Finance Groups Toronto

Join Us For Our Monthly Casual Get Together on August 10 @ 6:30 p.m.

| August 10, 2026 | | --------------- | | Send me an email to let me know you are joining us at: | pcalleri@thegaap\.net \| **The CPA Toronto Accounting Group Presents a Casual Get Together** for a few of us to get together, network, learn, have a few laughs, share ideas, make new friends. become more successful etc. I will put a very casual agenda together, but the goal is having a good time. I tried to find a venue that is easy to get to. It is near the 401 and DVP. We will meet at: Swiss Chalet **[Address](https://www.google.ca/search?sca_esv=197713b87bf2beb1&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIKmSo8ztb94J6BUHqec-EeQUWwHRw:1725296229930&q=the+queens+head+pub+scarborough+address&ludocid=4250126838100046784&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiS46qn3aSIAxUS5ckDHbw5GJQQ6BN6BAgrEAI):** 2555 Victoria Park Ave, Scarborough Our reservation is made under Paul. I look forward to seeing you. PS Seats are limited, let me know you are attending; quickly. Send me an email to let me know you are joining us. pcalleri@thegaap.net Sincerely yours, Paul Calleri, Founder of TheGAAP.net, TheGAAP.netCareers, and the CPA Toronto Accounting Group

ColdCard Hack Deep Dive: Is Your Self-Custody Actually Safe?

Hey Bitcoin Bay Community! 🍁 Canada’s longest-running crypto community is hosting a special, high-priority meetup to address the recent ColdCard hardware wallet vulnerability. **The Context:** On July 30th, a critical flaw was exposed in the Random Number Generator (RNG) and entropy collection of certain ColdCard devices during initial wallet generation. This allowed bad actors to mathematically predict seed phrases and drain wallets without the owner’s knowledge. No passwords stolen. No computers breached. **What We’ll Cover:** * **The Autopsy:** A technical (but accessible) breakdown of the RNG failure. * **Triage:** Step-by-step guidance on checking your specific device/seed for risk. * **The Narrative:** What this means for "Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins" and the broader self-custody landscape. * **Upgrades:** Exploring better entropy sources and advanced setups (like multi-sig). **The Format:** * 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM: Doors open, grab food & drinks, and network * 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Presentation by **Bitcoin Bay Research** + Live Q&A * 7:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Open networking, debate, and compare self-custody setups **Food & Drinks:** Snacks and beverages are on us, generously sponsored by **Chobits VAR**! Come hungry and leave educated. **The Details:** 📅 **Date:** Monday, August 10, 2026 ⏰ **Time:** 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET 📍 **Location:** Bitcoin Bay HQ, Greater Toronto Area (Full address and entry instructions will be emailed to confirmed attendees 24 hours prior) **Who Should Attend?** Bitcoin maximalists, traders, developers, newcomers, and anyone who currently holds their own keys (or is thinking about it).

Toronto Fractional Executives Pub Night -- August 2026

Join us for our second instalment of the Toronto Fractional Executives Pub Night! We're super-excited to connect with all of you again for a casual, in-person gathering for fractional CXOs and senior operators across the GTA. If you’re a Fractional COO, CFO, CTO, CMO, etc., this night is about stepping away from our screens and into a pub for real conversations with peers who actually get the fractional life. What to expect: * Relaxed, pub-style networking (no presentations, no slide decks, no panels); * Thoughtful conversations with experienced operators; * Stories, insights, and lessons learned from fractional work; * Opportunities for referrals, collaborations, and partnerships; Come when you can, grab a drink, and mingle. Who should attend: * Practicing fractional executives (CXOs); * Independent consultants operating at the executive level; * Experienced operators transitioning into fractional roles; * Founders and senior executives with SMBs looking for fractional leadership; * Senior executives with VC/PE firms looking for fractional leadership for their portfolio firms. Logistics: * We're meeting at Paupers Pub, second floor (539 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y5); Paupers is on the south side of Bloor, just east of Bathurst, and footsteps from Bathurst Subway Station. * It's a cash bar and food will also be available for purchase; * Space may be limited, so please RSVP if you plan to attend. * **Going forward, all registrations will happen on Luma. Please don't RSVP on Meetup. Use the Luma link below:** **[https://luma.com/lwfpklyv](https://luma.com/lwfpklyv)**

Toronto Polymarket Strategy for Entrepreneurs

**Turn Accurate Forecasting into Consistent Income – Polymarket Strategy** Prediction markets reward analytical thinking and good information. This masterclass gives you a systematic approach to Polymarket that turns consistent forecasting into consistent income. Everyone here is thinking about markets and money differently. The conversations you will have are as valuable as the content. Register below to confirm — RSVP is not your ticket in. ### [REGISTER NOW](https://aiventurelab.org/product/Polymarket?city=Toronto&groupurlname=growth-mindset-business-circle&startgmtdatetime=2026-08-09T22:00:00Z) --- What you'll learn: - The analytical frameworks that separate profitable traders from everyone else - A step-by-step method for turning accurate forecasting into daily income - How to read market signals others miss and capitalise on them This is not a gamble. It is a skill. This session shows you how to build it.

