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Coconut Software Sponsors Women in Data Science Saskatoon

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Date: March 2, 2020Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PMLocation: Candle Span Room – Innovation Place114 – 15 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon, SK S7N 2X8 Register For The Event The Women in Data Science initiative aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide and to support women in the field. Women in Data Science (WiDS) Saskatoon is an independent event organized by a group of individuals in Saskatoon who are passionate about data science and innovation in Saskatchewan. The event will coincide with the annual Global Women in Data Science Conference held at Stanford University. The conference is open to everyone, regardless of gender, who is interested in engaging with and learning from the local data science community. Coconut Software will serve as bronze level sponsors for this event. The day will begin with a welcome announcement from the event organizers, followed by two fantastic featured speakers in Briana Brownell and Mayra Samaniego, who will share their experiences in the world of data science. The morning will finish off with a live stream of the much-anticipated keynote address from Daphne Koller at the Stanford WiDS conference: “Machine learning: a new approach to drug discovery” The afternoon will feature a hands-on workshop, an in-depth interview with our featured speaker Briana Brownell, and a student showcase where students will discuss their research in a lightning talk-style format. The Stanford WiDS conference will also be live streamed in the room adjacent to the main conference room. Register For The Event

Katherine Regnier Speaks at TechTO 2018

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Coconut CEO Katherine Regnier returns to TechTO to speak at the Best of TechTO event in February 2018. The Best of TechTO featured Katherine along with 3 other TechTO alumni speakers, all of whom have experienced tremendous growth and success in the booming Toronto Tech sector in 2017. Featuring a keynote introduction from Toronto Mayor John Tory, the event marked a major moment for Coconut after a year of rapid development and growth. In her presentation, Katherine shared the lessons she learned throughout her seed round all the way to her Series A. Watch Now Source: TechTO About Katherine Regnier: Katherine Regnier is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coconut Software. In 2011, she quit her job at 3-months pregnant to solely focus on Coconut. After 5 years of bootstrapping the company to over a million in sales everything changed in late 2016. Katherine attended a month long mentorship program in Silicon Valley led by Neal Dempsey. Once completed she decided to seek venture capital. Fast-forward to 2017, Katherine has successfully raised $4.9M and has grown her team to over a staff of 50. In addition to running her business, she is passionate about giving back to Canada and wants to help pave the way for future centerpreneurs. Katherine is a founding board member of Co.Labs, Saskatchewan’s first technology incubator, regularly speaks at events, and is an advocate for women in tech. She believes in continuous learning and surrounding yourself with bright mentors and who have been there and done that. About TechTO: TechToronto is a mission driven organization, working to grow and diversify Canada’s technology ecosystems. Through best-in-class events, insightful research and meaningful advocacy, TechToronto is helping to support the growth and development of the Canadian tech community. TechToronto is a non-partisan advocate on behalf of the tech community, a tireless champion of local centerpreneurs and their companies. About Coconut Software: Coconut Software, a Saskatoon-based tech company, is an industry leading software company that provides sophisticated yet simple appointment and lobby management solutions. Geared towards managing walk-ins, on-site & pre-booked appointments, all while providing real-time insights to optimize results, Coconut provides enterprise level solutions that redefine how customers interact with organizations while maintaining the highest levels of security and compliance. Born out of a need for real-time, easy-to-adopt scheduling and customer management, Coconut is the preferred solution for modern banks and credit unions across North America. Since its founding in 2011, the company has quickly become the leader in appointment scheduling and lobby management platforms for modernizing the customer experience, while saving companies time and money. Looking to boost revenue and deliver a premium experience to your clients? Schedule a consultation with Coconut Software to learn more about how our appointment scheduling solutions can get you there.

