Ameet Shah

Co-Founder of Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga), Director of Zynga Toronto. Startup mentor, advisor and investor.

Josh Sookman

Founder at @guardly. Worked at @blackberry-partners-fund and @rbc-venture-partners. JOLT EIR/Mentor. Strong technical/design background.
http://www.startuplifeblog.com

Qaid Damji

Founder @lighthouse-labs-1 • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario and @richard-ivey-school-of-business

Jennifer E. Byrne

President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand

Rachel Sklar

Founder, Change The Ratio & TheLi.st; founding ed, Mediaite & HuffPo; advisor, @loverly, @the-muse-1, VoxMedia, Gui.de, She's The First. Also: lawyer, showtunes.
http://www.changetheratio.com

Mark Mac Leod

Finance, Biz dev & Corp dev at @freshbooks. Former GP at @real-ventures
http://startupcfo.ca

Tara Hunt

Founded, Lime Foundry; boutique agency specializing in social content marketing. Social media pioneer. Author, speaker, entrepreneur.
http://www.tarahunt.com

Mike McDerment

Founder & CEO Freshbooks. Founder mesh conference.

Alex Norman

Founder @homesav • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @lehman-brothers, Xbridge, Savvio and TradeOut• Studied at @wharton-school, @mcgill-university

Gabriel Chan

Serial Entrepreneur • uWaterloo Engineer • Founder, Product CEO, @coursemodo • Tech Startups Advisor: web, mobile, education, gamification, bigdata

David Crow

EiR at @OMERSVentures. Focused on custdev & productdev. Cofounder of @influitive. Worked at @microsoft, @reactivity, @trilogy. @carnegie-mellon-university MS in HCI + UWaterloo BSc.
http://davidcrow.ca/

John Stokes

Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.

Harley Finkelstein

Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Lover, Menace, & @shopify CPO.
http://www.HarleyF.com

Andrew Wright

Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university

Victor Belfor

B2B SaaS GTM Strategy (marketing, BD, sales). Former head of BD @ringcentral. Investor and head of BD @influitive Mentor @500startups Studied at Wharton http://about.me/vbelfor
http://vbelfor.weebly.com

Alvar Soosaar

Co-founder & Partner, @oxoncapital

Nathan Monk

Worked at @yahoo, @ogilvyone
http://www.marsdd.com/author/nmonk/

Ryan Craver

Hudson's Bay/Lord & Taylor executive fascinated by the intersection of retail and technology. Snapchat: ryanmcraver

Daniel Craig Stuart

Founder @gonabit • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me

JS Cournoyer

Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com

Jonathan Aguiar

Professional poker player since '05 • 2012 WSOP Bracelet Winner • Advisor at @draftkings • Wentworth BCOS '05 • Luck is just noise, Success is in the signal

Brad Newman

Legal Process & Innovation - @cooley. Previously Legal @startx, Ops @eshares, Co-founder @lawgives. Licensed attorney in California/Ontario (@stanford-university alum)

Aron Solomon

Co-founder at SVbstance, founder at smartswise, partner at UNFINISHED, former CEO THINK Global School. Advisor and friend.

Laurent Feral-Pierssens

Founder and CEO of @silentale. Computer Science and Mathematics at @mcgill-university

Robert Berdahl

Worked at Association of American Universities (President 06-11) @uc-berkeley (Chancellor 97-04), @university-of-texas-at-austin (President 93-97) •

April Dunford

Startup Marketing advisor/mentor/investor. 6-time startup marketing exec including @janna-systems, @datamirror. Also former marketing exec at @ibm, Siebel.
http://www.rocketwatcher.com

Andrew Sloss

President & COO at @well-ca. EVP Online & Digital at Indigo.ca. General Manager Kijiji Canada. Country Manager eBay Canada. Bain & Company Chicago & Toronto.

Kamal Hassan

CEO of VentureLynx. Past 15 years in entrepreneurship as CEO (3x), angel (10x), director (4x). Worked at Bain, MBA INSEAD.

