# Eric Rafat

> Startup Founder


## Posts

- [We Just Released the First Startup Documentary Film!](https://ericrafat.com/startup-documentary-film/): What a freaking milestone. After months in the making, we just released the first startup documentary film focused on founders in Canada. This was arguably one of the most challenging projects I’ve undertaken with our small but mighty team. The details. The coordination. The scale. This was literally countless hours to put this film together. Going from pre production to production to post production was just insane. Each phase needed its own nuances. This is why content creation is not a walk in the park by any means. It’s countless hours working on things that, most of the time, don’t […]
- [Five-Star Experience! FoundersRating is Product Reviews for Startups & Scaleups](https://ericrafat.com/foundersrating/): You’ve built that MVP you spent months on, now it’s time for some customer testimonials. But where should you showcase your product or service? On the big product review sites, your reviews often get lost. FoundersRating is the place for startups and scale-ups to get noticed. Here’s why you should join the community: Curated Products The site focuses on featuring the best of the best, products aiming for five-star reviews or those rising from start-up stage and beyond. Showcase Customer Testimonials This is where your customers can bring you even more customers. Simply ask them to submit a review. Gain […]
- [How did The FoundersPress end up in South Korean media?](https://ericrafat.com/how-did-the-founderspress-end-up-in-south-korean-media/): This morning, I opened up LinkedIn, and my notifications were blowing up! I checked to see what was going on and saw The FoundersPress featured in Korean media. It turns out I had covered the Top 40+ Companies at the Elevate Tech Conference in Toronto, and one of the companies had a South Korean connection, so they received additional coverage! For those who missed it, check out the coverage here. I shared more details on LinkedIn about this. The thing about PR is that it’s like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. You just […]
- [Movies for Entrepreneurs: The Dumpling Queen and More](https://ericrafat.com/movies-for-entrepreneurs/): This past weekend, I had the chance to watch a movie for entrepreneurs called Dumpling Queen. I wrote about this specifically on The Founders Press. Betting on yourself is the starting point. But what happens after you put your product out there? That’s where the real test begins listening to paying customers. Prioritize Feedback from Paying Customers In Dumpling Queen, we see this when she sells dumplings and one customer gives feedback. That feedback matters because it comes from someone who actually paid. This is why founders must prioritize feedback from paying customers above all else. In the Age of […]
- [Most Founders Communities Suck Except This One](https://ericrafat.com/most-founder-communities-suck-except-this-one/): When I started my first startup, it was an incredibly isolating experience. Coming out of school and working full-time for a while, and then suddenly shifting to building something with no guarantee it’ll succeed.  The reality is, your friends and family won’t get it. You have to be a little delusional to start something new! “Do you have health insurance?” Starting your first venture comes with a lot of so-called scars. Things like a co-founder disappearing, launching too late, or running into a dozen other unexpected issues. Startups are dead by default, so you have to do something extraordinary to […]
- [One-Day Build in Canada Conference Costs Over $1,100. Say What?](https://ericrafat.com/tech-conference-build-in-canada/): The “Build in Canada” conference meant to showcase innovation, growth, and the promise of a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem  is costing CA$1,124.33 for a general admission ticket. That’s not support. That’s gatekeeping. This is exactly the kind of systemic barrier that pushes talented, scrappy entrepreneurs  the ones we claim to champion to the margins. If attending a basic industry event costs the equivalent of a month’s rent or a startup’s runway for tools and subscriptions, how are we supposed to build anything in Canada let alone for Canada? It’s time we had an honest conversation about what real support for Canadian […]
- [Distribution Is King for Startups](https://ericrafat.com/distribution-is-the-king-for-startups/): You have an idea for an app or a product? You can instantly make it now with AI. With the rise of AI coding platforms like Replit, users are spinning up MVPs in just a few hours. There’s an insane number of products hitting the market. This whole movement is called Vibe Coding. According to Perplexity: “Vibe coding is an AI-driven programming approach where developers describe their goals in natural language, relying on large language models (LLMs) to generate functional code. Coined by computer scientist Andrej Karpathy in February 2025, it shifts the programmer’s role from manual coding to guiding […]
