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Futurpreneur

Futurpreneur

Futurpreneur supports diverse young entrepreneurs ages 18-39 across Canada, offering accessible start-up loan financing, mentorship, experiences and resources.

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Joshua O'Grady 🌱

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As the Co-Founder of Sprout.Hr, I thrive on helping high-growth organizations unlock their full potential by crafting international talent acquisition strategies, optimizing global payroll and compliance, and delivering customized scaling solutions. With over a decade of experience, I’ve partnered with more than 100 companies worldwide, building entire departments and entities from scratch, saving them over $23 million in salaries, and scaling their tech teams from zero to 1,000+ hires annually. I’m passionate about empowering impact-driven organizations to thrive in the fast-paced tech industry by offering strategic, tailored solutions across software engineering, data science, product, design, QA, sales, and leadership. My mission? To help your business achieve scalable, sustainable growth with a competitive edge. Beyond that, I mentor startups, advise entrepreneurs across Canada and Latin America, and inspire others as a keynote speaker and award-winning recruitment leader. Let’s build something extraordinary together. • 2023 Top Recruitment Leader - The Americas - TopRecruiter.co • 2022 Global Change Maker (Ecosystem Builders) - Argentinian Startups & Fund Association • 2022 Top Recruitment Leader - The Americas - TopRecruiter.co • 2021 Top Recruitment Leader - North America - TopRecruiter.co • 2020 Top Recruitment Leader- North America - TopRecruiter.co • 2019 Top Recruitment Leader - North America - TopRecruiter.co • 2013 Volunteer Of The Year Award - City of Ottawa

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An Ambitious & Authentic Leader!

Jan Christopher Arp

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Founding General Partner @ Holt Xchange

Michael Garnett

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Founder | Building AI-powered platforms that connect people, data, and opportunity | Former SwiftRide CEO & Auvenir Co-Founder | ex-Lime

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We help startups achieve product-market fit and create MVPs designed to attract SERIOUS investors. Additionally, we partner with insurance, FinTech, InsurTech, EdTech and media & entertainment companies to help them design, build and launch their digital products with our proven S.E.E.D. framework. Find out how: www.crowdlinker.com CASE STUDIES ➤ NBC (Media & Entertainment Enterprise) - tinyurl.com/NBC-CaseStudy ➤ Freshbooks (FinTech Enterprise) - tinyurl.com/FreshbooksCaseStudy ➤ Abunda (FinTech Scale-up) - tinyurl.com/abundacasestudy ➤ Pippen AI (HealthTech Organization) - tinyurl.com/PippenAI ➤ Parity (FinTech – Cryptocurrency Trading Platform) - tinyurl.com/ParityCaseStudy ➤ Ligo (Entertainment Start-up) - tinyurl.com/LigoCaseStudy ➤ Omstars (Health & Wellness Scale-up) - tinyurl.com/OmstarsCaseStudy ➤ Magnet (Cyber-Security Scale Up) - tinyurl.com/MagnetCaseStudy ➤ Sessionz (Marketplace Mobile App Start-up) - tinyurl.com/SessionzCaseStudy ➤ League (Health & Wellness Scale-up) - tinyurl.com/LeagueCaseStudy ➤ MLSE Digital Labs (Sports & Entertainment Enterprise) - tinyurl.com/MLSECaseStudy ➤ Yumba (Consumer Packaged Goods Scale-up) - tinyurl.com/Yumba-CaseStudy 𝐇𝐎𝐖? Through our S.E.E.D. Framework. ➤ Survey (S): Conduct comprehensive market research, competitor analysis, and feasibility studies. Identify target audiences, pain points, and opportunities to ensure a solid foundation for the startup. ➤ Envision (E): Develop user-centric designs, create business models, and plan strategies. Envision product ideas through prototyping and user feedback to ensure alignment with market needs and startup goals. ➤ Execute (E): Build the product, develop operational workflows, and launch the startup. Execute efficiently, ensuring product readiness and market entry. ➤ Develop (D): Develop the business through marketing, sales, and continuous improvement. Provide ongoing support, gather customer feedback, and iterate to enhance product offerings and business processes. We assist business founders and CEOs who are passionate about growth, increasing revenue, and making their dream projects a reality. We partner with forward-thinking businesses to solve their most complex challenges with strategy, design, and technology 𝐈𝐅 𝐖𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐓𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑, 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋: ➤ Minimize risk and validate your latest business model. ➤ Have a 12-month battle-tested execution plan. ➤ Gain a new A-Team through our Team Augmentation and Squad Model

