Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
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/
Cofounder @adelphic, Investor, Mentor.
Serial Entrepreneur.
Recently: Big Viking Games/co-founder/ceo, Kontagent/co-founder (Analytics).
Sold: @bubbleshare (Disney), MyDesktop (WebMediaBrands).
http://simplyalbert.blogspot.com
Managing Director at Zynik Capital Corp. • Founder & Executive Chairman at @noble-iron & Texada Software Inc. • Studied at @harvard-university University & @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Partner at @founders-fund.
http://www.geofflewis.org
CEO, @business-instincts-group:Strategic Planning system.
Chairman, @podium-ventures:Builds Startups from A-Z.
Author, SustainableStartup.com:Startups that last.
Marketing technology entrepreneur, CEO of @influitive, co-founder of @eloqua.
Co-founder/CTO @nitobi-software (acq'd by @adobe). Worked on @phonegap-1 and @robotreplay (acq'd by @foresee-results). PhD, investor, father, and lover of beer.
Founder @sysomos • Studied at @University of Toronto
COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.
CEO/Founder of @swix. Co-Founder of @shopify.com. Experience in leading consumer and enterprise web-app companies. 10 years of startup experience.
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
Cofounder of StartupNorth (@startupnorth), Captual (acq by @desire2learn). Seed investor in GoInstant (acq by @salesforce) and more!
http://www.startupnorth.ca
Founder Sprouter (acquired '11) & BetaKit (acquired '13) Co-Founder / Managing Partner at BrandProject. Inc Magazine Top 30 Under 30. Entrepreneur turned VC.
President @bionym • Former COO @top-hat • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @top-prospect • Investor @tulip-retail • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Venture Advisor, CEO, tech catalyst, innovator, foodie, music aficionado, and passionate startup guy who thrives on meeting people and helping startups kick ass
Co-founder Hubdoc, Co-founder/CEO of @sparkroom, investor, entrepreneur, ex-Expedia.
Founder, @pure-energy-partners, a cleantech special forces outfit. 20yr+ cleantech investor & entrepreneur. Fmr advisor to Immelt on ecomagination. Harvard Law
Early. Enterprise. Platforms.
Executive Director, @jolt-accelerator-1. Builder. Negotiator. Strategist. Advocate for innovation. Passionate about the intersection of design & technology.
http://marscommons.marsdd.com/category/jolt-blog
Co-Founder Umano • Worked at @google, @yahoo, @tagged @socialdeck (acquired by @google) • @university-of-waterloo @software-engineering Grad
Co-Founder Kira Talent • Worked at @minted, @nuance-communications • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • Next36 Entrepreneur
CEO, co-founder of @fonolo. Formerly CEO of @streamcheck (sold to Keynote, KEYN)
http://shaiberger.com
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
CEO of @tribehr (Sold to NetSuite 2013), CEO of @lewis-media (Sold 2009), CEO @onmyblock-ca, and Co-Founder @simple-machines-forum. UWaterloo Computer Engineer.
http://www.josephfung.ca
Founder, Startup Management @startupmanage. CEO/Founder @engagio, @eqentia. ex- @influitive . 30 yrs in high-tech. Ex-HP, Cognizant. Marketing & Strategy.
http://startupmanagement.org/blog
Founder & CEO Freshbooks. Founder mesh conference.
Founder & CEO Wave Accounting.
Entrepreneur.
Partner/owner in several businesses, looking to invest in start ups.
Serial Entrepreneur. Founder - @pivotshare. Founder - @binspy-systems (sold to @anydata). B.Eng.Mgmt. in Software, @mcmaster-university U.
Chief Executive Dad, @careguide.
BMath, UWaterloo.
http://johnphilipgreen.com
CEO Brick Street Software. EVP/CTO KANA Software. co-Founder / CTO Rubric Software (sold to KANA). @carnegie-mellon-university CS PhD. MIT VI-3. Former lispm hacker.
http://blog.cmaeda.com/
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
Chief Technology Advocate @citrix-systems | xFounder Enomaly & @CloudCamp | co-host @DigitalNibbles by @intel | Mentor @techstars @alchemist-accelerator
http://blogs.forbes.com/reuvencohen/
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
Wikipedia says I'm "King of the Hipsters," but really I'm co-founder and COO of @interaxon, a user-experience focused thought controlled computing company.
http://www.interaxon.ca/blog
Founded, Lime Foundry; boutique agency specializing in social content marketing. Social media pioneer. Author, speaker, entrepreneur.
http://www.tarahunt.com
Entrepreneur, Investor
Founder @aware-marketing-group • Worked at @shifthub, @polyconcept-north-america • Investor @shifthub, @mavensay
http://www.gotomarketguy.com
Ceo and President of About Time Inc , a distribution company which we grew to over 100 million in revenues WITHOUT giving up equity.
Founder @brandproject • Worked at @cadbury-schweppes, @diageo • Investor @brika-1, @surfeasy • Studied at @queen-s-university, @southern-methodist-university
Current Principal of Kinetic Startups, Former Head of Magic at FreshBooks and Launched Zipcar in Canada
Co-Founder & CTO at Greengage Mobile • Web and Mobile Developer • Worked at Eloqua, The Working Group • Studied at Queen's University
Founder, Jayesh is Picatic’s public face and voice. As CEO his primary responsible for overseeing product strategy & vision.
http://www.picatic.com/blog/
Biz Dev / Marketing Talents. Co-founder and head of growth/marketing at @coursemodo and @notewagon. Richard Ivey SB.
Founder @lighthouse-labs-1 • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario and @richard-ivey-school-of-business
Software consulting business at 16. Created a database engine for the iPhone (FMTouch). Built a hosting company (FMGateway). Author on PHP programming.
Founder/CEO @crowdmark • Math Professor @university-of-toronto-1, Worked at @uc-berkeley, @3m • Studied at @university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign, @macalester-college
http://blog.math.toronto.edu/colliand
Investor - Advisor - Mentor - Author -
http://about.me/jeffreyrobinson
http://contrariansmind.wordpress.com/
Founder/CEO @hubba, Previously co-founder @axsium-group (succesful exit). Software Engineering/Consulting/Operations/Entrepreneurial background
http://www.hubba.com/blog
CEO of @fan-si, CEO of @hitgrab Inc., CEO of @social-stork Inc. High-school drop-out. Toured in a rock band for 4 years... straight.
http://joelauge.tumblr.com
Investor in @braveinvestment, @globalive, @windmobile, @keek, @pragmatic, @locationary, @varicent, @sambadays, @brockview, @surfeasy, @millstreet, @whir, @pitchpoint
Founded two startups: GCI Network out of Mumbai that operates in the giftcard space, and PowerStores a SAAS do it yourself digital commerce platform for SMB's.
CoFounder, CEO @hub ∙ Worked at @microsoft ∙ Founding Team Vortex Connect (enterprise mobile acq '12) ∙ 10 yrs product design & dev.
Founder @homesav • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @lehman-brothers, Xbridge, Savvio and TradeOut• Studied at @wharton-school, @mcgill-university
Founder at @guardly. Worked at @blackberry-partners-fund and @rbc-venture-partners. JOLT EIR/Mentor. Strong technical/design background.
http://www.startuplifeblog.com
Serial Entrepreneur • uWaterloo Engineer • Founder, Product CEO, @coursemodo • Tech Startups Advisor: web, mobile, education, gamification, bigdata
CMO & Co-founder of @picatic. Product Designer, Startup Marketer & Entrepreneur. Previously Co-founder of UX design agency @island, and Lead Designer for zu.com
http://brettt.com
Co-Founder, @shoplocket
Hacker and Entrepreneur.
UX Intern @interaxon. Interned @mozilla and @hackernest. Co-founded @the-grand-signal. Studying industrial engineering at the University of Toronto.
http://www.thegrandsignal.com
Founder at @listicle. Software Developer & Designer.
http://blog.bizlia.com
Co-founder @realkick-1 , Co-founder @pophire, Experience Architect @idea-couture, Associate Creative Director @trapeze, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business @university-of-toronto
CEO & Co-founder @uniiverse, the social marketplace for events. Top ranked analyst at @bcg and @credit-suisse's tech practices. Rock climbing enthusiast.