Mark Zimmerman

Mentor @mars-discovery-district, @jolt-accelerator-1, Next 36, and Ivey. CIO @mars-discovery-district
http://www.marsdd.com/blog/author/mzimmerman/feed/

Christian Lassonde

Founder @millions-of-us, @virtual-greats • Worked at @the-next-36, @lucasarts • Investor @kira-talent-1 • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @university-of-san-francisco

Steve Pereira

Worked at @wave-accounting, @ibm • Studied at @ryerson-university

Hussein Fazal

Co-founded AdParlor. Grew to $100M run rate boot-strapped. Sold to AdKnowledge in 2011. Still CEO. Having Fun.

Scott Howard

Business Development at @coral-cea. Co-Founder @investment-ready-partners. Selected 70+ startups for $2.1m+ in funding in the last 24mths.
http://www.coralcea.ca

Brett Shellhammer

Co-Founder & CTO at Organimi. Mentor at University or Waterloo's VeloCity, Communitech's HyperDrive & Startupify.me

Grant Furlane

Founder @locomobi, @anai-global-media, experienced start up specialist and mentor

Bernd Petak

Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor. Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.

JP Rosevear

VP Engineering Polar Mobile. Past Waterloo, Ximian #13, Novell/SuSE, Mozilla. Experienced engineering leader. Grows teams, scales process and ships software.

Raymond Luk

Founder Year One Labs, Co-Founder/CEO Scalability, Founder Hockeystick.co, Founder Flow Ventures, Angel
http://www.flowventures.com

Jason Martin

Investor in @vizibility, @iotum.

Bernie Li

Co-founded Pure Energies (solar PV, consumer brand); former Principal at iNovia Capital (early stage VC, digital media).

John Rae-Grant

CEO of Glooey, Founder Zazengo, CTO/Founder of NRG Group (IPO), General Manager Microsoft Developer Network, Lead PM Microsoft Visual C++
http://theartofwork.com/blog

Jim Latimer

Entrepreneur and Independent Business & Technology Strategist
http://blog.latimer.ca

Guy Gal

Yes, that is my real name. Digital video strategist. Founder of Kingmaker. Advisor to @vidyard. My goal in life is not to die.

Colin How

Startup Executive. Board Member. Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Builder of Great Teams and Great Products. Strategic Business Transformation.

Rosy Rumpal

Worked at @kiva @TheLeanLawyer-LawOffice @paper Kite Foundation • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @michigan-state-university @university-of-ottawa-1

Darby Sieben

Head of Business Development @yellow-pages-group

Peter Davison

Chief Wabbit Hunter. Strong Collaborative approach to Business Growth. Speaker 140conf & Tedx speaker

Lucas Walker

Creativity meets hustle

Mike Betts

President at Castlegar Management LTD.

Saleem Khan

Founder @invstg8.net, @technovica • Worked at @toronto Star, @Canadian Broadcasting Corporation • Studied at @Ryerson

Mike Aonso

Partner at Heartland Capital Partners Corp.

Karim Gillani

Director of Biz Dev @xoom. Junkie for tech in developing countries. Always asking how it works.

Bohdan Zabawskyj

CTO at @Mercatusinsight, @rypple, @redknee. Advisor at @kiinzel, @realsociable, @devbbq, @printchomp, @parkbench, Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university

Amanda Rose

CEO + Founder Timecounts. President, Connect the Dots Collective. Created Twestival and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day.

Michael Cayley

Founder, Cdling. CEO, PlanetEye. >$50-million in startup financing. 5 yrs China. 20 yrs new ventures, US, Canada. MBA in Paris. Director, Startup Grind Toronto.
http://cdling.tumblr.com/

Chris Stefanyk

Experienced digital strategist with a proven track record of creating strategies and implementing changes for companies and new ventures in Canada and abroad.

Kosmayer Investments Inc.

