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If you’re affiliated with orgs like Communitech and MaRS, they have lists. More importantly though, I recommend you consider finding a way to get warm intros to various groups - tends to yield better results

Raymond Luk may be able to help

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Check out Virtual Heights, solid firm. Reach out to Alissa vhaccounting.ca

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Alina provides a fantastic accounting service! www.facebook.com/Count4Less/

If you search "accountant" in the group you'll find even more posts where accountants have been recommended.

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Typically i would want to better understand the org and what you can repurpose. So, what part of onboarding are you optimizing for? What kind of product/ux? Whats the maturity of the org? Some of the tools Sales/Marketing are already using to bring folks into the funnel and segment might be great. You could do alot with a CRM & Intercom. But for more in depth guidance: I like tools like Appcues to monitor behaviors and give product tours (also Pendo, I have not used Userpilot but see good content marketing so curiousto hear other experiences). Customer.io for segmented email based on triggers, and tools like Hotjar for watching if behavior is as intended. Then the support tools likely have the customer education (brings us back to Intercom). I only pop on here occasionally do DM if other q's.

We’ve been using Intercom but it’s been lacking. We’re about to set up Iterable. Based on their demo we were super impressed. Time will tell tho!

Not a customer of either of these but Appcues and UserList & Userpilot are some I’ve come across.

Pendo is probably tops for this case but one of those annual subs only things

We started with Intercom a few years ago but hated the chat widget you had to have inside your app and the unreasonable response times people expect from it. We also hated having to use it for email communication in addition to Help Scout, so our customer messaging was fragmented between two systems. We eventually moved to Userlist and it has been excellent. We replaced the Intercom chat widget in the app with the Help Scout one. For onboarding analytics, we've used Amplitude and MixPanel and they're both excellent, but I'm starting to think that Userlist's events might be sufficient for our needs in this area.

Here is my two cents based on few years experience leading an app development company. Azure has a large suite of services that add great value into automation and the ability to scale quickly. On the hand the charges can grow noticeably and many organizations get surprised with large bills over time. I don’t fully get your use case but I would recommend to compare services and prices to Digital Ocean. I think you will find noticeable difference for comparable services. Also with azure and AWS you will need to consider scaling up and down based on utilization of resources. If you aren’t ready to make investment in that space which I wouldn’t recommend in early stage then considering alternative such as DO is worth exploring. Hopefully this gives some guidance, feel free to ask questions

The three of them: Azure, AWS and DigitalOcean, all of them have the same price. It doesn't look that way, but once you look deeper, it is. AWS works, Azure is way more elegant and their billing section is years ahead of AWS. Both (Azure & AWS0 have budgets functionality. As the name implies, you assign a budget for it, and the service won't exceed it, granted, halting the service. But hey! You can't have it all. Finally, I have some mid-tier configurations in Azure and they're not that expensive, so assuming from your post, you might be experimenting over configured services. Not expensive services. Best of lucks!

What type of resources do you have deployed in your tenant? How much data is leaving your environment (this one caught me off guard once or twice). Happy to help delve into this and assist.

I also recommend Digital Ocean, but you might also want to consider AWS and try to get their startup credits (up to $10k) for the initial stage.

I highly recommend Bill Sweetman at Name Ninja.

Thanks Stefan Eyram!

Bill Sweetman for sure!

I went through webnames.ca for a very large purchase, they were great!

Take a look at Zoho one. Specifically Zoho projects.. might do everything u need

Very fond of pivotal tracker and it has GitHub integration. It’s the original Kanban-oriented issue tracker and is pretty cheap.

Roadmunk

ProductBoard is amazing, and connects with github well. Great at prioritizing roadmap based on insights and even sharing roadmap That said, recently switch to Notion here which is more flexible in creating the structure we needed

Probably the answer you don’t want to hear, but at a 50 person saas company I imagine your dev team is no more than 10 people, and any roadmap you build will be relatively small that a spreadsheet and companion slide deck will be right for the job in almost all cases Assuming you really do mean a roadmap and not an issue tracking system. One compliments the other - eg dev team working of jira, with high level roadmap in spreadsheet that’s shared company wide, partners, and investors

Hey Alex Pasquini my team has been working on a new startup targeting exactly this problem 🙂. Check us out a Productmotion (productmotion.com). If you are up for it, would love to do a quick demo / pick your brain on how we can improve things

Perhaps tell us how you use and share the roadmaps? I've done the evaluation of many tools and some are better at sharing / collaboration while others dive deep for a single owner/product manager.