Founder @close-com, @cosmic-development • Investor @skycatch, @rumble-com @layer @geeklist
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
Co-Founder & CEO @upverter • YC W11 • Hardware at @sandvine • Software at @infosys • Software at @ibm • Studied at @waterloo
http://zakhomuth.com
CEO Wonga Canada. Formerly CEO of Viigo (acquired by RIM in 2010), Founder & CEO INEA (acquired by Cartesis in 2005).
http://www.MarkRuddock.com
Founder @redflagdeals • Worked at @yellow-pages-group • Investor @year-one-labs, @sky-motion-research • Studied at @queen-s-university
Founder of Checkout 51, a mobile app reinventing the coupon industry. Past founder of GigPark (sold in 2009), Dose (Canadian media co.) and Rethink (agency).
Co-Founder Kira Talent • Enactus President • HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow • Next36 Entrepreneur
Founder: @the-working-group @postageapp-2,
Investor: @Greengage Mobile @omx @OrganicsLive @BigTerminal @rayku @rocketr @shoplocket
Founder @strings-fm • Worked at @goinstant, @salesforce
CEO & President at Uniiverse - the social marketplace for events. Entrepreneur. Spearfisher.
Founder @sworly, Worked at @ibm, @adobe-systems • Studied at @carleton-university
http://isubedi.com
Founder @clearfit, Founder @careerxact. 13+ yrs experience building recruiting software for Fortune 500 & SMBs. Patent holder and board member of EO/YEO.
http://info.clearfit.com/how-to-hire-blog
BA MA BSc(CompEng);
Dir of Engineering Jotter (sold to @saflink);
Dir of Engineering (@saflink);
CTO @careerid (taken private);
CEO @attassa (sold to @hightail-2)
CoFounder + CEO at @upout. 1st startup in high school: online bar coupon subscription. Strong UX experience with 80+ websites and apps built.
Co-Founder at @guardly, Worked at @xm-satellite-radio, @electramedia • Studied at @ryerson-university
Co-founder and COO of 500px. B.Comm (Finance, Honors) at Ryerson University, 7+ years of experience working as a Photographer.
http://500px.com/blog
Co-founder @upverter
Senior Software Engineer @xobni, working on the server side of their cloud offering
Founder @youth-enterprise-innovation-platform, @dreamboats-au-com • Studied at @university-of-auckland
Social/digital media executive with startup/agency/brand experience. Last position added 20MM in revenue and led industry in digital marketing.
http://www.ensight.org
intellectual property and startup lawyer. idea maker. idea launcher. advocate of change.
http://www.bedrockstartuplaw.com
Co-founder and CEO of @500px
Developer Relations @thalmic. Follow to get the latest details of the @thalmicdev program and how to develop with Myo!
DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
Director at @shopify. Previously Co-Founder at @jet-cooper (Acquired in August 2013).
http://www.sati.sh
Co-Founder @upverter, worked at TrendHunter and IDT. Computer Engineering at UWaterloo.
http://blog.mwoodworth.com/
Founder @printchomp • Worked at @oracle-corporation, @stickeryou • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.jpuopolo.com
Co-Founded GestureTek Inc. 25 years ago & co-invented multiple categories of tech/products to pioneer the video gesture control revolution. Business Leadership
Founder of Checkout 51, GigPark and Dose.
Hardware Engineer at @facebook • Studied EE @university-of-waterloo
COO Locationary; CEO SocialDeck acq by Google; CEO NeoEdge led merger; VP AOL Strategy/Bus Dev; VP/GM AOL Telecom & Mobile Entertainment; SVP Quack acq by AOL
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
Senior Director Software Engineering @salesforce
EIR at @omers Ventures . Co-founder & CEO of CognoVision (acquired by @intel). TiE Charter Member. Canadian. Think big. I believe that anything is possible.
Mentor @mars-discovery-district, @jolt-accelerator-1, Next 36, and Ivey. CIO @mars-discovery-district
http://www.marsdd.com/blog/author/mzimmerman/feed/
CEO & Co-Founder @kindara, Co-Founded @lumetro, Mech. Eng & Economics from @mcgill-university University. HW Engineer, Led @mcgill-university Solar Vehicle Team. Blog @ willsacks.com
http://www.willsacks.com
Repeat entrepreneur. Innovator with massive background in turning ideas into operating businesses. Founder in numerous start-ups. M.Sc. Product
http://Www.digiboom.com
CEO & Co-founder of @massive-damage, Inc. Also Co-founder and former CEO of @endloop Studios.
http://massivedamageinc.com
Strong expertise on Mobile Products. Development & Design. Partner @ SwishLabs. Previously CEO @venio; PM @Theknetwork. Studied @mcgill-university
http://swishlabs.co/blog
CEO & Founder of @opencare. Entrepreneur with a track record, expert in healthcare - founded & exited @simms (diagnostic SaaS) & @cardiotrust (cardiac clinics).
Entrepreneur & Designer building @teamstory (http://teamstoryapp.com)
https://medium.com/@dh9kim
Geek. Open-source enthusiast. CCO @nodejitsu. Founder @thenodefirm & curator @lxjs
http://writings.nunojob.com
CEO of VentureLynx. Past 15 years in entrepreneurship as CEO (3x), angel (10x), director (4x). Worked at Bain, MBA INSEAD.
Co-founder @cliptone.me, engineer. I build and push products I love.
Founder and CEO of @silentale. Computer Science and Mathematics at @mcgill-university
Geek in stilettos. Co-Founder & CEO of @onboardly. Traveler. Tall. Canadian in San Francisco.
Formerly, President, @homestars SeaBoard Group, Think Forward, Babson Entrepreneurship Alum
Co founder @ @whatrunswhere.com - Ad Tech Geek - Mentor at Growlabs - Founded first startup at 15
Founder of fliiSolutions • @amazon, @kpmg Alum • Math/Comp Sci. at @university-of-waterloo, MBA @rotman-school-of-management, lover of social, mobile and TV
Waterloo CS graduate with a passion for startups
http://circuitdream.com
API Master @mashape, Technologist, Entrepreneur, Dog Lover. Creator of @RESTConsole, Write open-source @CodeInChaos. Organizer of @YeomanTO & @TorontoFacebook.
http://ahmadnassri.com/
Current: Country Manager, Zomato Canada. Past: CEO & Founder, Shifthub • Lifelong entrepreneur. Tech. Apparel. Retail. Distribution.
4th year CS undergrad at @mcmaster-university • Intern at @duckduckgo • Plays acoustic guitar and sings
CEO & Co-Founder of DomainAgents Platform. Strong track record creating and operating startups internationally.
Currently @bundle-manager. 12 yrs software sales & professional services at RIM, SAP Business Objects, Arthur Andersen & acquired startups Viigo & INEA.
Founder Year One Labs, Co-Founder/CEO Scalability, Founder Hockeystick.co, Founder Flow Ventures, Angel
http://www.flowventures.com
Founder Amulyte • Worked at @microsoft • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder @notewagon, @coursemodo • Studied at @university-of-guelph. Strong UX/UI background
Co-Founder & CEO @askfortask • Graduate @university-of-toronto. Serial Entrepreneur. Love innovation and collaborative consumption.
Founder at @rayku (venture funded), @kinkarso-tech (bootstrapped)
Geek turned entrepreneur. COO & Co-Founder @ Askfortask.com - website where Canadians outsource daily errands and tasks to people in their neighborhood.
http://blog.askfortask.com/
Founder | Ed @york-university | Chief Evangelist @microsoft | CTO @digiflare @spently | API @yellow-pages-group | @facebook @y-combinator hack winner
http://www.jldavid.com
@storybird CEO. Built & sold 3 companies since college. Had a kid, then built products & services for Nike, Starbucks, and @apple. Back to building my own thing.
http://markury.com
Founder / CEO of Plasticity Labs • Building the Happiest High Performing Workforce, Recently Closed $2.1M investment round
Founder @kera • Worked at @sapient, @compaq
http://blog.kera.io
Founder/CEO of iQ Food Co. moonlighting as a tech investor.
