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I'm a passionate startup founder with expertise in SEO, growth marketing, building online communities, and product development. I am currently working on www.foundersbeta.com to build the ultimate online hub for tech companies, scale ups, and startups. I believe in the power of entrepreneurship to create opportunities for all. I'm also a top ranked tennis player and like to play chess. I'm always up for a conversation about business, marketing, and tennis. If you're reaching out please send in a customized message so I know why you are connecting! Area of Expertise: - Marketing and Growth hacking: Community Building, Content Marketing, Social Strategy and Community Management, Email Marketing, Software as a Service (SaaS), Startup Branding, Guerrilla tactics, Side-project Marketing, Lead generation, SEO, SEM, PPC, and link building - Product Development: MVP, user acquisition, user retention - Web App Development: WordPress, HTML, CSS, CMS - Team Building: Recruitment and retention Speaker & Professional Talks: - Startup Judge at Laurier University March 24, 2024 - Speaker at University of Western Career Fair, Feb 27 2024 - Speaker at Startup Laurier at Laurier University, Nov 8 2023 - Wagefest by Wagepoint October 5, 2022 - Harvard University April 29, 2022 - Guest speaker Humber College April 7, 2021 - Startup Judge Cohort Pitch Sheridan College and UTM, August 25, 2020 - Canadian Undergraduate Tech Conference July 18, 2020 - TechTO Speaker April 27, 2020 - Guest speaker Sheridan College Marketing program, Dec 5, 2019 - Startup Judge Sheridan College Leap Labs, Nov 28, 2019 - Startup Judge Next Canada - Oct 5, 2019 - Ryerson University Startup Judge with Sage Canada National Competition presented the awards - May18, 2018 - Ryerson University Finding Cofounders and Building a Startup Team - October 27, 2016 - Ryerson University Twitter Chat Voices of Experience: Entrepreneurship - Nov. 10, 2016 - University of Toronto Mississauga Student Entrepreneurship: Featured Speaker - Nov. 18, 2016 - Startup Tech Unleashed Open Sky Incubator Waterloo: Featured Speaker - Nov. 29, 2016 - Get connected 2017 at Communitech for University of Waterloo students - March 24, 2017