I support entrepreneurs & their ecosystems

I am the CEO of InFounders, which creates Masterminds for entrepreneurs, and a strong advocate of peership.

I’m also an advisor in the entrepreneurship and education space.

I’ve founded lots of startups, mentored many more, and am especially a fan of entrepreneurship as a tool for impact.

Folks I’ve collaborated with…

What I’ve actually done

• I’m advising a university on their overall entrepreneurship presence and approach, and working with them to design their new entrepreneurship vision and offerings.
• I was the special advisor to the Dean of Business at Seneca College to support its transformation towards sustainability (affecting 10,000 students and its six business schools)
• I was the Associate Director of Entrepreneurship and an Entrepreneur in Residence at York University
• I launched a new Shad campus at York University and was their Program Director, with my colleague Lucas Chang
• I received an award from one of their Ph.D. faculty
• I’m invited to talk about entrepreneurship at universities and conferences
• I hosted Mastermind Express, a monthly event for a community of over 20,000 entrepreneurs in Toronto.
• I helped organize the first edition of the largest NY innovation event: Propelify
• I’ve been invited to judge & mentor many startup events (including at Google NYC and Princeton University).

Here’s the detailed list:

Judge & Mentor – Google (USA)

Organized by Google and hosted at their NYC office, the FireHack Hackathon was a competition where participants came up with ideas, validated them, and coded them over 48 hours.

Trailer Blazer Award – New Jersey City University (USA)

Entrepreneurship award received from the Educational Technology Doctoral Program at New Jersey City University. (Geez! Thanks guys 🙂 )

Mentor – Startup Boost (Canada)

Startup Boost is a global tech startup pre accelerator aimed at working with great early stage entrepreneurs to prepare them for accelerator programs, seed investment and revenue through a six week part time program.

Judge & Mentor – HackPrinceton (Princeton University, USA)

Full weekend hackathon where students from the Northeast of the US and Canada came together for a coding and entrepreneurial competition.

Keynote Speaker – Red Bull  (Canada)

Launch event to kick off the Red Bull Basement University competition in Toronto. Red Bull Basement University is where students come to innovate, collaborate, and drive change on campus through DIY-based technological solutions.

Mentor – IgniteUP (York University, Canada)

The IgniteUP program is designed to support York University’s budding and existing entrepreneurs by offering mentorship services. IgniteUP mentors are experts in their respective fields and provide valuable, critical and insightful feedback that help bring ideas to life.

Panelist – Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Education Summit (New Jersey City University, USA)

The Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Education Summit is an initiative of the Educational Technology Doctoral Program at New Jersey City University.  The conference is designed to bring together innovative educational leaders with entrepreneurs in educational-related ventures.   The purpose is to create a sustainable network of educational innovators to improve their own professional practice, career goals, and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Panelist – Business Education & Career Day (Rutgers Business School University, USA)

Business summit for high school girls in New Jersey, showing and discussing possible career paths. Organized by the Garden State Women Education Fund.

Organizer Committee – Propelify (USA)

Propelify is an innovation festival bringing together startups, VCs, and the Northeast tech community. Think of it as the SXSW of the Northeast. For the first year, we were expecting a crowd of 5,000. Over 8,000 people showed up!

Co-organizer  & Speaker – Google’s Women Techmakers (St-Peter’s University, USA)

Google’s Women Techmakers program provides visibility, community, and resources for women in technology.

How to Pitch (Speaker) – Fashion Zone (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)

The Fashion Zone‘s Reengineering Retail event invited entrepreneurs, designers, and hackers for a weekend of work to tackle the problem of retail bankruptcy which caused over 7,000 stores closure in 2017.

Keynote Speaker – Hunterdon Tech Meetup (USA)

Showcased the most useful business tools for small businesses and actionable tricks for startups to simplify their operations and run a smarter business.

Panelist – Women BUILD Summit (Rutgers University, USA)

Nearly 100  participants including Senior women executives, corporate sponsors and undergraduate students in Rutgers’ Business School program came together for an exciting day of discussion and networking on the theme of “Women Revolutionizing Business & Technology”.

Pitch (Speaker) – NJ Tech Meetup / Princeton Tech Meetup / Morris Tech Meetup (USA)

Had the pleasure of pitching Toolmuse, the site I’ve created where entrepreneurs can find the best business tools, at all three meetups.

Mentor – ProtoHack at BitMaker (Canada)

ProtoHack is a full day event where participants flesh out an idea into a strategic plan, build a prototype, perfect their pitch, and create a solid business presentation.

Mentor – Startup Weekend (York University, Canada)

Startup Weekends are powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. They are 54 hours events where participants experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup. It offers you the opportunity to brainstorm, validate, and build the basis for your next startup -all in one weekend.

Organizer & Host – PowerTalk Mastermind (Canada)

Mastermind for entrepreneurs with monthly meetings where we do deep-dives in each other’s business. This enables entrepreneurs to open up about challenges, collaborate on problem-solving, learn from each others’ insights, and have an incredibly supporting community.

Schulich Startup Nights Judge – Schulich Business School (York University, Canada)

Judge at the Schulich Business School‘s Schulich Startup Nights event.

Mentor & Lean Startup Lecturer – RISE Weekend (Rutgers University, USA)

Full weekend event where students come up with ideas, validate, and build them. Read more.

Case Competition Judge – Schulich Business School (York University, Canada)

Judge at various entrepreneur groups pitching at the Schulich Business School‘s Case Competition event.

Mentor – MicroMentor (USA)

MicroMentor is a free business mentoring program for entrepreneurs. Mentored an entrepreneur for over 6 months through this program.

And some more…

• Creator of the Startup Pyramid
• Host of the Entrepreneurship Training Program Workshops (Clarkson University, NY) (2022)
• Presenter at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Law School on “How to Pitch” (2021, 2022, & 2023)
• Presenter at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Legal Innovation Zone (2020)
• Guest speaker at the Rutgers University’s Business School “Management Skills” Class (2020)
• Program Director at Shad Canada – launched the new York University campus (2018-2019)
• Host for Canadian Film Centre’s Fifth Wave Accelerator kickoff event (2019)
• Judge at the Hult Prize (2019)
• Co-organizer & co-host of the TEPP Gala for mission-driven entrepreneurship in Toronto (2018)
• Speaker at CIX (Canadian Innovation Exchange)  (2018)
• Startup Night Judge at Schulich Business School (York University) (2018-2019)
• LaunchYU & YEDI Entrepreneurial Experience Program Judge (York University) (2018)
• Presented “From Idea to Prototype” with Preet Singh at Sandbox / DMZ (Toronto Metropolitan University) (2017)
• Mentor for the Lean Startup Weekend (2016-2017)
• Presenter at the Princeton Tech Meetup (Princeton, NJ) (2016)

Why I’m interested in entrepreneurship

My parents ran a business when I was a kid. It sucked much energy, frustration, and pain out of them -but it also gave them so much joy.

It got me intrigued.

I loved the empowerment and knowledge that came with entrepreneurship.

However, I wanted to discover ways in which to remove the frustration from it.

Over time, I especially became interested in the power of entrepreneurship to solve social problems.

What I did before

As I was interested in understanding business and money, I studied Economics.

I then set course onto the banking world. I started as a personal lender, then became a small business lender.

Next, I was offered to become a Sr. Advisor in Strategy at a bank’s head office, specifically designing strategies for these small business lenders.

I then worked at Accenture, a consulting firm.

I quit in 2013 to dive into entrepreneurship full-time – and I haven’t looked back since 🙂

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