Flip the Switch

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Stephanie talks with investor Neal Dempsey and tech CEO Katherine Regnier about igniting Saskatchewan’s tech landscape. Watch Now About Neal Dempsey Neal serves as the Managing General Partner of Bay Partners, which is one of the earliest Silicon Valley Venture Capital firms. The Bay Partners Way is to focus on the finish line. With Neal at the helm, Bay has helped over 100 companies go from start-up to successful liquidity, resulting in over $2.5 billion in exit returns. He began his investing career by taking a chance on a young founder who had a compelling story and a commitment to see it through. Even though the company was outside of the technology industry, Neal was so impressed with the passion and determination of the founder, that he became a personal investor. That company was Starbucks. While he is a Silicon Valley legend for investing in some of the most well-known tech companies of all time, Neal now focuses on seed and angel investing as well as mentoring founders and students. Neal’s ability to drive successful outcomes landed him on the Forbes Midas List, which lists the top 100 venture capitalists in the world. About Katherine Regnier Katherine Regnier is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coconut Software. In 2011, she quit her job at 3-months pregnant to solely focus on Coconut. After 5 years of bootstrapping the company to over a million in sales everything changed in late 2016. Katherine attended a month long mentorship program in Silicon Valley led by Neal Dempsey. Once completed she decided to seek venture capital. Fast-forward to 2017, Katherine has successfully raised $4.9M and has grown her team to over a staff of 50. In addition to running her business, she is passionate about giving back to Canada and wants to help pave the way for future centerpreneurs. Katherine is a founding board member of Co.Labs, Saskatchewan’s first technology incubator, regularly speaks at events, and is an advocate for women in tech. She believes in continuous learning and surrounding yourself with bright mentors and who have been there and done that. About Coconut Software Coconut Software, a Saskatoon-based tech company, is an industry leading software company that provides sophisticated yet simple appointment and lobby management solutions. Geared towards managing walk-ins, on-site & pre-booked appointments, all while providing real-time insights to optimize results, Coconut provides enterprise level solutions that redefine how customers interact with organizations while maintaining the highest levels of security and compliance. Born out of a need for real-time, easy-to-adopt scheduling and customer management, Coconut is the preferred solution for modern banks and credit unions across North America. Since its founding in 2011, the company has quickly become the leader in appointment scheduling and lobby management platforms for modernizing the customer experience, while saving companies time and money. Source: CTV Saskatoon Looking to boost revenue and deliver a premium experience to your clients? Schedule a consultation with Coconut Software to learn more about how our appointment scheduling solutions can get you there.

Bootstrapped to Silicon Valley

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Katherine explains how her view of Silicon Valley changed overnight as a growing bootstrapped business. Watch Now At its most recent meetup, TechToronto invited Katherine Regnier, the CEO of Coconut Calendar, an online appointment scheduling platform, to talk about how a little guidance from Silicon Valley helped her scale her startup. Regnier started her talk by celebrating the fact that they just earned a six-figure deal with US-based Jackson Hewitt, and planned to bring their solution to 6,200 locations. But Regnier’s talk was about how getting to this point wasn’t easy. Regnier, who started the company in 2007 in Saskatoon, said that when she heard from TELUS — Coconut Calendar’s first-ever client — she decided to take a vacation from her full-time job to fly to Toronto for a meeting. Three months after landing the gig and building the software, she quit her job to grow her business — only to find out that Telus was considering other options for appointment scheduling services. “I just quit my job. I was three months pregnant, and Romeo [her CTO] just quit his job. So how was I going to go in and say we just lost our only customer and we have to slink back to the place we worked at?” said Regnier. “I was crying like a schoolgirl.” Luckily, Telus decided to give Regnier the job to integrate Coconut Calendar’s platform, and has since been its client. Still, Regnier added that running her company by bootstrapping came with roadblocks, and after being in business for a few years, she wanted to explore the tech landscape outside of Saskatoon. “We’re not as different as we think, and [the] people that we see as legends have gone through a lot of the same things we’re going through right now and that made me feel like I can do this.” Regnier decided to go to Web Summit in Dublin — even though she said she didn’t know why — through which she was asked to come up to Silicon Valley and meet with Neal Dempsey, a general partner at Bay Partners and founder of Neal’s Running Start. “We were just meeting with rockstars. When I got there, I thought, can I do this? Am I good enough?” said Regnier. “Somebody said…we all have failures. We’re not as different as we think and these people that we see as legends have gone through a lot of the same things we’re going through right now, and that made me feel like I can do this.” According to Regnier, visiting Silicon Valley helped her see both the Valley and her company in a new light; instead of running Coconut Calendar bootstrapped, she took Dempsey’s tips to start raising capital, hiring more employees, and extending the startup’s reach, which has allowed her to “move faster and harder.” Source: Betakit Looking to boost revenue and deliver a premium experience to your clients? Schedule a consultation with Coconut Software to learn more about how our appointment scheduling solutions can get you there.