save your spot, and arrive early: capacity is limited and the free keg of beer goes to early guest arrivals.​Presented by The Art Party (AV, sound, live DJs) · The Basement (160 capacity) · Hastings Crossing BIA · Vancouver News Livestream with support from Impresario Partners, a consulting and VC firm, (this event will be livestreamed to 10,000+ viewers) · Micro Media Solutions for photography · Canadian Allied Services for financial advice.​Bringing new audiences into the Hastings corridor.​Hastings Crossing BIA is an organization that takes a leadership role in managing change and shaping a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable local economy here in the Downtown Eastside. Through collaboration with its business members, grassroots, government, private sector and non-profit partners we bridge the needs of local businesses with the capacity of community focused organizations to foster a vibrant, healthy and diverse area for all – whether you’re here every day or just for the afternoon.​This event brings new energy to the Hastings corridor and supports the Hastings Crossing BIA's work to grow local business and entrepreneurship pathways.​More info: 136 W Cordova St. Vancouver, BC Capacity is limited so arrive early. First arrivals get a free beer ticket. Bus stop and parkade are across the street. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/​get-tech-vibes-get-connected-get-funded/100002003537216749 - **Event Categories**: business, art, literary-art, virtual, parties, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: 19+ - Doors Open At: 4:00 PM - Duration: 5 hours - Location: The Basement - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Vancouver - **state**: BC - **country**: Canada - **location**: The Basement - **lat**: 49.2830296 - **long**: -123.1081898 - **full address**: The Basement, 136 W. Cordova Street, Vancouver, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded. - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/653ed71a95bd11ae7dda73974d23c53b526c98d9f8e4c36266b183c5061d9375-rimg-w1200-h628-dc081838-gmir.jpg?v=1792919705 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded. being held? - **A:** ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded. takes place on Tue, 10 Nov, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Tue, 10 Nov, 2026 at 10:00 pm at The Basement, 136 W. Cordova Street, Vancouver, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded.? - **A:** ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded. is organized by The Art Party. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** ​Get Tech Vibes. Get Connected. Get Funded. is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. 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