SBX Upcoming Events

Marketing for Every Stage in the Customer Journey: Retention + Growth

Date: Apr 8, 2026 2:00 PM

Live Webinar Series with Megan McMillan from Setlist Marketing. Session Three: The final session focuses on what happens after a purchase. You’ll explore how ongoing engagement strengthens loyalty, encourages repeat business, and turns customers into advocates. You’ll also walk through a complete Customer Journey Assessment to map touchpoints, identify gaps, and highlight marketing activities that support long-term growth, deepen relationships, and sustain your brand ecosystem.

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Sandbox Whiteboarding Session: AI in Action Jam Session

Date: Apr 9, 2026 12:00 PM

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Join us for a fast-paced, peer-driven jam where founders and business leaders show how they’re using AI tools to save time, cut costs, and get results. Expect live demos, practical takeaways, and collaborative energy. No hype, just real-world AI in action.

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Sandbox Lunch & Learn: The Founder Mindset Reset

Date: Apr 15, 2026 12:00 PM

Sandbox Lunch & Learn sessions bring our business community together for meaningful connection, practical insight, and purposeful conversation over lunch. Each session features a new topic led by an industry expert, offering fresh perspectives and tools you can take back into your business. Alongside the learning, members have time to network, share experiences, and build relationships in a relaxed, collaborative setting that encourages real connection and continued growth.

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AI Compass Series Pt. 5: Vibe Coding in Practice

Date: Apr 16, 2026 2:30 PM
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Founders Circle

Date: Apr 16, 2026 2:30 PM

Happening on the third Thursday of every month

A dedicated space for founders to openly discuss the realities of building a business, from early traction to strategic growth.This circle gives you a trusted group of peers to talk through challenges, test ideas, and gain insight from others who are navigating similar stages of growth.

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Commercialization Peer Circle

Date: Apr 21, 2026 2:30 PM

Third Tuesday of the month | 2:30pm – 3:30pm (Virtual, Invite-Only).

Built out of our most recent commercialization accelerator cohort, this peer circle is a highly interactive space for the commercialization cohort founders to actively navigate commercialization. The sessions are designed to be founder-led, practical, and shaped by the real challenges you are facing as you move from idea to market traction.

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AI Compass Series Pt. 6: Practical AI Integration for Founders and Teams

Date: Apr 22, 2026 2:00 PM

This session helps founders, startup leaders, and cross functional teams integrate AI into their operations in a practical and responsible way. Instead of focusing on theory, we’ll explore real world workflows, early adoption strategies, and hands on tools you can apply immediately to improve productivity, strengthen decision making, and support scalable growth.

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The Changing World of Management: Leading Across Generations

Date: Apr 23, 2026 1:00 PM

Leading Across Generations | Managers Training

Managing a team today means navigating different communication styles, expectations, and motivations across generations in the workplace. This practical session will explore strategies for leading multigenerational teams, improving communication, and re-energizing your people so everyone moves forward with clarity and momentum.

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Enhance your Business Knowledge with the Library – Ask a Business Librarian @ the Sandbox Centre

Date: Apr 27, 2026 3:00 PM

Meet Chantale from the Barrie Public Library and discover free business tools, research databases, and resources that can help you grow and save time. Drop in, ask questions, and see how the library can support your business journey.

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Founders Breakfast Series

Date: Apr 28, 2026 8:00 AM

Founders Breakfast Series

Once a month | Fourth Tuesday of the month

Building a company can feel isolating. The Founders Breakfast Series is where that changes.

Once a month, we bring together tech founders, innovators, and early-stage builders for real conversations about what they’re building, what’s working, what’s not, and what growth is actually asking of them right now.

No pitches. No panels. Just smart people in the room, honest dialogue, and space to think bigger.

Coffee and breakfast are on us. Clarity and connection are on the table.

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Women in Business Peer Circle

Date: May 6, 2026 9:30 AM

First Wednesday of the month | 9:30–11:00am.

Facilitated, small-group sessions focused on meaningful peer connection and leadership growth.

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TAP into TECH with RBCx

Date: May 12, 2026 5:00 PM

Join us for the 2026 edition of RBCx’s Tap into Tech Barrie, presented in partnership with Easly, Sandbox Centre, and Welch LLP.

​Connect with leading investors, founders, and executives from the local tech ecosystem over great food, drink, and conversation. Whether talking IPAs or IPOs, don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to mix and mingle over a lively night out with your peers.

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