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.
If you're thinking about building a product, consider building an audience first. Previously, I wrote about how, whenever we have an idea, we tend to dive in and start coding immediately. I vividly remember this from our first startup, where we focused on building "yet another killer feature," which led us nowhere. We had to shift our mentality. The best...
Times on the internet have changed. Getting a website up and running in the 1990s used to cost thousands of dollars, and you needed a large team to make anything functional. Fast forward to today—with the advancement of CMS and popular platforms like WordPress—getting a website up has become incredibly cheap. There are also no-code platforms that are extremely useful...
Getting press for an early-stage startup is an absolute must, but as many founders will tell you, the chances of getting covered are slim unless you’ve raised a big round. Press plays a key role in the growth of a startup, whether it's for gaining more exposure, helping with recruitment, or providing a boost to SEO. Unfortunately, the current press...
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