Experienced Software Developer
Toronto GM @handy-1. Previously: Co-Founder @wagjag-com - Canada's largest daily deal site, Co-Founder @homehub , GM at Postmedia
Helping @founder-collective back great people.
Co-Founder, CTO at @hub; Hacker; UWaterloo Comp Sci; Architect at Workopolis
Founder @kera • Studied at @university-of-toronto. Passionate practitioner of Customer Development.
http://kera.io
Entrepreneur, founder @joist
http://blog.joistapp.com
Founder @sandglaz • Studied at @mcgill-university. Love beautiful code and great UI/UX. Plays piano (love play Rachmaninoff).
http://zadasnotes.blogspot.com/
Founder Joist • joistapp.com. Grew past business to 130 employees, $2.6M in rev before exit.
Founder @oneclass • Worked at @royal-bank-of-canada • Studied at @university-of-toronto 2010
Founder & CEO of WebCurfew
https://www.webcurfew.com/parentalcontrols/DigitalLoitering.aspx
Founder @checkout-51
http://www.bitchasscode.com
I'm going to make them a deal they can't refuse.
http://www.careerify.net/social-hr
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
Co-Founder & CEO of Fleetbit (Winston Inc). Hacker. History of growing technology and entertainment products by 200%+ y/y. One of Canada's @the-next-36
http://blog.fleetbit.com
Founder @sweety-heaven
Media. System and web applications engineer.
@nurun, @wpp, ICE, TVO
Founder @jigglist @culinote • Worked @philips @brazilian-federal-government • Studied @york-university-1
http://notelr.com/GilDantas
Entrepreneur, Angel, Inventor, BODs, @flixel-photos-inc, dTaz, Atomic Reach, ex-Kobo, ex-OpenCola, ex-Microsoft, ex-Rogers, ex-Banks - http://ibinary.com/libas
http://ibinary.com/libas
VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
• App Designer
• Founder @flixel-photos-inc
• Worked at @guardly, @endloop-mobile, Bridges/Xap, & others
• Studied at @university-of-ottawa (Software Engineering)
Founder of Tripzaar. Brought previous startup @goosechase to 6 figure revenue. ex-@Apple and @polar-mobile, @university-of-waterloo Alumni.
http://andrewcross.ca
Co-founder @121writing . uWaterloo CS . Next 36 Alum (co-founded Kira Talent). Previously @google @pwc-1
Tech Executive, Angel, and Entrepreneur
Web developer and product guy. Created Recipeasly. Formerly of @kik-interactive and @unata .
Founder @vidoyen • Worked at @wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati, @ibm • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Founder @morseio. Hacker who likes to work in Ruby, Go & Ember
http://www.alexblom.com
Founded and built @sandglaz. Strong technical background. Software consultant and agile project management experience. Comp B.Eng from @mcgill-university.
http://zadasnotes.blogspot.com/
Founder @kanary. @seedcamp alumni, making data work for smarketers.
Founder of @homestars. Formerly world class brand manager with Kraft and P&G
Growth & Product Manager. By 24, exited 1st company & reached Director-level at a 70-person venture-backed company. LLB by 20. Swiss army knife. Driven.
CEO & Founder of @rumble-com / Founder of @cosmic-development / Worked at @microsoft
Founder Tripzaar • Studied at @university-of-waterloo (VeloCity resident) - Founder MattRae Photo - Employee with Toyota, Ontario Power Generation, Cargill
http://www.matthewrae.com
Founder & CEO - fypio • Founder of ApartmentsBA; Largest buyer of residential real estate in Argentina from 2003-2010; Proven leader who excels at leading Cos.
http://instagram.com/fyp.io
Co-Founder of Launchpad. Engineer & Strategy Consultant (@accenture, @zs-associates). @rotman-school-of-management-1 MBA.
Founder ECHOage
Risk Taker. Software Veteran. Water Data Expert. CEO @watrhub, Worked at @microsoft, Studied at @university-of-toronto
http://www.ahmedbad.ca
Founder ECHOage
http://blog.echoage.com
Yes, that is my real name. Digital video strategist. Founder of Kingmaker. Advisor to @vidyard. My goal in life is not to die.
Founder and CEO of Switch Video. Producers of more then 300 videos. Clients: Microsoft, IBM, HP, Cisco, Unisys, AMEX, Salesforce Rypple, EO, World Bank.
http://switchvideo.com/blog/
Founder & CEO of Tapgage, Co-Founded Social Krazy , Domain Enthusiast, Marketing (Affiliate Marketing, SEO, PPC, PPV, & Social Media), Founded GenXGSM (Sold)
http://Iamarfan.tumblr.com
Action oriented entrepreneur with 2 successful exits in the last 6 years. Product Management expertise coupled with strong engineering background.
BoardSuite secure Equity Crowdfunding Infrastructure Platform (CFIP) to help equity portals, companies organize, manage and share confidential information.
http://boardsuitecorp.com/blog/
Co-founded @tradyo, winner venture of Next36. Software engineer. business analyst at Guildwood Capital. B.Sc. in Computer Science & Economics, UofT.
Co-founder of @pumpup; BBA @wilfrid-laurier-university; Former Marketer at @unilever, @pepsico and @ConAgra Foods.
Cofounder & Chief Developer at @vizualize-me. Former Developer at @telus and @viigo. Computer Engineering @university-of-waterloo.
http://www.jenniferturliuk.com/
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.
doing stuff. making stuff. helping others make stuff.
Co-Founder of @watrhub Inc.
Unique Product Dev & Incubation Experience (hardware @ @apple & @microsoft).
Systems Design Grad from Waterloo. I remix tech+biz.
Founder Kiwi Wearable Technologies
UX & frontend. Founder of @wisewords. Worked @weebly. Nature lover.
http://blog.wisewords.co
Designer + Developer.
Software Engineer at @careguide
Startup Executive. Board Member. Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Builder of Great Teams and Great Products. Strategic Business Transformation.
Chief Product Officer @opencare, was application framework architect @ibm. Serial entrepreneur started at age 12.
http://mryangyu.tumblr.com
Founder @unata • Worked at @aeroplan, @warrillow-co • BCOM at @queen-s-university
CEO of Well-Ordered Labs • ex-CTO of @500px • Co-Founded @algo-anywhere • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @university-of-sydney, @university-of-buckingham
Experienced management professional. Founder: @coin-macro, @unamee-inc-2. Worked @wolters-kluwer. @hec-montreal MBA. Professional accountant.
Chief Wabbit Hunter. Strong Collaborative approach to Business Growth. Speaker 140conf & Tedx speaker
CEO of @epilogger. Well-known Digital Strategist & blogger. Strong biz backgrnd. Edited book on Digital Dist. (Columbia U). Brought MobileTREC to nat'l adoption.
http://www.michaelnus.com
Co-Founder of Taplytics. Business background in Finance and Product (Shaw, @siemens). Queen's Engineer 2007. Mobile Entrepreneur.
Co-Founder @eprof - Dev/Design @StarterLeague - Ivey HBA 2012
http://blog.eprof.com
Cole Mackin is President of @keele-ux-inc-1 -- helping startups create digital products + services that people love, use routinely & share avidly.
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/
Co-founded @atendy. Experienced at developing event technology and mobile apps, and is a member of the Ontario Professional Ticketing Association.
Product Management expert with 8 years of experience in healthcare informatics field and strong technical background. MBA degree, technical background.
Cofounder and president of two successful media companies, TVI and CMR 101.3FM. Help build and mentor number of university based startups. - M.B.A. & Eng.
Founder and President at Linkitz. COO at Crowdmark. Formerly at MaRS Innovation, UTEST. Multiple C-level positions. MIT SB, SM, PhD in Computer Science.
Software Engineering student. Ruby/Python/JavaScript/Java Programmer. Entrepreneur. proficient front-end developer. 5 years of experience as software developer.