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I empower ambitious, market-leading organizations to engineer transformative growth and achieve their most audacious strategic imperatives. An expert global business strategist, I leverage incisive strategic acumen and deep operational expertise to guide clients from established multinational corporations and industry leaders across diverse sectors. As a trusted C-suite advisor, I specialize in management consulting and leadership/CEO development, orchestrating complex corporate turnarounds/restructuring and spearheading high-stakes regional/international expansion initiatives. My methodology integrates innovative strategies with rigorous execution to cultivate sustainable competitive advantage. Core competencies: * Strategic Transformation: Architecting and executing enterprise-level strategies for corporate restructuring and global market penetration. * C-Suite Advisory: Delivering strategic counsel and cultivating executive leadership excellence for CEOs and senior management teams, with a focus on leadership/CEO development. * Integrated Business Strategy: Designing and deploying integrated business strategies encompassing management consulting principles to forge influential brands, galvanize stakeholder engagement, and maximize ROI. * Board Optimization: Advising on board composition, governance best practices, and optimizing board effectiveness; serving as an active board member. Dedicated to fostering innovation, I also contribute extensively to the startup ecosystem: * Startup Acceleration: As a serial entrepreneur, I equip founders with funding/scaling strategies, pitch deck development, and investor relations expertise. I donate my time to mentoring entrepreneurs within accelerator groups across North America, Asia, Oceania, and Europe (including Techstars, Plug and Play, and Founder Institute). I enable CEOs to achieve critical corporate and professional objectives by rigorously analyzing their organizational landscape and industry dynamics to chart a definitive course for success. I fuse strategic foresight with decisive action to engineer innovation and generate enduring value. For visionary leaders pursuing exponential growth and profound market impact, connect to explore realizing your strategic vision.

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Aanikh Kler is a Canadian entrepreneur, speaker, and investor. He is the COO of Surf, a white-label loyalty and rewards platform that helps enterprises capture consumer data ethically, reward consumers sustainably, and monetize their audience effectively. Surf has worked with several blue chip companies including Netflix, Amazon Prime Gaming, L’Oreal, United Talent Agency, and EA. Surf has made 2 acquisitions and raised over $10M to date from several NBA players, creators and venture firms. Surf has been featured in several publications including the BBC, TechCrunch, WSJ, etc. He got his start in entrepreneurship at the age of 13. Aanikh created his first business and social venture - UndrTheRadr (UTR). This involved a neuroscience-based ringtone where each consumer download included a charitable donation. At age 15, Aanikh became the youngest social entrepreneur ever to receive venture capital funding on CBC’s Dragons’ Den. UTR reached the #2 most downloaded App on the iTunes App Store beating out Angry Birds and Minecraft. Through this success, Aanikh became one of the youngest app developers in the world to have had a top 3 app. Selected as a National Youth Ambassador for The Next Big Thing Foundation, Aanikh has used the power of public speaking and media to reach millions of people with the message of overcoming challenges and making a difference in the world. Aanikh is a proud recipient of LOI's Canadian Youth entrepreneur of the year 2023, an inaugural member of Adweek's GenZEO Council, Canada's Top 20 Under 20 Award, and a delegate representing Canada at the 2016 G20 YEA Summit.

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Partner @ Academy, Entrepreneur, Marketer, Author & Investor

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Entrepreneur 🇨🇦 | AI Testing | Engineer | Operator | Advisor | Growth Mentor | Awarded Fastest Growing Company 2024 - We’re Hiring 🎯

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