Beauty & Fashion w/ Marina

We are bringing Marina in from Rina Agency to create some stunning beauty and fashion looks utilizing the studio space, strobes and natural light. To find out more about the studio and workshop you can visit [https://www.productionstudio.ca](https://www.productionstudio.ca) This is a [ticketed](https://www.productionstudio.ca/purchase) event, Secure your spot today! **Who Should Attend?** Our workshops at The Production Studio are designed for photographers looking to expand their skills or build their portfolios in a professional setting. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced shooter, these sessions offer hands-on learning with top-tier talent from leading agencies. Studio photography can feel intimidating, but our workshops provide a relaxed environment where you can observe, ask questions, and learn by doing. There’s nothing like hands on experience. With a variety of styles and themes, each session ensures participants have the opportunity to shoot one-on-one with models, refine their techniques, and connect with fellow photographers and enthusiasts. **​ What you should bring:** * A DSLR/Mirrorless camera * Fully Charged Battery * Freshly Formatted Memory Card(s) * General Lenses: 24-70mm, 24-105mm and 70-200mm If you have a macro lens, 50mm or 85mm please bring it along. It really depends on the type of workshop * Pocket Wizards (if you have your own, otherwise one will be provided for you) * Bring along a list of shots you’d like to achieve or posing ideas. It can help to ensure that you get the perfect image. **Workshop Details:** * ​Arrival: Upon arrival, use the intercom to call unit 205 for entry. Please aim to arrive 15 minutes early to settle in before the session begins. * Social Interaction: Feel free to connect with the workshop host and fellow photographers. Keep conversations lighthearted and professional to foster a creative and welcoming environment. * Photoshoot Session: Each workshop runs for 3 hours, with participants working one-on-one with the model across 4-5 different sets. The goal is to capture a few standout images from each setup that you can proudly showcase on your website and social media. * Model Release: A non-commercial model release, signed by the model, will be provided to each photographer. Photos and videos taken during the workshop can be used for personal promotional purposes only, including portfolios, websites, and print media such as postcards. * Please note that behind-the-scenes (BTS) content may be captured by individuals, the model, MUA, or the event host. If you prefer not to be recorded, kindly inform everyone before the event begins. **Cancellation Policy** Cancellations are accepted 7-14 days before the workshop (depending on the event) for a full refund. This policy ensures workshops can run smoothly for the studio, models, and MUAs. Think of workshop registration like purchasing a concert ticket, refunds aren’t typically given. However, if you cancel within 7 days and a replacement is found, a full refund will be issued. If the organizer cancels, you’ll receive a full refund. In rare cases, a model may be replaced due to illness, but only with someone of similar look and talent. **About the organizer:** Emanuel Pires has been a photographer for over a decade, leading more than 800 workshops. With years of experience, he offers professional, engaging, and educational sessions designed to inspire creativity. His goal is to build a vibrant community of artists, models, and makeup artists within his professional space. ​To learn more about Emanuel, visit his website [Pires Photography](https://www.piresphotography.ca). This is a [ticketed](https://www.productionstudio.ca/purchase) event, Secure your spot today!

Bitcoin Bay: Toronto EAST - Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Blockchain Night

Bitcoin Bay - Toronto EAST Global Ambassador Jerry Crypto CashFlow Guy Presents: Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Blockchain Night LEARN and GROW And NETWORK Learn About the Basics of Bitcoin and Blockchain. Learn to Manage and Operate Your Wallet Talk about TOP Blockchain Projects for Monetization. LEARN to Identify Projects with REAL VALUE. 🔆🔆🔆 3rd Wednesday every month from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm **Location Sponsor**: Team Kartik More Info: https://ipfs.cloud.fx.land/gateway/bafkr4ie2xoox5pjy2jhke7ed7he4pieq46dqttcbh7bc72gczvvj2hplza **Event Sponsor**: FxFiles App from Fx.land: **\*Main Features**\* 1. Learn to Use the App as a Normal User, Business User, Reseller or Technical Developer. 2. FxFiles App for Decentralised AI and Cloud Storage. 3. Latest Updates for Crypto, Blockchain and Ai 4. LEARN & Build & Fund Your Project. 🔆🔆🔆 **Location**: 2225 Markham Rd., Unit 209 Scarborough, Ont *** When you have a moment, please read the original Satoshi Nakamoto Whitepaper, which started it all: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/bitcoin *** About Bitcoin Bay: Welcome to Canada's longest-running Crypto Community. Our mission is to grow the Crypto Ecosystem globally – beginning from our home base in Canada. Bitcoin Bay is a starting point for your crypto journey. If you have something to share, you can find an interested audience. Looking to learn? You can find a great source of knowledge. Do you have a brilliant idea? You could find the perfect partners! About [BlockchainEvents](https://www.blockchainevents.ca/): [BlockchainEvents.ca](https://www.blockchainevents.ca/) is an aggregate and a shared Google Calendar of the local blockchain communities and events in Toronto, Canada, and the World! The communities include [Bitcoin Bay](https://www.meetup.com/the-bitcoin-bay/), [Toronto Bitcoin Meetups](https://www.meetup.com/canadabitcoin/), [DeFi Toronto](https://www.meetup.com/defi-toronto/), [NFTO](https://www.meetup.com/nfts_toronto/), [Web3TO](https://linktr.ee/web3to), [MetaverseTO](https://www.meetup.com/metaverse-meetup/), WXN and Women of Web3, F3 Female Founders, Black Web3TO, CryptoBabes, NFTGoat, [CryptoLife](https://www.youtube.com/c/CryptoLifeTO) and several other Tech and related groups.