Founded first dot com company in 1998. Have created a successful company with 55 employees and $80 million in total revenue. Sold company and now onto new ventures as well as angel and seed investing in interesting ideas.

Jon Evans

TechCrunch columnist, web/app developer, award-winning novelist, creator of Scanvine and WikiSherpa.
http://techcrunch.com/author/jon-evans/

Khazret Sapenov

CTO of @cloudcor. Proficient in launching successful initiatives. I'm quick learner & progressive thinker, building disruptive innovations.
http://cloudcomputing.livejournal.com

Michelle Caers

Founder @designedux• Worked at @savvica, @desire2learn-inc • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @university-of-nottingham

Ian Yates

Co-founder @fitzii. Global experience from UK, Sweden, Silicon Valley and Canada. MBA from Rotman School of Management (Valedictorian)
https://blog.fitzii.com

Mano Kulasingam

Co-founder and Managing Director @digiflare

Arnold Wytenburg

Founder @my-studio-assistant, @nuvisto-inc • Studied at @carleton-university, @university-of-toronto

Jeff Marsden

Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus

Seema Marwaha

Studying Technology and Innovation in Education @harvard. Founder of @death-happens. Internal Medicine MD. Documentary filmmaker.

Francois Mathieu

Inbound Marketing Manager @uberflip
http://blog.francoismathieu.ca

Eden Dhaliwal

Entrepreneur, Advisor to startups, Consulting growth companies

Thomas Courneyea

Management & Strategy Consultant. Founder @data-deck, @absolu-media & CMG. Developer of strategies in Healthcare & Technology.

Ray Frank

Ivan Lenev

Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur

Brian Deck

Entrepreneur, Investor & Techie passionate about innovation and good design. Internet, mobile, payments and customer loyalty.

Alan Seiffert

Founder @seiffert-media-advisors • Worked at NBCUniversal, NBA, Fox. Studied at Michigan Law.
http://www.seiffertmedia.com

David Spevick

SFO, BOS & YYZ experience. MBA/MSIS from @BU. Analytical prowess. Operator. Connector. All about Team

Adam Sadowski

Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
http://ad.am/

Mustefa Jo'shen

Lead Designer & Founder @tailoredux. Building businesses through Design.
http://medium.com/@mustefaj

Jonathan Hera

Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP

Jason Goldlist

VP Strategy @aplaceformom (@warburgpincus portfolio company). Previously @olympics 2010 @mckinsey @INSEAD MBA. Advisor to great leaders & companies.

Sunny Shao

Entrepreneur, marketer & DIY investor | Currently freelancing & hustling, Advisor at the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada).
https://medium.com/@explicitivity

Andrew Wright

Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com

Chris Healy

CEO of Strategic Analysis Corp. Small business finance and operations expert with 10+ startup/growth companies. B.Sc & MBA from IESE Business School 2001.

George Dawson

Retail & ecommerce business side guy. Well connected to legacy B&M retail.

Miah Lightbody

Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog

Bert Amato

Angel Investor

Bahram Alipour

Founder @doradus-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo

Chris Hillyer

Kyle Lam

Worked at @ibm • Studied at @queen-s-university

Matthew Burns

Full-time thinker, part-time savant. Founder @fondly , @groudu , @ticket-elephant • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university

Todd Zeligman

Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.

Adam Rivietz

Founder InstaElite • Top 1% iOS developer; 15+ apps in top 200 ranks • Bitmaker Labs alumni

John MacRitchie

Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @saint-mary-s-university

Lally Rementilla

Josh Lutz

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Jeff Waldman

Social Media, Content Marketing, HR Technology, Recruiting, Employer Brand, Entrepreneur, Blogger, Speaker, Founder @StratifyCo @socialhrcamp
http://jeffwaldman.ca/

Marylin Ma

Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university

Kris Tabetando

Founder @premiumwebsitebrokers-com • Studied at @mcgill-university

Denim Smith

Dad. Founder & Product guy at Lifemap. Previously Investment Banker in the US & Canada with over $6Bln in transactions.