Creativity meets hustle
Founder/CEO Begift • Investor @take-the-interview & @stockr • Former @us-navy Pilot, @wharton-school MBA, Real Estate PE @aew-capital • BS @united-states-naval-academy
Co-Founder + VP Sales/Marketing at Fleetbit, graduate of The Next 36, Studied at Quest University Canada
http://blog.fleetbit.com/
http://www.postbeyond.com/blog
Founder @omx & @tiburon-ltd Strong industry experience as VP Business Development and CEO of @gma-cover-corp
http://nicoleverkindt.blogspot.ca/
CEO of @digital-journal and CEO/co-founder of Future of Media. Digital media/user-generated content pioneer. Social and digital advocate.
http://www.chrishogg.me
Founding Engineer of @relay. Former Team Lead and Software Developer in network and real time communication in @blackberry; also worked at @microsoft.
Co-founder @qoints, @infinitesm • Team Member @brizi • Studied BBA at @wilfrid-laurier-university and Construction Engineering at @conestoga-college
http://www.infinitesm.com
CEO of StackAdapt
Founder and CEO at @perfectcloud-corp
http://blog.smartsignin.com
Founded PO-MO Inc., Po-motion Inc. and Lumo Play Inc. Accidental CEO, natural leader. Animator & game designer since 1997. Passionate about physical engagement.
http://megrabbitt.tumblr.com/
I unlock the potential of brands to better the world. VP of Mktg @ecobee, former Sustainability Exec @walmart, Fellow @AspenInstitute & Founder @MealExchange
Head of eCommerce Tech at Loblaw - Canada's largest retailer. Prior, founder/CTO at various start-ups: 3 acquired & 2 hit 1MM+ users. eBay, OATV, Deloitte & UC-Berkeley alum.
Serial entrepreneur and advisor to investors and startups. Founder/CEO Carbonetworks, iVeridis, TCR Innovations.
Entrepreneur | Product Manager | Next 36 Alumni
current Grand Basin Capital, Raincrow Studios, Purpose Capital, GreenSky Capital
Product at @unata • Founder @armorant, @pickyoursup
Founder and CTO of Sky Motion Research. Founding Member Discreet Logic (IPO, subsequently acquired by Autodesk). Director of Technology at Ubisoft.
Founder RaveOrBash, first startup was my family, worked at City of Toronto
CEO of Sniply
Creative Director at @tunezy (The Music Experience Marketplace). Formerly Creative Director at @theredpin (Canada’s largest database for residential real estate listings).
Co-founded Pure Energies (solar PV, consumer brand); former Principal at iNovia Capital (early stage VC, digital media).
Founder @healthcare-saas-startup • Worked at @bain-company, @ebay
Artist, Founder @artsocket @eureka-1 @hechnr-business-engines-inc-1
https://www.artsocket.com/blog/
Patner at NorthBay. Multiple start-ups. Worked at MIT (Broad Institute). Strong technology background. Angel investor.
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
CEO + Founder Timecounts. President, Connect the Dots Collective. Created Twestival and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day.
CEO @ Pivot Labs Inc. Customers included Intel, Absolut Vodka. 15+ years in business. Latest startup revenue positive in first week.
Owner of @bizlaunch-com - we train entrepreneurs through our webinars, seminars and quality content.
http://blog.bizlaunch.com
Co-Founder and CEO @flixel-photos-inc
Founder & CEO at Serind Labs
Founder @videostream, won Global Startup Battle • HYPERDRIVE alum • @research-in-motion Hardware • @McMaster B. Mechatronics Eng, min. Business
http://thatmatt.ca
Founder of Newtopia • Previously Founder of Cleveland Clinic Canada • Strong start-up background (4th). JD/MBA from @schulich-school-of-business /Osgoode Hall
Co-founder & CEO • serial entrepreneur • Studied at @ryerson-university University
Former NHL Player (NYR); Ivey HBA; 1st startup at 17; Sales and marketing, 6 yrs.
Founder @invstg8.net, @technovica • Worked at @toronto Star, @Canadian Broadcasting Corporation • Studied at @Ryerson
Co-Founder @epowerhouse
Founder @finmaven • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @sybase • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Co-founder @penyo-pal. Passionate about scaling education. Systems Engineer. Mentat.
CEO and Co-founder of Crater. I will continually dedicate my life to minimizing the distance between ideation and creation. Life is the only education you need.
Founder @unstash - Platform for collaborative consumption
Founder @reputate - Cross-platform reputation engine for trust
http://solarcrash.com
CEO at @tunezy. Worked at @cibc-world-markets, @merrill-lynch, @clinton-foundation and @microsoft. Former founder of internet's largest sheet music community.
Director of Marketing @uberflip. Background in marketing, product, strategy and ops.
http://www.hanaabaza.com
Chief Architect at @tophat. Crushes bugs. Studied Computer Engineering at Waterloo.
Co-Founder/VP Engineering @amity-1 • Worked at @marketwired and @ibm • Studied at Queen's University
Founder @popinshop, @kickir-studios • Studied at @wharton-school, @university-of-waterloo
Founder & CTO @viafoura. Toronto. U of T Computer Science. I blog about what I learn in business/startups and taekwondo alighafour.com
CTO at @23press; previously Lead Developer at @b5media, founder of Jaxified.
http://www.icedteapowered.com/
Founder @ludo-1, @ion8 • Worked at @ibm, @the-ben-farella-group • Studied at @stanford-university, @seneca-college-of-applied-arts-and-technology
http://soundteknologies.tumblr.com/
startup, intellectual property and international criminal lawyer - business development and government relations consultant - diplo-brat and photographer
http://alittlebitofjake.wordpress.com
VP, Business Development @500px. Strong background in Fortune 500 sales and strategic relationship development.
Partner at Heartland Capital Partners Corp.
Worked at @kiva @TheLeanLawyer-LawOffice @paper Kite Foundation • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @michigan-state-university @university-of-ottawa-1
Founding Director of @getfilmi and Principal at @design-guru. Constantly exploring the world's music through editing globetronica.org and indianelectronica.com
http://designguru.org/blog
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of @talem-health-solutions • Worked @mcgill-university-design-services • Studied at Architecture and Management @McGill
http://ampaquette.wordpress.com/
Founder of @huddlers
https://medium.com/@aepstein32
Founder @taptrack • Worked at @ge, @snc-lavalin-group-inc • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @project-management-professional-pmp-pmi
Co-Founder/CEO of Hypejar
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
CEO Co Founder Horizn. Award-winning creative director and technologist. Worked at Syncapse, Interpublic, Euro Havas
Founder @cover • Did work for @microsoft, @visa and many others over the past 15 years.
Co-Founder at Spently
Co-Founder @cloudexchange. Former Wealth Management @raymond-james-financial and Musician @universal-music-group.
Vice President, Strategy at @sigma-systems, Co-Founder @jingu Apps Inc., Kellogg MBA
15 years sales & operations. 9 years entrepreneur. Company #2. CEO of online furniture platform @remotestylist-com. Canadian!
Founder @woof • Studied at @stanford-university, @wharton-school, @guelph.
Building more intimate relationships for dogs, their parents and local dog communities.
Marketing & Strategic Alliances at Nano Magnetics. Commercialization ninja. Seneca Business Grad. Guinness World Record holder.
Event Inventor at T+H Events, Marketing Manager @theworkinggroup, on the @startupwkndTO organising team.
Founder and CIO @talem-health-solutions • Healthcare Innovator and Entrepreneur
President at 411 Local Search Corp.
Former VP of IT @PorterAirlines (Canada's 3rd largest scheduled airline)
Entrepreneur;
Deloitte Alumnus;
Tired of status quo in transportation industry.
Founder and CEO of Hammerati. UX Designer and Engineer. Ex-Researcher at Advanced Micro Devices.
http://blog.carloperez.com
Founder HitSend • Worked at @ryerson-university-1, @york-university • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @york-university-1
http://www.grahammccarthy.com/blog/
Entrepreneur and Independent Business & Technology Strategist
http://blog.latimer.ca
Co-Founder of Knack Registry. Product Manager (@microsoft, Blueprint Systems), with Strong Product, and Technical (MS Columbia, BA @pomona-college College) background.
