Club Progess Report Submitted by: Reginald Tan

Web Startup Society Date: Oct 5, 2010

1) Last Year (2009 – 2010)

Event Attendee Goals Achieved Date

s
Startup Meetup I 4 Oct, 2009
Startup Meetup 2 3
Building a Startup 35 Brought Founder of Chatroll.com Dec, 2009
2.0 to talk about his experience
Mobile Startups in 20 XtremeLabs + SocialDeck gave Mar, 2010
Toronto a talk about mobile applications
DemocampUofT 50 Showcased 7 student web Mar, 2010
applications to other students,
local startups, VC’s

2) Financial Record (2009 – 2010)

Revenues Engineering Society Funding 48

Expenses
Building a Startup 2.0
Refreshments 13
Posters 10
token of appreciation 5
Mobile Startups in Toronto
Posters 15
token of appreciation 5
Profit 0

DemocampUofT
Revenues KMDI Sponsor (reimburse) 100
Comp Sci Dept Sponsor (reimburse) 230

Expenses pizza and pop (for 100 people) 240

Posters 15
Misc. advertisement 5
tables(from OSM) 70
Profit 0

3) This Year
a. Club Mission
 We have redefined our mission. Before it was something lengthy and
general and doesn’t explain what our value proposition is.
New Mission

The University of Toronto Web Startup Society aims to help you find
student programmers, designers, and entrepreneurs that want to build
great things online.

b. Events for the Year

1. Meet & Greet (October 14, 7pm @ BA2145)

2. DemocampUofT 2 (Early December)
3. Startup Jobs (Early March)
4. Social Events – Pubnites

c. Current Executives

Position Name Year Program

President Reginald Tan 3rd Commerce
VP Public Kirk Williams 2nd Computer Science
Relations
VP Promotions Ritchie Thai 2nd Engineering
Science
VP Administration Ray Ahn 3rd Life Sciences
Webmaster Michael Rice 2nd Computer Science
Graphic Designer Sidra Mahmood 3rd Life Sciences
VP Marketing Daniel Nguyen 3rd Commerce
Consultant Michael Mior 2nd Ms Computer
Science

4) Main Challenges
a. Member Continuity
i. Nobody showed up on last elections, we don’t want same thing
to happen
ii. We want new executives next year to continue the club’s legacy
Solution
Organize club events well and engage members to actively
participate in event planning
b. Lack of Accountability
i. If we fail, we just fail, nobody is held responsible.
ii. This allows for complacency and lack of discipline in the club
Solution
Having “Board of Directors” that evaluates club progress before
and after each event
Candidates
Ron Baecker
Max Risen
Adam Fremes
 c. Lack of Funding
Solution
Internal Funding – UTSU, SKULE, Hart House Ideas Fund
External Sponsors – VP Admin is taking care of it
Fundraising – selling BBQ in UofT campus
5) Business Plan (2010 – 2011)

September UTSU club's day

setup fee 70
Calendar Cards 40

October Meet & Greet

Refreshments(40 people) 70

December DemoCampUofT Part 2

Refreshments (for 150 people) 360
Posters/advertisement 50
Tables (from OSM) 70

March Startup Jobs

Refreshments (for 100 people) 240
Posters 50
Tables 70
Total Cost 1020