MARKET

Amanda is the Director of Marketing at TWG and has 15 years of experience working in both B2C and B2B companies. She is an advocate for ‘tech for social good’ and does this through supporting diversity in tech initiatives and an inspired leadership practice. We sat down with Amanda and chatted about her journey thus far and her approach to marketing!

Melissa is the Co-Founder and CEO of Canada Learning Code and is an advocate for providing Canadians (especially women and youth) the critical skills, confidence and opportunities they need to become passionate builders - not just consumers of technology and to inspire everyone to leverage and build technology that has the power to truly change the world. Since 2011, Canada Learning Code has taught over 80,000 Canadians code through one of our programs and they're just getting started. Their goal is to provide 10,000,000 technology learning experiences to Canadians over the next ten years through their programs Ladies Learning Code, Girls Learning Code, Kids Learning Code, Teens Learning Code and Teachers Learning Code. We sat down with Melissa to chat about everything Canada Learning Code and her journey thus far.

Adil Dhalla is a civic entrepreneur and community organizer who is driven to co-create new and inclusive economies. He is the Executive Director of the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), which is a not-for-profit organization that provides space, services and programs to +2000 social mission organizations annually. In addition to his role at CSI, he Chairs the Board for the award-winning StopGap Foundation, which focuses on improving physical accessibility in communities and he also co-founded and continues to chair Camp Reset, a not-for-profit and acclaimed summer camp for adults that is uniquely addressing issues around mental health and loneliness for adults through play and digital detoxing. We sat down with Adil to talk about community building, leadership and how you can serve your community best.

In this episode of MARKET, we are chatting with Sylvia Ng, a growth and analytics expert with a passion for using the intersection of data, engineering, and marketing to fuel business results. Sylvia is currently the VP of Growth at 500px, an Andreessen Horowitz backed photography community with over 9M members globally. Sylvia has held past growth roles at Google, eBay, OANDA, and ScribbleLive, and has a Masters in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University.

In this episode of MARKET, we are chatting with Sarah Stockdale, Principal at Stockdale Growth Consulting and until very recently Director of Community Growth at Tilt, which was recently acquired by Airbnb. Sarah is a growth hacker, community builder and an active mentor. We chatted with her about all things growth hacking, how she got her start and what it is like to work for a Canadian vs a Silicon Valley tech startup.