Founder of FanCrank, and fan of all things good!
Founder K Network • Teacher • Studied at @mount-allison-university, @queen-s-university. Debate coach, bad chess player. Stubborn do-gooder.
Entrepreneur, Advisor to startups, Consulting growth companies
Entrepreneur, software engineer, and author. Founder @dynamatik.
http://www.faisalabid.com
Led seven startups. Built #1 iPad Banking App http://bit.ly/9ZL6AY, Designer and developer of innovative mobile apps and services.
Founder & CEO of @JazLabs. Digital Innovator. Entrepreneur. Builder. Guide. Proud Father.
CEO & President of boutique investment banking firm. Focus on Capital Raising, Debt Advisory and M&A for small and mid-market companies.
see Vincent J Vincent profile
Software Engineer at @linkedin. Previously co-founded @thoora.
CoFounder @smartlabs, @sourced-fm • Worked at @bnotions @royal-bank-of-canada • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @hasso-plattner-institute-1
VP, Product and Technology Strategy @cossette-lab & lead Toronto Lab. Worked @critical-mass, @organic, @ddb, @mars-discovery-district . Founder @homewire.
@microsoft Alumni, Interened @rim, Currently a Sr. Technical PM @appnique. I get things done and make magic happen.
http://www.bluepixel.ca
At the delta of Design, Development, and Entrepreneurship.
http://blog.arwid.ca
Co-Founder/Head of team @crowdhelps. Experience: Co-Founder@Twinon and @helloru, Admin/QA extraordinaire @causecart.
http://pinterest.com/crowdhelps/
Co-Founder and CEO of @lessonvendor the marketplace for local, private lessons
Founder & CEO of @kiinzel. Born and raised entrepreneur.
Co-founder & CEO @seamlessmd. Physician with expertise in hospital readmissions.
http://www.joshualiu.ca
Product Management leader at @research-in-motion; redefined mobile email, brought @livemocha to 10M users • MASc in Systems Design at @university-of-waterloo
http://socialgraphpaper.blogspot.com
Co-Founder and CEO of Wattage Inc. Former Partner at Teehan+Lax. 18 years of experience designing and building digital products.
http://jeremybell.com
Business Analyst by Day; Start-up evangelist by night. Director of Awesome @beaconize; where I bring together smart people to solve unique problems.
http://blog.beaconize.com
Founded first company at age 23.
Ran a successful digital marketing firm for 12 years. Strong product development background and technical expertise.
Founder at Quandl, the search engine for data. Former bond trader. BTech IITB. Interested in markets, technology and their intersection. Data geek.
Founder/CEO @happy-monday, @think-dirty
http://www.happymonday.ca
Worked at @the-gores-group @deutsche-bank, @oliver-wyman @ibm • Studied at @richard-ivey-school-of-business
CEO and Founder of Groovie. CMO and Founder of Dingo Mobile (acquired September '12).
Founder @comic-reply, @giant-step-1 • Studied at @university-of-toronto
http://comicreply.com
CEO, Co-Founder of Moment.Us. Licensed Professional Engineer (PEO). Rotman MBA 2009. PhD candidate at Manchester Business School, DJ and music producer.
http://blog.wearemoment.us
Co-founder of DataSprocket, experienced full-stack startup web app developer for numerous startups, enterprise computing/sys-admin experience, IU grad
http://joeauty.com
Co-Founder @hovr-it & @Boomurangapp• Studied at @mcmaster-university
Founder @instant-chemistry, @university-of-toronto Engineer & MBA, @medical-devices R&D background. Enjoy tackling big challenges. An aspiring astronaut.
Founder of @FreshCanteen, full-stack software developer and lover of food.
Founder at @tapfun Worked at @extendmedia • Studied at @mcgill-university, @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill
http://tapfun.com/blog
GrowthRoute founder, ex-BCG, @stanford-university MBA, Fulbright
http://www.growthtimes.com
Co-Founder of Spently
CEO of Dirt. Strong background in real estate development. Master's in architecture + real estate from Penn.
http://brandondonnelly.com
CPO @slyce, Founder @Hovrit & @Boomurangapp • Worked @research In Motion, @teva Pharmaceutical Industries • Studied at @mcmaster-university
Co-Founder of @knok-me, Coder & Designer
Management & Strategy Consultant. Founder @data-deck, @absolu-media & CMG. Developer of strategies in Healthcare & Technology.
CEO of HealthWizer. Disruptive Health & Bio-tech Enthusiast, Transhumanist and Tai Chi Practitioner.
First tech startup at 16, funded by the Ontario Govt. Developed social strategies and technology for multiple coorporations, awarded the fbFund in 2009.
Founder of Socially Collaborative Media, Inc. Have worked at the edge of media/tech startups since 2001. Serial entrepreneur. Blogger. Foodie. Lover of life.
http://Spidvid.com/blog
Worked at @parkbench
Founder Projexity • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania @university-of-delaware. Six years of experience in landscape architecture + urban planning.
https://blog.projexity.com/
CEO and Founder of @voices and @glassly. Member of the C100 and CommuniTech. Alumni of the @cta. Current nominee for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award.
I run an offshore software development boutique for startups and emerging web companies.
Founder projexity • Studied at @university-of-pennsylvania-1, @university-of-toronto
Founder @managinglife • Former technology strategy consultant with @ibm • PEng. (Comp) from @university-of-toronto, MBA from @rotman-school-of-management
Studied at @york-university-1
Founder @ecoswarm, @cloudgrid
Co-Founder and CTO @seamlessmd • Worked at @vodafone incubator and venture capital • Entrepreneur @the-next-36
An entrepreneur and product innovator with over 10 years of experience in successfully leading products to market.
Founder, @dracogen-strategic-investments.
Co-Founder and CEO, @xe-com-inc
Co-Founder, Director, and Investor, Wifarer.
Director and Investor, @bet-smart-media.
Founder of Videogami, a startup using interactive video to bring the best of Maker attitudes to the classroom with a high dose of playful learning
http://fabspaces.cc
CEO and co-founder @klothed. Formerly CEO and co-founder @octopz (sold 2011), CEO and founder @diginiche, Studied @york University
Founder @netrenos-1, MyCityMuse • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @york-university-1
Founder @designedux• Worked at @savvica, @desire2learn-inc • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @university-of-nottingham
Experienced full-stack developer / project manager, gets things done! Worked at @nortel Networks, studied Computer Engineering at the @university of Toronto. @comicreply
Founder @ttr-staging-rental-systems • Worked at @ogilvy, @siemens • Studied at @massachusetts-institute-of-technology, @university-of-british-columbia - Researcher, for MLA of BC Legislative Assembly
https://sites.google.com/site/alleongmarketingstrategy/
Co-Founder of QKD corp. Postdoc at MIT. Expert on quantum secure communication.
I like making things. Combining design, tech and biz skills. I've built mobile social apps that have served 20+ million users.
Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Founder @yoketown, Sence • Worked at @goldman-sachs, @morgan-stanley • Studied at @stanford-university, @university-of-waterloo
https://medium.com/@fon_tran
Founder @cardign @alertly | @university-of-waterloo-2 BMath | Apps for @msn @linkedin @univision @pbs @rogers-communications-inc @cbc-radio-canada-1
Co-founder @ Roadmunk. Co-founder @ Pokerspace and Product Manager @ Miovision. All things startup and product.
http://www.jellymind.com
Founder @navut • Worked at @procter-gamble-2, @air-canada • MBA at @queen-s-university, @fundacao-getulio-vargas
Built and sold a digital content business. Founded influencer marketplace Influicity, transforming the world of video influencer marketing.
Founder/CEO Guideally • Traveler by heart • Photographer by passion • Entrepreneur by ambition • Dog person by choice
Founder @sensimat, @williamfmann; Ivey MBA 2012; Strong healthcare products background, health economics, KOL mgmt, med comm.