I’ve been looking for the same for my fintech startup! As one suggestion, you can sign up for Y Combinator’s co-founder matching program. Most candidates are in the US but there are def some Cdn folks on there too

How about a marketing / business development co-founder?

I’ve been doing a lot of work in healthcare over the past decade and this sounds really interesting to me, I’d love to learn more! Will DM

👋I’m in the health tech space (Pediatrics) and believe in what you’re doing. Our health system is going to crash under the needs of the boomers and in-home care demand is only going up and to the right.. please let me know how I can be helpful. Two suggestions: engaging CABHI at Baycrest and Startup Health. Happy to connect you.

Have you checked out Communitech’s Outpost program? They have an Employer of Record program that can save you the hassle of having to hire out of country. I’m not an expert on the topic, but do know there can be implications well beyond just dealing with payroll, including how your corporate taxes are filed, how you charge sales tax, etc.

I haven't hired in the states, but we are planning to use the Global Talent Stream program to hire a new team member that worked in the states, now lives in Brazil, and wants to immigrate to Canada. For context I run a small web and mobile dev shop/agency. If you're interested, I can give you more details! I've spoken to a couple of Canadian immigration lawyers, so I'm fairly well informed at this point!

If you're unknown in the U.S. then sourcing prospects is probably a good way to go. If you're looking for tools then otta.com/ could be great. I know them quite well and can introduce you. I really like how their platform works.

Hey 👋 Peter. Let’s connect! I love the space you’re in. Currently working on a few sports initiatives in Web3. I’m at [email protected] - you can also checkout our site - www.sparkandmint.com

Few questions, which I'd be happy to chat through on a call instead of here, if reasonable. When you cite "minor" sports here, do you mean amateur? Is the idea that mom drives little Bobby to his soccer game, but, dad, sister, auntie, grandma, etc. are watching the game on the app? I've been a project manager on a few big IT projects in sport as a translator of requirements to the dev team. Also, I have a fair amount of experience auditing the sports tech landscape. Again, if helpful, let's jump on a call.

Hi Peter I’m a professional mobile app developer for iOS and android. I’m willing to invest my time in your startup. Please check your DM.

I definitely like the idea of this app and see lots of potential here. I lead a small group of developers(I am a developer as well) and we have successfully executed a few SaaS applications and working on a couple right now. I definitely can speak the language to developers as well as come up with ideas/features of the app however I 100% admit my network connections/experience in the sports industry is pretty much null. I would be more than happy to discuss more if interested and I am also located in Ontario.

Interesting project, I like the idea. There are quite a few people here that can definitely help you. That said, I do have a small software team that could pull something like this off and we really make sure that we're actually working with you and speaking your language before taking on the project. A quick chat couldn't hurt, if you're up for it. Just reach out and we can set up a time.

Let’s assume you have a roadmap of features which means at the feature level your team should be aligned. Then at a more drilled down layer comes the user experience for each feature. This should outline the end to end experience, so if something is missing then it is fair not to see it as part of the scope! Your challenge sounds like you could use a UX expert to close the gaps for the end to end user experience. (Make sure to size the work for each experience flow) I have been leading a UI/UX and App development company for few years and without proper UX that aligns Business owners, management and developers then you might be on a super bumpy road…Nothing worse than delivering features that aren’t aligned to expectations Feel free to DM me and I can review your challenge because I made few assumptions above about your current state. Will be happy to give some guidance to a fellow entrepreneur. You can find more about our methodolgy on our website as well. www.disruptem.com

You can register on Y Combinator’s co-founder matching program. I personally haven’t found a match yet, but def met some interesting people

How come you don't want to launch your MVP? The purpose of an MVP is to deliver something of value to your customers. If your MVP requires more features to be valuable, then I'd suggest rethinking your MVPs. Rather than... MVP 1 = feature A MVP 2 = feature A + Feature B MVP 3 = " + Feature C You should be thinking about it as... MVP 1 = solves customers pain point (not at game, get summary of game delivered via text - is it such that they'd pay $X for it) MVP 2 = better summary with pictures MVP 3 = edited video sent via email MVP n = app. This might help you get away from the feature build trap with the developers.