- [Zero PR Coverage for Bootstrapping Companies Till Now](https://ericrafat.com/pr-coverage-for-bootstrapping-startups/): If you attend any tech event in Toronto, you’ll notice something striking: not a single bootstrapping founder on stage as a speaker. It highlights just how underrepresented bootstrapping founders are in the ecosystem — despite the fact that we have so many incredible entrepreneurs, not just in software but also in service-based businesses. This gap also reflects a bigger issue: startup media coverage in Canada is fundamentally broken. Most of the headlines are dominated by fundraising announcements, layoffs, or government policies. That’s what gets covered. Meanwhile, Canada is home to many great bootstrapping entrepreneurs whose stories rarely get told. This […]
- [Bootstrapping a Startup in Canada: The Reality No One Talks About](https://ericrafat.com/bootstrapping-a-startup-canada/): My recent post on LinkedIn about bootstrapping a startup in Canada went viral and for good reason. Because here’s the truth: bootstrapping and scaling a startup in Canada is absolute hell. Here’s what most founders deal with: Zero Press Coverage No one’s telling the stories of early-stage builders. That’s exactly what we’re changing with The FoundersPress. We added an editorial column to specifically to cover these stories. Zero Speaking Opportunities Many of these events and conferences have turned into photo ops and political theatre. Big crowds, but very little actual value for local founders to scale. Zero Banking Support Self-employed? […]
- [The Complete Startup Competitions Guide 2025](https://ericrafat.com/startup-competitions-guide/): 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 startups from that competition no longer exist—only one or two are still around. If you’re planning to participate in a startup competition, consider the following: 1. Apply to Relevant Competitions Some competitions offer non-dilutive funding, which can be a huge […]
- [Founders Press turns two!](https://ericrafat.com/founders-press-anniversary/): 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 stream), and some big stories in major tech conference such as Collision. Fast forward today, we’re the only publication in Canada with a global reach in tech and startup news. We couldn’t have done without our amazing members from FoundersBeta […]
- [Highlights of FoundersBeta Top 100 Companies to Watch in 2025](https://ericrafat.com/foundersbeta-top-100-companies-to-watch-in-2025/): 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 for its outstanding growth. Here’s the complete break down by industry: Healthcare & Pharma Able Innovations (#8): Robotics/automation (U of T-affiliated) MedMe Health (#18): Pharmacy operating systems (YC-backed) Katalyze AI (#62): AI-driven biomanufacturing optimization for pharmaceuticals Vetster (#15): Veterinary telehealth […]
- [Dating as a Startup Founder is Another Ball Game](https://ericrafat.com/dating-as-a-founder/): No one often wants to talk about this, but dating as a founder is another ball game. If dating is challenging, for founders and people in tech, it’s a thousand times harder. This is because entrepreneurship is a lifestyle. There’s no “it’s five, I’m off,” no Christmas, no holidays, and certainly no weekends in the traditional sense. Founders often need to be “on” for business, and having a supportive partner is key. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes, but how do you find someone who is willing to tolerate the always-on lifestyle? It can be said that […]
- [State of Startup Media in Canada: Why We Need More Tech Leaders to Speak Up](https://ericrafat.com/state-of-startup-media-canada-tech-leaders-speak-up/): I recently had the great opportunity to attend this year’s Elevate Conference. There were plenty of talks, workshops, and programs for both startups and corporates. One story that gained significant media attention was the notion of a ‘lack of ambition in Canadian tech and startups.’ While mainstream channels fueled this narrative by focusing on the perceived shortcomings rather than encouraging ‘thinking bigger,’ I had the chance to write a response here, which went viral on LinkedIn. We have some of the brightest and hardest-working founders in the world. Using this kind of tone and narrative is out of touch, as […]
- [The Best MVP is a Startup Newsletter](https://ericrafat.com/the-best-mvp-is-a-startup-newsletter/): 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 approach is to reverse engineer the process, meaning: audience, audience, audience! What are some MVPs you can start right away without writing a single line of code? These include: 1. Startup Newsletter One of the best MVPs is starting a […]
- [Bye Bye Lean Startup: The Modern Way to Build a Startup](https://ericrafat.com/modern-way-to-build-a-startup/): 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 for launching products into the market. Additionally, AI can now write code for you, enabling you to have your MVP up and running without writing a single line of code. In other words, coding is no longer the bottleneck for […]
- [Rethinking Startup Press: Why We need Better Coverage](https://ericrafat.com/press-for-startups/): 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 landscape is dominated by fundraising news, layoffs, or random policy articles. When was the last time you read an article about an early-stage startup before it raised funds? We need a place on the internet to discover the next big […]