Founder Four O Nine • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @jagiellonian-university
Founder AppAdvisor • Studied at @university-of-liverpool
Co-Founder of @classvantage with a successful exit of my first startup — Cadee. I have experience in bus dev, marketing and customer support.
co-founder, chime (acq. hubspot). worked at mckinsey & microsoft.
Co-Founder @joggle-io • Studied at @seneca-college-of-applied-arts-and-technology
Program Manager @communitech-hyperdrive @communitech. Founder @shield-diagnostics , @unbound-books. Engineer from @UofWaterloo.
Founder @shift-health-paradigms, @happening-hamilton • Studied at @mcmaster-university
Co-founder Expertise Finder, former TV journalist @ The Agenda with Steve Paikin, ongoing ex-USSR election monitor, transit geek, Zuckerberg look-alike
CEO of @girlfriend-social. Strong Social Media presence across all networks including over 3 million followers on Google+. Coder, CEO, and UberGeekGirl.
http://www.amandablain.com
Founder @logistadvise Worked at Penske and C.A.T. Logistics. MBA 2014. Ambitious, tireless work ethic and obsessed with logistics.
Co-founder @fitzii. Global experience from UK, Sweden, Silicon Valley and Canada. MBA from Rotman School of Management (Valedictorian)
https://blog.fitzii.com
Founder Modastic Groupe • Mathie at @university-of-waterloo. Worked at @caijing, @deutsche-bank , @bmo-capital-markets .
Serial entrepreneur. Founder VRTR Tech (sold to private investor). Seabright (sold to private investor). MBA @stockholm-school-of-economics
End-to-end epic scale apps in Java, fun with node and angular, love for redis. Asynchronous IO, distributed processing, and responsive webapps.
Education: BA Sales and Marketing graduate. Sold over 30MM+ in tech products and 50MM+ in real estate. @sundaybell-1 is going to surpass both combined.
http://www.sundaybell.com/classroom/
Co-founder @seamlessmd, Canada's Next 36
COO and Co-Founder at @uberflip, Randy wears many hats including strategy, operations, sales and execution of Uberflip's solution. Schulich MBA 2006.
Co-founder of @locawoka. Seasoned Management & Technology Advisor. Crowdsourcing Advocate. Self-Empowerment Fan. Aspiring Writer.
Chief Product Developer & Strategist at T-TAG
Founder of Friendefi. Expertise: loyalty industry, product and business development. Worked at Aeroplan (AIMIA), Air Miles (LoyaltyOne), Star Alliance GmbH.
http://friendefi.wordpress.com
Co-founder of @capucina Inc.; PhD Student at @university-of-toronto; Worked at @facebook.
Founder @trendmd-inc-1, Clinician-Scientist in Psychiatry @university-of-toronto , business background @mcgill-university. Published in NEJM, CMAJ, etc.
Technology Entrepreneur & Founder @xxxxx-1 • Studied at @university-of-guelph
http://www.smithsonmaritn.tumblr.com
CompSci student, Coffee-dependent developer, Co-founder and CTO at @oonbox
Form & Function. Branding, Strategy, Art Direction, UI/UX Design + Dev. Polymath, hacker and entrepreneur. Co-Founder @drnk-to & @popshop-1 • Worked at @hopskoch
CTO of @cloudcor. Proficient in launching successful initiatives. I'm quick learner & progressive thinker, building disruptive innovations.
http://cloudcomputing.livejournal.com
Founder Cyberaxiom • Studied at @university-of-waterloo • Full Stack Developer
Director of Development @swish-labs. Formerly @macquarie-bank @rbc-capital-markets. Studied @university-of-western-ontario @richard-ivey-school-of-business.
COO of Koru. Lead sales associate at Medcan. Started PR firm that was acquired. Ran Canada's top biz plan comp. Business, @queen-s-university University.
Product Manager at Kinetic Cafe / Former Biz Dev Exec at BaseKit / Finance & Economics Degrees from UWO
Founder of SportsHedge.
http://www.twitter.com/megapicks
Founder and co-CEO of @ingamer. Digital Media professional & Sports expert.
http://blog.ingamer.com
Founder OnTab, team builder, visionary, innovator, patents in authentication systems, PhD in security and cryptography
Founder of Karrot.ca. 2nd software startup out of university. Studied marketing at Wilfrid Laurier. Strong product management background, complemented by mrk & sales.
Founder @2012, Brainier Kids Company • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Co-Founder @fixo • Co-Founder @triposhare • @the-next-36 Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur, Investor & Techie passionate about innovation and good design. Internet, mobile, payments and customer loyalty.
Founder/CTO of Glimpse • @the-next-36 Alum • Worked at @deloitte-consulting • Software Engineering/Tech Entrepreneurship from @mcgill-university
CEO at Cumulonimbus.
Founder @my-studio-assistant, @nuvisto-inc • Studied at @carleton-university, @university-of-toronto
Founder & CEO at Neptune
Co-founded @visionary-igaming, a live online casino provider, in 2008.
Co-founder of Volume
MASc at @university-of-toronto • Worked at @ibm, @amd • YCombinator Alumni • Amature Boxer
Co-founder of @gossipz.
Founder & CEO of @finizi, former banker, featured in several publications (Financial Post, Investment Executive, etc.), Schulich School of Business BBA.
http://blog.finizi.com
Studying Technology and Innovation in Education @harvard. Founder of @death-happens. Internal Medicine MD. Documentary filmmaker.
Founder and CEO at Fastr, Founder at Snowvel • Strong Business Background, Product Guy, Internet Junky, Finance, Building successful business relations.
Co-founder and Managing Director @digiflare
Founder @red-square-labs-inc, Property Pinz • Studied at @niagara-community-college
Founder InstaElite • Top 1% iOS developer; 15+ apps in top 200 ranks • Bitmaker Labs alumni
Worked at @top-hat, @uberflip • Studied at @stanford-university
Founder BackSpin • Ran interactive agency A51 for 16 years. Studied at @mcgill-university, @university-of-guelph
Director of moniSuite. Previous start up experience. Banking & payments thought leader; senior executive positions globally @ Citi, IBM, @accenture, FIS Global.
Hacker, Entrepreneur, Human
Founder, CEO + President of @hubster. Entrepreneur. Worked at Rogers, TD Wealth, CCH, Walt Disney Animation
I love to visualize, create and change things. Always connecting with bright, interesting people makes my life so wonderful.
Founder @studybucks • Studied at @dalhousie-university, @university-of-toronto
VP at Doric Homes • Worked at @capital-one, @gymlife • Studied at @university-of-toronto
http://www.bijanahmadi.com
Founder @ReactorApps
Founder @woof • Worked at @niteroll • Studied at @mcmaster-university
Full-time thinker, part-time savant. Founder @fondly , @groudu , @ticket-elephant • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder Rechnor • Worked at @upverter • Studying at @george-brown-college, @ryerson-university
Co-Founder and CEO at Homefed • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @simon-fraser-university
http://www.stevenwang.me
Early-stage digital investor, Rookie Dragon, spa owner ( Vida ) and family guy.
Founder @prevly. CEO @spr-consult. Entrepreneur & consultant in the healthcare management & technology space.
Founder of @taab, simplifying mobile payments. Waterloo ElecEng & CompEng graduate. Master's student at Toronto. Second software startup after UW.
http://www.xitjipatel.com/
Tech entrepreneur, advisor, dad3.0, mountain-biker, guitar hack, car-nut, recovering Diet Coke addict. Also founded @freshtransition.
Co-Founder @fixo • Co-Founder Fusion Kitchen • HSBC Woman Leader of Tomorrow • @the-next-36 Entrepreneur
Founder of @spinzo. Engineering degree from @university-of-waterloo. Worked at @mckinsey-company, @google, and @barclays-capital. More: www.elmajian.com
Founder @digital Brain Zone Also, Ph.D in biomedical engineering @McGill University
Passionate about building & scaling digital product startups
http://alirsaberi.wordpress.com/
Co-Founder of CrowdLinker.com • Entrepreneur • Passionate about solving problems through great user experience and design. HBA from @university-of-toronto.
