Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Vancouver.
Founder of @presentate. Frmly UI+UX at @apple, Product Designer at @apture (acq. by @google), creator of Modernizr (used on 800k+ sites globally).
http://farukat.es/
Marketing consultant for startups. Blogger at Marketing Before Funding. Worked at HootSuite, uCoz.
Founder @kiind || Worked at @metalab, UEnd.org, & Schneider Electric. || Former pro triathlete.
http://leifbaradoy.com
Director of Marketing @playerize. Co-Founder, Advisor at @foodtree & @donde . Advisor at 20 Something Bloggers. @stanford-university Soccer Captain.
http://dshan.me/blog/
Tech-savvy marketer building @allocadia • Worked at @philips, @responsetek • Studied Engineering @university-of-sheffield, MBA @cranfield-university
Wharton MBA (Finance & Mktg), Founder & CEO of CashmereBoutique.com, Boutiquejewels.com and VancouverLuxuryHomeRentals.com.
Founder Financial Vancouver Webzine • Worked at @paypal • Studied at @technical-university-of-denmark, @warsaw-university-of-technology
Technophile with big systems experience applied to brand new start-ups and established enterprises. Loves making a difference in sales, delivery and strategy.
Maker. Marketer. Musician. Motorcyclist.
Co-founder @dineserve. iOS and Go engineer. Previously co-founded @nutrivise (@startx, sold to @jawbone). Studied CS.
http://zkirill.com
Co-Founder @lighthouse-labs-1, investor @retsly (acq @zillow), @picatic and @careguide. Former consultant turned entrepreneur building tools for SMBs.
Designer at @hootsuite | snowboarding, coffee, pixels & pens
http://cozycashew.com
Founder: @bryght, first commercial business focused on Drupal; @bootup-labs, first Canadian seed accelerator. Now: napkin capital @fullstackventures
http://blog.bmannconsulting.com
Content, Community, and Social
http://tech-book.tumblr.com
Co-founder and Head of Marketing @bench. @techstars NY 2012. Former Small Business Market expert at BlackBerry.
Creator of popular and game-changing products and services like @tingle, @rosterbot, @ringcentral and more.
Author & former Apple Research Fellow.
http://www.ianbell.com
Founder @phonegap-1 @robotreplay, @nitobi-software • Worked at @adobe-systems • Investor @groupiter, @toshl-finance • Ski Bum with a Job.
Founder @mashpotato @george-5 • Studied at @university-of-guelph, @george-5 Brown
http://stephenduke.tumblr.com/
21-year-old web entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of HelpHub.
Business Development @humanapi
Co-founded @bex.io, @Spawngrid, @railsware. Open Source developer. Public speaker. Multidisciplinarian. Cryptocurrencies aficionado
Founder of @promo, @viral-foundry. Previously: EiR at @fullstackventures
http://kenny.is
Marketing & PR. Currently a cmgr at @farm-at-hand and @canadian-cloud-council - Interzone. Previously @growlab @blackberry-2 .
I believe design + entrepreneurship are quantumly entangled.
Founder @dccper, @goa.me. Worked at @bnotions, @indivibe-com
http://dccper.com/blog
Bachelors Degree in Economics at the University of California: Irvine. Marketing at Procurify.
Founder and CEO at weeve.it (acquired by LX Ventures), Managing Director at Launch Academy, Co-Founder of Safe, Membr, Emberyl Creative, UBC MM
The mobile Internet gets me really jazzed up. Big fan of Games. I talk a lot.
http://www.McElroyFlavelle.com
Software Engineer and Growth Hacker
http://jbueza.blogspot.ca
CEO of BluePerch.co
UBC BCom, Started company right out of graduation, secured funding in November 2013, Startup Camp at Plug and Play Tech Center
Director, Marketing & Partnerships @rentmoola. Strong background in Sales & Marketing
Worked at @strutta, @best Buy @lamar-advertising • Studied at @royal-roads-university
Customer Success & Marketing @nugg-solutions-corp , Best selling author
http://trishussey.com
Opened MetLife Stadium as an employee of New York Jets, StubHub, Inc, Halogen Guides. Passion for startups, MA University of San Francisco.
Online Education Entrepreneur, Marketer and Dealmaker.
http://www.jamestaylor.me
Seasoned, strategic tech entrepreneur and investor; strong experience working with startups to multibillion $ market cap companies. @princeton, @oxford.
