growing a software company in toronto by jonathan keebler of scribblelive (techto may 2015)

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Lessons Learned Growing a software company in Toronto

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Lessons LearnedGrowing a software company in Toronto

Who am I?

Technical Co-Founder & CTO of ScribbleLive (2008-2015)Wrote the code & grew the engineering team100+ employees in offices around the worldRaised $28M+ in three roundsThree acquisitions

You won’t see a pay cheque for the first

two years.

Get users ASAP and listen to them.

VCs want to throw gason a fire.

Never compromise on company culture.