- [Top 13 Ways to Fix the Canadian Startup Ecosystem](https://ericrafat.com/canadian-startup-ecosystem/): With so much potential in Canada to build the next big thing, the country is falling short as talent and founders are leaving. Innovation is declining, and the economy is in free fall. Over the past decade, public sector jobs have skyrocketed, while private sector jobs have decreased. We need an ecosystem that fosters early-stage startups into scale-ups and global brands. Here are some ways we can fix the ecosystem: 1. Let’s stop making entrepreneurs jump through hoops for funding Non-dilutive funding programs are great, but we need to simplify the funding process for entrepreneurs who are working full-time on […]
- [Top 8 Startup Memes to Crank Up the Laughter](https://ericrafat.com/top-startup-memes-laughter/): I always find that startup memes are a good reminder to discover the lighter side of entrepreneurship. These memes are the best way to help you get through your week. As a founder, whether you’re putting out fires, onboarding a new client, or tackling unexpected challenges, a little humor can go a long way. The startup journey is often filled with long hours, high stakes, and endless to-do lists, but finding moments of laughter can make all the difference. Memes offer a lighthearted perspective, reminding you that you’re not alone in the grind. This maybe the boost you need to […]
- [Founders Press: Media Platform for Founders](https://ericrafat.com/founderspress/): Founders Press is a media platform that spun out of the FoundersBeta community. Let’s face it, current press coverage for early-stage startups is far from ideal. It’s 99.9% focused on startup fundraising or layoffs! Any innovative startup doesn’t get covered unless they’ve raised funds. The headlines and content are all about fundraising! Most of these stories get brushed aside as mainstream coverage is brutal. We’re pleased to say that better press for founders is finally here. We are working with the tech community to cover up-and-coming stories in all areas. We recently launched new editorial columns on bootstrapping, marketing, AI, […]
- [List of Bootstrapping Companies Scaling](https://ericrafat.com/bootstrapping-companies/): “The best form of capital for startups will always be paying customers.” Startup media is 99.9% on startup fundraising, layoffs, or random policy. Bootstrapping startups or indie makers hardly get any recognition out there. They are severely underrepresented. Have you seen any content coverage in this area? Zero. Nada. This is why startup media landscape needs to be changed as there’s more emphasis on sustainability and profitability than ever before. Will unprofitable unicorns be a thing out there in the next five years? Who knows! It has certainly become less and less common, even Uber is profitable now with their […]
- [Massive List of Startups Resources for Founders](https://ericrafat.com/startups-resources/): As a founder you have to constantly seek new resources to build, grow, and scale your startup. There’s an insane amount of entrepreneurship content and resources on the internet but not all add value. You have to get selective and find the ones that are most suited for your startup. In this post, we cover the top startup resources for your startup in every stage of the venture creation. Whether you are starting out, validating or scaling there’s something here to elevate your startup: 1. How to validate your idea Validation should be the first step of the process. Sell […]
- [Building a Global Founders Community](https://ericrafat.com/foundersbeta/): The best business ideas come from solving your own problems! They call this scratch your own back problems. Looking into solving your own problems first. FoundersBeta started as a little group for founders initially in Canada to get support and get connected with resources. This was called FoundersCanada. This was a side-project initially. I started this, while was working on my first startup. If you ever tried to build a startup you know how brutal it is! Literally in the beginning every single thing goes wrong at a startup. In addition, everyone thinks they are qualified to give startup advice. […]
- [How Do You Find That Startup Job in Toronto?](https://ericrafat.com/startup-job-toronto/): You’re new in Toronto or T-dot as they call it and you’re looking to join a kick-ass startup, but where do you find that startup job? Finding a job in Toronto can be extremely challenging for any talented professional especially if you don’t have the “Canadian experience”. There are lots of ways to go about your search as you need to diversify your activities. You need to be hyperactive to maximize your chance and remain persistent. Here I will share some ideas to have that phone calls start ringing and getting those interviews with offers. No experience in tech? No […]
- [Throw That Spaghetti at the Wall to Find That Business Model](https://ericrafat.com/startup-business-models/): Believe it or not “Throwing Spaghetti” at the wall is your best strategy at an early-stage startup. Chances are you may have an idea or an MVP, but you need to validate and find paying customers. Without paying customers it’s just a hobby. I’ve seen so many founders make this mistake their startup and I’ve been there too myself. Often times, it’s so easy to sit behind the screen and build with no customers. Let’s face it, who wants to hear about feedback or criticism? No one! We ask our friends about it and they say they love it but […]

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