Founder Brandmark Communications • Worked at @peer-1-hosting • Studied at @university-of-victoria
http://www.bigmarketingsmallbusiness.comhttp://twitter.com/rsodhi
Currently VP MarComm @bitlit. Formerly @quietly, @shape-collage and @oneclass Founder of @oy-co. Previously @elle-magazine & 2010 Olympics Editor.
Founder KarmaHire • Worked at @dundee-securities • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia
Founded @aequilibrium • Worked at @microsoft, @electronic-arts,@ubisoft, @mckesson-medical-imaging, @blast-radius • PhD in Computer Science from SFU
http://www.aequilibrium.ca/blog
Founder of SMART Pics: a hardware/software marketing solution for events. Worked with Aol, Microsoft, Disney and Sony. Strong design and development background.
http://raykanani.tumblr.com
Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com
CEO & Co-founder @dudepins @discovle | Marketing, Product, Business Development & Strategy Specialist.
http://Dudepins.com
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/
Worked at @invoke, @6s-marketing • Studied at @simon-fraser-university
http://www.indabadigita.com
Media Merchants assistant to CEO, Launch Academy Marketing intern, Bex.io Business Development, HelpHub Marketing Manager.
CEO & Co-founder @beheld-technologies-inc
President od the Daily Deal Industry Association & Inbound Marketing Association! A new breed of associations for a new breed of marketers.
Digital marketer who co-founded the agency @6S_Marketing, public speaker, Mobile Strategy and Marketing instructor at UBC, philanthropist, golfer, husband
http://www.chrisbreikss.com
Founder, Navigation Partners LLC; Global Marketing Strategist & Entertainment Consultant
Veteran branding and digital marketing strategist.
http://jeffbunch.com
M&A across China, US and Canada, Executive and Startup founder, strong business background with technology vision.
Founder @allberta-com, Customerge • Worked at @intercell, @venturesource • Studied at @university-of-victoria
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
Head of Marketing @invoke-labs.
•Corporate Communications, Marketing, PR and Business Development Consultant at Investments Marketing PR (public and private sectors). aka Social Media Guru :)
Six years of digital marketing and business development experience in web and mobile applications, web publishing and ad agency environments.
BComm at UBC - Sauder School of Business. Startup Grind Vancouver Director. Entrepreneur and idea generator. Strong creative marketing and design background.
http://startupgrind.com/vancouver/
Founder Jobcast
Passionate about tech, entrepreneurship, bringing people together, and changing the world
Full-stack Ruby on Rails Developer
Graduate of @codecore-bootcamp-2
Co-Founded @cognilab-technologies; Finance Director; B.A. Poli Sci @university-of-victoria
Sales @clio Founder @mh-solutions-canada • Studied at @university-of-british-columbia-1 @ku-leuven
Connecting emerging fashion designers,
buyers and trendsetters worldwide [Co-Founder & Fashion Editor]
http://englave.com/blog/
Entrepreneur
Technical Product Manager
Software Architect
Connecting People, Passion & Ideas! I ♥ Onine Communications. Social Media. Mobiles. ICT4D. Media+News | Organizer: @HacksHackersYVR. Curator: @BEEvancity
Biz Dev at truBrain
Developer with MBA, solid coding experience in Objective-C, Java, and PHP.
Educator and emerging Start-up Generalist. Full of ideas for business ideas and products. Simon Fraser University M.Ed. 2009. Science guy.
Founder @vidigami-media-1, @aegis-mobility-inc, @qdesign-corp • Worked at @nortel-networks • Studied at @simon-fraser-university
Lead Analyst @hootsuite, @aol alum, • MA Economics @simon-fraser-university, I like spreadsheet models.
http://economichacks.tumblr.com
Founder @seiffert-media-advisors • Worked at NBCUniversal, NBA, Fox. Studied at Michigan Law.
http://www.seiffertmedia.com
• Worked at @sap, @adp • Studied at @university-of-victoria
Founder @yactraq-online
Founder @goodnights-1 . Full stack & business. Spearfisher. SCUBA Instructor
Marketing Guru, previous Microsoft and Sony team member now working in the startup world.
HEC Montreal: master thesis: value of virtual items in video games. Analytical, creative problem solver, open-minded, team player. Experience in startups.
Marketed stuff, sold stuff, and then helped people turn their ideas into actions. Am now heeding my own advice.