Hey, we are an IT and AI development company - www.saaragh.com We have an experienced team of developers and can help you with this development and also if you want to add any AI & ML logic to the application. Can you please share all the details on [email protected] We can sign an NDA to begin with so that you are not worried about your IP. To be clear, this will be a paid project, we won't be able to accept equity in return for the work.

Do you have any customers yet? I suggest whatever you do you find someone to use the app to provide some real world insights and requirements. Without Customers you don’t have much.

I’m a product guy in the SAAS space, have more questions, would love to learn more context, have some theories, will msg you!

I can help with sourcing

Hey Peter! I’ll throw my hat in the ring here. I see a lot of great development connections here, and I’ve heard this story before with frustrations in development. I’m a UI/UX designer, so you can save a TON of time and money doing your design first and handing it off to your existing dev team. We include extensive notes for the dev team on how everything should function so there’s zero surprises. That way it’s all scoped out already and they know exactly what to build! And you can keep your current dev team working. Let me know if you’re interested to chat ☺️

I know a software dev manager / CTO that has developerd that work for him that could probably help

Hey Peter! I run a small tech consulting company, and we have product managers, UX developers, and devs present to help brindle the gap. I’d love to connect with you and introduce you to some folks on the team, I think we could make your life a lot easier.

Hello Peter I'm a professional app developer having 10+ years of experience and believe I could be a great asset. I assure you quality work at cost effective price and is ready to sign an NDA too. Kindly let me know the best way to connect and share more details. You can also review my profile for feedback too.

Peter Ferrante still happy to talk on this. My co-founder is also a fractional CTO as part of our offering so if you want to discuss again let’s do it

Classic outsourcing problem.

Hey Peter, I currently run StackFive.io. I'd be interested in chatting about this opportunity to learn more!

Sounds to me like you need a project manager or product manager that can get things on the path from prototype -> MVP -> MLP -> mature product.

Hi Jill, happy to chat with you about your company's digital marketing needs. I've helped numerous companies, including CPG brands with their strategy & campaigns.

Hey Jill. Happy to help. I have some experience in CPG as well!

Eva at www.dreamcode.ca/ is amazing! I’ve brought her in to quite a few clients

Faraz is more junior, but he does great work www.linkedin.com/in/faraztabrizian

Hate to self promote, but those are our core services we offer here at Adjust Media! Small team of 6, and we service a few businesses in this group. Depends on your needs, but we mostly handle direct response and performance marketing for e-commerce brands.

I do a good bit of both. Happy to chat. savvycal.com/crowdtamers

I’d recommend Ali Sifton of Futureproof www.meetfutureproof.com

Ryan at www.gosquabgo.com/ is the best!

Don Hazan

Have you found someone? If not I have someone and can send you a dm.

Hi. I’ve used Crown Mobility for all my corporate relocations. They handle Visas, employee moves, and housing. They’ve also helped with office location. I use KMPG for expect tax though. I don’t mess around there. Things like Superannuation and mandatory training and development plans are something you come across in AUS that can catch you off guard if you’re not prepared. Here’s a contact at Crown if you want to explore. www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-long-cgmp-gms

Scott - happy to help here. DM me or Jamie S.

Jeff Waldman how can you help?

Union labs

I will ask around!

Jackie Durk Dinsmore DM me and I can see how to help

Hi Jackie, would Thornhill be an option? I have a wonderful space I can offer.

We would be happy to lend our tilr office space if it works for you

Have you considered a coworking space like Workhaus? Chat with Ryan Speers!

We are planning to sublease our office on Yonge and King and may fit your needs.

Have the perfect space in Liberty Village. Newly built out, short term, with parking and far cheaper than co-working. DM me.

We’ve got space at Queen & University that we’re looking at subleasing. PM me if you want more details.

hi Bhavin Shah- we're vacating our space at WeWork at King/University that would match your requirements (5th floor) - only the "private" offices within our private office aren't private at all, and they made no effort to solve the issue during our stay here.