Entrepreneurial Alumni Speaker Series @Home- Building Startups in Canada: Tales from the Trenches

In this three-part series, our speakers will dive deep into their experiences as an entrepreneur, exploring their success, failure and lessons.
About this Series:
LaunchYU has partnered with York University’s Division of Advancement to bring you an at home edition of this series which features top York University alumni entrepreneurs. Each part of the series will aim to capture the real stories, challenges, successes and failures that they have encountered in their journeys.
These talks are meant to INSPIRE, MOTIVATE, and EDUCATE the audience on the realities of launching a startup in today’s world.
About this Talk:
In this premiere of this at home series, Richard will tell a handful of stories from the lives of his five successful (and a few unsuccessful) tech startups, highlighting some of the opportunities, and the challenges, that come with creating and growing a new tech company in Canada. Subjects include finding and dealing with investors, what to do when no one wants your product (and how to avoid getting into that situation in the first place), and how to navigate exit opportunities.
Speaker:
Richard Reiner, Executive Chair, dfuse Platform Inc.
Since completing his PhD in Philosophy, after a few years in academia, Richard has spent his time growing and successfully exiting a series of high tech companies including PasswordBox (sold to Intel), Enomaly (now part of Dell), Assurent (now part of Trend Micro), and several others. He is today Executive Chairman of dfuse, the leading blockchain platform company, Chairman of Cybeats, a venture-funded company in cybersecurity, and a Senior Advisor to the Portag3 investment fund.
Entrepreneurs Panel:
Apply now to engage with our speaker live during the event and get your question answered! Panelists must be willing to have their camera turned on while asking their question and apply by sending an email to launchyu@yorku.ca by July 17th at 5pm.
Tickets: https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2ydWeer5QayGfSss5aqg_w.