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