Founder @crowdemotion, Cotton Group • Worked at @vision-critical, @img. Global sales & strategy expertise in kicking off new products and new markets
Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog
Founder of OK GROW! where I help startups | Past Director of Technology at GigPark (acquired 2009), developed v1 of TurboTax Online (Canada) at Intuit in 2001
Founder/CEO of @www-myblackcard-ca. Owner of Identity Clothing, been in business for 8 years. Founder/CEO of MyBenefitCard. Very connected, and love new Idea's
Innovative entrepreneur and results driven Sales Professional • Founder @venuespace @tilgreen-aviation-inc • Worked at @xerox • Growth Specialist • Team Leader
http://www.chrispetersen.ca
CEO at @verold
http://verold.com/blog
Management Consultant at IBM Consulting. Strong business background (ex-@HootSuite, @westjet, @cibc-world-markets). Gustavson alumni.
www.connoredwards.com
http://www.allthingsconnor.com
Founder of @feedseed. Experienced investor and entrepreneur. Finance guy who left the street. Founded @speak-telecom, acquired '08. MFIN @queen-s-university, BA Hons UWO.
Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. VP Product & Marketing @sitescout (acquired '13). Co-founder @toyotanation (acquired '06).
Founder @scolaris • Studied at @university-of-toronto; MD from All Saints University. Lecturer, Educator; Avid Musician, Artist and Entrepreneur
Engineer. Father. Archery Coach. Startup Advisor. Social media & mobile technology consultant. Building technologies that will rock your social future.
CEO & Founder Digital Retail Apps • Worked at @gemini-consulting, @the-mac-group • Ivey MBA Set to disrupt retail shopping and payments
Co-founder @clayza. Full-stack developer. Canadian Lightweight Rower. Degree in BioMedical Computing, Masters in Computer Assisted Surgery.
Co-founder of @49st-technologies-corp Early employee at Cryptologic. PhD in Chem Eng'g (@university-of-toronto).
Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com
Founder @umyum • Worked at @new-york-university-1 • Studied at @new-york-university, @cornell-university
Founder & CEO of @sowingo-com-corp • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon • Alumni at @northwestern-university, @university-of-toronto
http://blog.sowingo.com
Recent founder of LiveXp,proven record of success in domestic/international strategic planning/business development (Nokia, IBM), Waterloo grad & World traveler
Founder SPE-mail • Worked at @boardsuite • Studied at @university-paul-verlaine-metz
Founder TVphoon • Worked at @kiinzel, @qualcomm • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
PhD candidate at University of @oxford-university in Mechanical Engineering as Rhodes Scholar. Teacher and strong generalist engineer who can code.
http://www.kezboard.ca/blog
Procurement at GlaxoSmithKline
Co-Author of "BOLD: Get Noticed, Get Hired"
http://www.joshuasiva.com
Founder, CEO of 1Datapoint Medical Devices Inc.
Multilingual, with global work experience at Goldman Sachs, IBM, and Perimeter Esecurity.
UofT Rotman MBA, 2007
Co-Founder @gotoclassroom, @pesome-1, @wheretolist-1 , @ilearnulearn. Studied at University of Saskatchewan, McMaster University.
Co-Founder of @cryptiv @market-clouds-1. Financial market junkie. Biz dev. Stock and options broker. Trader.
Senior technology leader with 15 years of hands-on experience growing small to medium-sized companies into market leaders through strategic process development.
http://www.processrefactored.com
Founder @lifestats • Founded @imla-inc Worked at @McKinsey, @jp-morgan-chase
Founder @lucova. Worked at @ibm, @accenture, @cibc, @td-canada-trust
Founded Unspace and BuzzData; Toronto Rails guy; start-up advisor and tech strategist; I connect interesting people and help my clients avoid fucking up.
http://hackertourism.com/
Founder Jill and Jack
http://www.jillandjackkids.com
Founder of StylePixi • Studied at @princeton-university
Mike is an information systems professional with experience in design, front/back-end dev, usability engineering and information architecture.
Founder @stackadapt • Founder @Uni+ • Worked at @bloomberg • Studied at @university-of-toronto
CEO ConferenceChecker. An innovative thinker and networker extraordinaire–deep roots in the conference industry on both the attendee,advisor and organizer sides and in the Life Science industry.
Co-Founder at HouseIt • Studied at @ryerson-university
CEO at @shore-up
Founder of ACW & CMI. Founded two media co's prior, exited 1 outdoor media co. Built a career in media at Canada's largest fashion majors + tech @ Xerox, 3Com
Founder of @kukuzoo-1.Designer and Animator.
Co-founder @clayza. Serial entrepreneur. Degree in Media Studies. Passionate about the merging of art and tech. Amateur rockstar.
Founder of @blabloud
Dad. Founder & Product guy at Lifemap.
Previously Investment Banker in the US & Canada with over $6Bln in transactions.
Founder of PartnerConnection and Crystal Owl Consulting • Studied at @university-of-waterloo and worked at @loblaws as an analyst
http://www.loveofpatisserie.com
Founder & CTO of Nifcee. From sys-ops to stylesheets and literally everything in between. I live for tech and love to see it pushed forward.
CEO at @travelog-pte-ltd . Worked @ibm and @dell-computer.
Business grad from @university-of-toronto-1
Founder Flextrela • Worked at @thomson-reuters, @opentext • Studied at @rensselaer-polytechnic-institute, @bauman-moscow-state-technical-university
CTO @seamless-planet
PhD Computer Aided Design
Founder EARMILK • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Co-Founder, CEO of Edusight • ex-Strategy Consultant at Monitor Deloitte • Studied Mathematics at @university-of-waterloo
Founder Nautilus Labs Private Limited
http://www.nautilus-labs.com/blog
CEO - Have built and sold several companies, currently building the next big one.
Founder Gratious • Worked at @zynga, @amazon • Studied at Software Engineering @university-of-waterloo
Worked at @sun-microsystems, @accenture • Studied at @york-university-1
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder @spe-mail-1, SPE-mail • Worked at @fraunhofer • Studied at @university-of-washington, @universidad-central-de-barcelona, Ph.D. Physics, Information Assessment
Engineer & Entrepreneur • Founder @inlocus-1 • Worked @polar-mobile @esight @blackberry-2 • Studied Engineering @uwaterloo
CCO @ Cardign. UI / UX specialist. York University / Sheridan College Bachelor of Design, Honours. Clients include CTV, Weather Network, Rogers, TheScore, RONA.
Founder ShelfLife
Driven is a startup program designed to accelerate young minority led startups in the digital space.
CEO of @Cosmic Development
Founder of @crouzz & @BuckandSpitz. Studied at the @college-of-wooster
Chief Gaming Officer & Owner @RevoltServers + Co-Founder at Modde | I am a creative, passionate young entrepreneur from Montreal.
Founder @simplefilter, @blogchat, @MindMayhem • Worked at @wineclubreviews-net, @quikktutor • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder & CEO Xtreme Interactions, strong techno commercial background, numerous innovations, $500M+ in new bus dev, and prestigious math and physics awards.
Founder of Adladl. Co-founder of Conxsys Inc, a turnkey system provider, acquired in 2000. Developed Teralet, a mobile location browser. Co-founder Viamerge.com
Co-founder / CPO @homefed. Strong design and tech background, studied Industrial Design at OCADU
http://www.blog.eathomefed.com
Ayokunnu Are is an international financier and advisor who has worked in the private banking and financial services industry for over 20 years.
Founder of @mma-victor Inc - A new social and mobile fantasy gaming platform. Looking for advisors and investors for it.
Founder @Karmagaming . Serial entrepreneur with strong track record of success. Top 40 Under 40 recipient in Canada. YPO member.
Looking for new gig in partnerships/project-product/strategy, special focus on social impact • ruby on rails dabbler • @carleton-university M.A.
http://jeffmbernstein.tumblr.com
Co-Founder and COO @gata-labs. Former Investment Banker. CFA Charter Candidate. Queen's Commerce Alum.