Meet 'n Chill for Tech Talk - Summer Slam

Let's meetup for some casual food and drink. Talk some Tech and Business and meet new contacts. Feel free to share the latest projects you are working on. Or just make some new friends to kick back within this great city.

Building AI Workflows in Production

Important Register on the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026081916) (Due to room capacity and building security, you must pre-register at the link for admission) AI is everywhere in development right now. Coding assistants. Autonomous agents. Background workflows. AI-generated PRs. But most teams are stuck in the same place: * Experiments work, production doesn’t. * AI writes code faster, but workflows break. * Agents generate output, but teams can’t trust or scale it. * And governance gets added too late, slowing everything down. This meetup is for developers and platform teams who want to understand what it actually takes to move from AI experimentation to production-ready workflows. We’ll focus on how teams are redesigning their development workflows to work with AI, not just adding tools on top. That includes how to structure workflows, manage agents, and introduce the right level of control without killing developer velocity. No hype. No tool comparisons. Just a clear look at why most AI workflows fail and what actually works at scale. **You’ll walk away with:** * \- A clear understanding of why most AI workflows break when moving to production * \- Insight into how AI changes the software development lifecycle\, not just coding * \- A practical model for structuring AI workflows across planning\, building\, and operations * \- Examples of how teams are introducing control and consistency without slowing developers down * \- A mental model for scaling AI usage across teams\, not just individual developers **Tech Talk: Self-Hosting Coding Agents: In the Homelab or the Enterprise** **Speaker:** Dave Ahr, Coder **Tech Talk: Agents Can't Read the Room: Platform Engineering for AI-Native Development** **Speaker:** Mallory Haigh, PEC **Speakers/Topics:** Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: [Submit Topics](https://forms.gle/JkMt91CZRtoJBSFUA) **Sponsors:** We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 10,000+ AI developers in Toronto or 500K+ worldwide.

TPP Summer Series Event#5: DeepStack Freezeout $350/35k $15k GTD

Toronto dbt Meetup, August Edition!

Welcome to the Toronto dbt Meetup! dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data. Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, AI, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures. **To attend, please read the Health and Safety Policy and Terms of Participation: [https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy](https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy)** **Agenda** * 6:00 > Arrive, Eat, Drink, and be Merry (aka Socialize) * 6:30 > Speaker 1 and 2 presentations **Venue** 📍Huge thanks to [Rootly](https://rootly.com/) for hosting us this time! 🙌 Just meet at the entrance and someone will be there to escort you in for check-in. **Speaker Sessions:** **1st Speakers:** * [Nicole Kim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolejeeyoungkim/), Wealthsimple * **Topic**: TBD **2nd Speaker:** * [Jessie Lamontagne](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessie-lamontagne-89b2a912b/), Wealthsimple * **Topic:** Building a SCD2 reporting hierarchy with recursion Reach out if you're interested in volunteering/speaking! ➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: [https://www.getdbt.com/community/](https://www.getdbt.com/community/)🤝For the best Meetup experience, make sure to join the #local-toronto channel in dbt Slack ([https://slack.getdbt.com/](https://slack.getdbt.com/)). dbt is the standard in data transformation, used by over 40,000 organizations worldwide. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust. Learn more: [https://www.getdbt.com/](https://www.getdbt.com/)

Model Mondays - Spotlight On Model router in Microsoft Foundry

AI agents rarely rely on a single model to solve every task. In this episode of Model Mondays, we'll explore how model router helps developers apply a hill-climbing approach to agent development by continuously finding better models for different steps in a workflow. Learn how to evaluate models, compare performance across providers and model families, and dynamically route requests to the model best suited for each task. Through discussions and demos, we'll show how model router helps agents improve quality, efficiency, and cost by treating model selection as an ongoing optimization process rather than a one-time decision. *** * [Explore the Resources](https://github.com/microsoft/model-mondays) * [Read the Newsletter](https://aka.ms/model-mondays/newsletter) * [Continue the conversation on the Discord](https://aka.ms/model-mondays/discord)

Saturday Static Bounty NLHM $110/12k+$15/8k Dealer Option $50 Bounty included