North Bank Innovations

10/14/2026

10/08/2026

Come crawl with us on October 21st! For tickets visit: luma.com/northbankcouvecrawl

10/06/2026

Every second Friday of the month!
Welcome All Founders and Tech Pros

It feels good to catch up over a cup of Joe and share the challenges of founder life. Sometimes sharing those stories makes all the difference to your journey.

Just bring a friendly demeanor and willingness to meet new founders and talk about what you're working on!

Coffee graciously sponsored by Richland Hub 🖤
See you on Friday!

Welcome All Founders and Tech Pros • What we'll do Drink coffee; graciously donated by Richland Hub and kindly sponsored by Impact Washington, and talk with…

10/02/2026

🟦 Looking for great local connections?
🟦 Have tech questions?
🟦 Need a job?
🟦 Want to know what's happening locally?

Then the North Bank Innovations 💥TECH CRAWL💥 is for YOU!!!

October 21st - Downtown Vancouver.
Come and meet the founders, engineers, and companies that are building!!!

We'll also have a bunch of tech startups hanging out at Colab Coworking!! Want in?? Let us know! 🚀

🟦 REGISTER NOW and join us for an evening of Connection in the Couve.

THE ANNUAL VANCOUVER TECH CRAWL IS BACK. Meet dozens of Southwest Washington tech companies, all in one night, stop to stop through the restaurants and pubs of…

04/21/2026

Everyone is learning AI tools. Almost no one is learning to think.

For most of my career I was a Creative Director. In an agency, the hierarchy runs from VP of Creative down through Executive Creative Director, Creative Director, Art Director, Designer, and Studio Artist. Engineering works the same way. Architects at the top. Developers doing ex*****on at the bottom.

That hierarchy exists for a reason. The people at the top hold the vision and translate it into direction. The craftspeople do what they do best. Designers produce the beauty. Developers build the thing. It works when the people directing it can think in large concepts and communicate them clearly enough for skilled people to execute with meaning and purpose.

The craftspeople are the true talent. But the same hyper-detail orientation that makes someone exceptional at ex*****on can make it hard to see the forest for the trees.

AI is collapsing the distance between vision and ex*****on. Tool proficiency is becoming a commodity. What remains scarce is judgment. The ability to hold a large concept clearly while directing precise and exacting action at the detail level.

Sakichi Toyoda solved this problem on the manufacturing floor. Ask why five times. Not once. Five times. Each answer reveals a deeper layer of purpose until you arrive at the real problem worth solving.

Before you open an AI tool ask why five times. Why does this need to exist? Why does it matter to the person receiving it? Why now? Why this approach? Why are you the right person to direct it?

Then write one sentence. What does success look like when this is done? Not what you are going to do. What the outcome needs to be.

That sentence is your vision. Lead with it. Give it to your AI tool before anything else. Give it to your team before anything else. Everything that follows is ex*****on.