No Data, No Demand, No Direction: The Truth About Vancouver’s Incubator Workshops

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What Divercity’s 2025 Small Business Week Fair Revealed About Vancouver’s Broken Incubator Model
Startup Incubators in Vancouver Are Failing Founders—Here’s the Proof from Divercity’s Fair
Elasticity, Elders, and Empty Promises: A Reality Check on Metro Vancouver’s Incubator Scene
Why Divercity’s Small Business Week Exposed the Myth of “Disruption” in Vancouver Startups
No Data, No Demand, No Direction: The Truth About Vancouver’s Incubator Workshops
Fengshui Economics vs. Vision Boards: What Divercity’s Fair Got Wrong About Startup Survival
From Gotu Kola to Ghost Startups: The Cultural Blind Spots of Vancouver’s Incubators
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Was Missing—And So Was Real Mentorship at Divercity’s 2025 Fair
You Can’t Manifest Market Fit: Why Vancouver’s Incubators Ignore Economics 101
The Fire Cycle Is Here—But Vancouver’s Incubators Are Still Selling Sticky Notes

Divercity’s October 22, 2025 Small Business Week Fair promised innovation. What it delivered? Vision boards, vague advice, and a stunning absence of basic economics. While founders were told to “just believe,” no one explained elasticity of supply and demand—or why selling Gotu Kola (a $500K/month opportunity) matters more than another me-too skincare line with no Health Canada numbers. Meanwhile, mentors ignored the wisdom of elders from S.U.C.C.E.S.S., dismissed co-op models that lifted 800 million out of poverty, and acted like Fengshui was folklore—not spatial strategy. Spoiler: real entrepreneurship isn’t built on sticky notes. It’s built on **cultural fluency, economic realism, and markets with no competitors**. This isn’t incubation. It’s performance art with a tuition fee.

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