Founder Commentair Tech. BIB Carleton U
Co-founder in the 5th wave of Start-Up Chile. Runner. Above-median.
eBusiness entrepreneur and brand consultant; 20 years of experience in trademark law; J.D., B.Eng., CHRM
Co-founder of @polltogo. Engineer, former biomedical researcher.
Founder at Koge Vitamins. Former institutional equity sales analyst at Sprott Asset Management. 10 years of experience in the nutraceutical industry!
Founder and Lead Developer at Sixceed Inc, VP Enginerring at Burufly
CPO of Sniply
Founder Skimtoon and LVC Investment, Specialize in Financial analysis and operations Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Entrepreneur. Masters of Digital Media 2014 @digital-media-zone-at-ryerson-university.
Co-Founder and CEO of Find My Itin. 4 year consulting background. PMP. Passionate about travel and photography.
http://goingawesomeplaces.com
Founder of Foobli & Tworp. Experience in Business Consulting & Business Plan Development. MBA (2014) - Majoring in Marketing, Strategy, & Brand Management.
Founder @2life
Corporate commercial lawyer and legal editor. Assisted in business start-ups. Active volunteer in child-care and education.
Ceo of Owned Entertainment, writer/exec producer of doc about GSP (the UFC's top PPV draw) writer/producer/director of several released MMA film and TV projects
Founder @stockpad • Full-stack Software Engineer, Skydiver from Canada • Worked at @scotia-capital, @td-securities • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder @openease • Worked at @ebay, @zerofootprint • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
http://www.telmperez.com
Business Development Lead @functional-imperative . Founder @un-lease-com MBA with a history of hustle and background in sales & entrepreneurship.
http://un-lease.com/blog
Founder @adcquire • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @humber-college
http://blog.chrilson.com
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
Founder Vidliv
CEO Evry. BscH, Strategy & product guidance for startups & brands in the mobile, web, & social space. Love fashion, travel, event planning & lol'ing w friends
Founder and CTO of Hammerati. Computational AI @ University of Toronto. Ex-IBM, HP, Compaq.
Founder Spotartist, Spotartist • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcmaster-university
Fashion photographer, frontend developer and mech engineer. Cofounder at Gizmolabs and Talentell.
Co-Founder of FundMetric. Marketing expert with strong background in charities and fundraising. Interested in fundraising, marketing communications, statistics.
http://www.chriskol.com
Founder @virtual-next, @cellclients • Worked at @best-buy • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @rotman-school-of-management
http://blog.virtualnext.com
CTO at @lanamark
President, Pintegrate. Previously GM of @nortel's $200M Enterprise Messaging portfolio & @open-text's FirstClass Division, creators of @open-text Social Workplace.
Head of Marketing and Business Development at @pricetag
Multitude of business development experience in various fields. Passion for technology in general, mobile technologies in particular.
Co-Founder/CEO @yunite ; Grad school dropout; Retired national team athlete. Building my own adventure.
Cofounder at @questr-co, Toronto
http://www.flickr.com/photos/qinchuhan/
Community Manager & Marketer • @university-of-waterloo, York University & @startupinst Alum
CTO of Sniply
Founder of @2life: the app for your relationship
Meteor js, d3js, and lodash. Some Angularjs, Ruby on Rails. Biochem double major, certified financial planner, writer, number-cruncher.
http://royalarseasks.wordpress.com/
Founder @rt-code-spark-software-ltd • Worked at @computer-task-group, @ibm, @canadian-broadcasting-corporation, @university-of-western-ontario, @x-eye
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/rizwan-tejpar
Thinkin' about stuff...
Founder of @loadup @kriticc @zestfuse @emfixr - Innovative guy that creates dynamic and super social platforms.
CEO of Kimberfire. Previously diamond industry manufacturing, business development and wholesale, followed by resources investment banking.
Worked at @electronic-arts, @nortel-networks • Studied at @queen-s-university, @schulich-school-of-business
Founder of @made-with-magnolia. Gemini award-winning digital producer.
http://www.michaelyokota.com
Founder at Ontab. Alumni @the-next-36 . Co-founded @triumf-rewards . Studied Economics and Entrepreneurship @university-of-toronto-1
Co-Founder and CEO at @adjuno, Former medical researcher at The Hospital for Sick Children.
Masters in Management 2013 UCD. University of Toronto HBA graduate. Founder/CEO of SportsEh. Changing the face of Canadian sports.Think Rivals meets Yardbarker.
Founder @artisana • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario / Developing e-commerce in South America.
Co-founded in 2006 by Frank Svatousek, Carta Worldwide operates at the convergence of payment systems and technology.
http://franksvatousek.tumblr.com
Founder @pearson-spectre • Worked at @xyz-associates, @acme-corp-3 • Studied at @mcgill-university, @devry-university
http://www.jacobadams.com/blog
Jack of all trades, Master of none
Founder and CEO @fhotoroom , Worked at IBM, also Microsoft Partner and BizSpark Plus Member, school Ryerson.
Founder Jirnee (Journey) • Studied at @northeastern-university
Studied @copenhagen-business-school School, @ryerson-university University • CPA, CA in Private Equity • Competitive Swimmer
Founder of FitFriend. Previously worked as a mobile developer building apps for media companies.
http://postblogism.tumblr.com/
M.Sc.A.C. student at UofT; Passionate about technology; Focused on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing; Actively engaged in innovative projects;
Founder, Managing Director, Double Helix, Previous: Phoenix Biomolecular. Serial technology entrepreneur, Engineering Physics, Molecular Biology, Innovation.
Founder @premiumwebsitebrokers-com • Studied at @mcgill-university
Founder of soundsLARGE. The very first electronic music discovery platform. Users on soundsLARGE can discover music as well as read & learn about it.
http://www.soundsLARGE.com
Founder Addibuy • Studied at @schulich-school-of-business Founder @addibuy
Studied at @politechnic-university-of-bucharest
Founder @buzzdraft, @blushberry • Studied at @mcgill-university
Serial entrepreneur with a passion for building event ticketing engines in the cloud.
Founder + CEO of @begift
Dad. African. Co-Founder & CEO - @willstream Labs.
http://blog.willstream.com
Founder of Luvly Marletplace. Co-founder of Spills the Beans and Share as Image
Founder STUDEO • Worked at @alias-wavefront-@alias-wavefront • Studied at @ryerson-university
Operations specialist. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Co-Founder at Kingmaker (now a Joyus company) and serial entrepreneur.
Electrical engineering graduate, online marketing enthusiast, SEO fanatic, builder of websites, owner of too many domain names.
http://www.alexwideman.com
Worked at @mobile-roadie, @microsoft-accelerator-for-windows-azure-israel • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario
HBA Candidate at Richard Ivey School of Business
Founder Project: SPACES • Studied at @queen-s-university
http://instagram.com/jefhow
Founder @gymlife • Studied at @university-of-toronto
Work at @to-punchy, @plum-traders-inc • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @george-brown-college
Founder Blibbing.com. Just a guy trying to build cool and exciting products.
Co-Founder & President at @twohoursnorth.com.
http://blog.twohoursnorth.com/
Worked at @nestle • Strong business background. Richard Ivey School of Business HBA 2013.
Co-Founder Whopaid.it, Co-Founded Shoy.com, Alum Student Brand Manager at Red Bull. Good with people, words and obstacles. No-nonsense, creative and lean.
http://whopaidit.wordpress.com
Javascript Enthusiast. Strong technical background in Web Development
http://nglearn.tumblr.com/
- Cofounder at @orchard
- Founder of Technest Consulting Group
- PR & Marketing at Radar Entertainment
Product and design guy at heart.
Canadian. McGill Student. Entrepreneur. @EsntlApparel
Founder Property Vista • CEO at @Property Vista, CEO @transglobe-property-management
http://propertyvista.com/blog/
Worked at @edusight • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder of nmodes. Father, linguist, programmer, motivator and organiser, technology visionary
CEO, Founder at @sanga-yoga
Strong digital media entrepreneur in the natural health industry. Founded Synnergy Group Inc. Studied at @LaurentianU and @BondUniversity.
Working on @shario & @ming-labs-gmbh (@MINGlabs)
http://SalesEnablement.wordpress.com