Hey there, I’m Eric. I’m a startup founder, community builder,
and SEO consultant. I love building communities, covering startup stories,
and helping founders build, grow, and scale their businesses.
I’m also a professional tennis player and a weekend chess player!🎾 ♜
Startup Speaker at
– Harvard University April 29, 2022
– Humber College April 7, 2021
– Startup Judge Cohort Pitch Sheridan College and UTM, August 25, 2020
– And more at Ryerson, University of Toronto, and Communitech
FoundersBeta started as a small community for founders and has grown to become one of the largest online communities for founders, innovators, and talent.
Startup competitions can be a great way to gain exposure and funding for your startup. While every founder should primarily focus on getting customers, competitions can help build momentum and credibility. I remember one of the first competitions I participated in—it was for FoundersBeta at Sheridan College. FoundersBeta ended up taking first place! Fast forward to today, many of the...
As I wrote on my Linkedin, today marks a very special day. The FoundersPress turns two! "A Rare Publication" they call us. It was around 2 years ago we started this little publication as main stream channels were only focusing on "fundraising" or "layoff". We started covering early-stage founders, bootstrappers, a dedicated column to female founders (mostly crickets in main...
Every year, we feature some of the most innovative companies in a special coverage called Top 100 Companies to Watch. This year we partnered up with monday dev to bring you this epic list. This year's batch highlights several incredible startups. The cover this year was dedicated to Friendlier, a startup in the sustainability sector, recognized in the main post...
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