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This firm is good - www.pckip.com/ no sure if they no about crypto but worth a shot!

Jim Hinton at Own Innovation in KW

Vandana Taxali knows Crypto and Copyright!

Jack Bensimon

Agree Jack Bensimon the best

I was thinking about the same, really curious if anybody had good experience to share.

We use it. It’s pretty good. You can create virtual cards with different monthly limits for different departments and automatically freeze a card because you want to or because there are too many receipts that haven’t been submitted for that card. Keeps people on top of their paperwork.

Haven’t used them yet but am in the onboarding process and it has been very easy and well thought out so far. Should be up in a day or so.

Martyna Gatkiewicz ^

It looks awesome!

Our company uses it. Good tracking and integrations for accounting. My only complaint is that the physical cards are a little flimsy and don’t have a name on them. One hotel in New York wouldn’t take my card because it didn’t have my name on it.

Does it do anything like Aeroplan points? My travel budget is pretty much predicated on those things. Spent two hours on the phone w Amex yesterday to do some very simple things and would love an alternative.

Yep a happy customer here. Team has virtual cards and we have multiple cards for expenses and I love the integration into QBO + the spending controls.

Happy customer here! We use them. Love that you can send virtual cards to team members.

Super helpful product. Hard to explain why it’s so useful… but we couldn’t live with out it

David Jonah want to share?

I will add more detail but it is a slick method of controlling multiple cardholders . Take a moment to match to your mast chart of expense account categories and post directly to most accounting systems saving Rekeying manually. More visibility and smooth topping up of the spring power. I will start moving major recurring expenses in a virtual office admin to individual cards and avoid the monthly settling of one line credit card statements going to multiple pages .

I use it but I am switching to Carry - it’s an actually credit card and not a prepaid reloadable one

All the best meeting rooms in Toronto, on demand. Super easy to reserve and you just pay as you go: deskpass.com

I booked a space via Flexday and it was perfect.

Happily able to host at Verkspace!

Hi Joyce! We've got you covered Flexday :)

Workmode could be a good solution. Robert S. Reichmann

Esther Perel (based in NY) does this and some sessions are used for her podcast "How's Work?" , but I'm sure there's a waiting list for her, maybe if you search her name other similar type therapists will come up.

Rebecca Silver is amazing! She has been helping my husband and his business partners for awhile now. Her number is +1 (917) 952-6621 She is exceptionally responsive - evenings and weekends as well. You can text her and she responds. She is NY based but we are in Canada ans it’s not a problem at all. She is fantastic - with awesome results! I don’t refer often but when I do - it’s truly based off amazing experience.

If you search for “couples” on my site below, I imagine most would engage in this type of work. You can send them a message first. www.firstsession.com

The professional coach we work with can run a session on this if you’d like their contact info!

I offer this service and would love to connect with you. Please see my professional profile on LinkedIn Lyla Levy Solomon

First step: figure out who all your competitors are. Both direct and indirect. Second step: Write down all the keywords and key phrases you THINK you want to rank for. After you've done that in the dark, scrape your competitors using some SEO tools to figure out what keywords THEY rank for (you might be surprised, there are a probably a bunch you hadn't thought of). Third step: Look for keywords related to all of these keywords as well. Basically, you use your first set of keywords to create an even more expanded set of keywords. Fourth step: Now that you have a massive list of possible keywords in front of you, decide which keywords you want to try to rank for, based on data around how people are searching for those things in the geopgraphical area you serve and how hard it will be to rank for that particular keyword.

If you decide you want some help, apply for the Federal government's canada digital adoption program, and I can connect you with a friend who is an approved vendor under that program so you can get some SEO help for free.

Answer the Public is a great resource.

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Three factors I'd think about: 1. employee base 2. long-term goals and how location might impact it 3. easy of getting started 1. You said the employee base will be remote, so that might not matter. 2. Another factor to think about is your long-term plans for the company. If you're planning to exit eventually (vs hold and run forever) and most buyers are in the US, the transaction is slightly less complicated within borders than across borders. Acq across borders needs some 3. At this stage though, it's probably more important to just get off the ground. So if it's easier to incorporate in the US because of easier paperwork/templates/etc, just do that. At this point, goal should just be to get started. Rest of the problems will be nice problems to have when they matter. My 2c. Good luck.

You'll need to incorporate in order to employ people in either place (or leverage a PEO). So there's that factor. Then you also need to think about where your revenue is coming from and the tax implications. Another option is to incorporate in both countries. I think an accountant + lawyer are probably best to advise on this.

Where will you live? Paying yourself in Cda from a US entity could result in withholding tax. Start with a good cross border tax accountant and then go to a lawyer. I’m one

Why not: both? Then you can leverage grants, contests, and tax credits on both sides of the border. You'll just have to decide which of the two companies owns the software, and which of them has an irrevokable infinite free license to it... or something along those lines.

Canadian side is appealing with Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption providing a significant tax savings if you sell your company down the road - check criteria to qualify (CCPC, assets mostly used for biz in Canada, etc). Not sure if a similar tax incentive is available down south

I’d agree with the comment re talking to a cross border tax specialist before anyone else. I’m an accountant with my own practice n would not myself proceed without doing the same. I can refer you to someone if you’d like. I’ve had nothing but great experiences with Elena Hanson based in Oakville. Happy to connect you or provide further details if you are interested. Thx

Jack Bensimon

There is a lot of challenges. Also make sure to validate your exposure to repatriation taxation on profit based on the legal structure of your company. As an American tax person there are considerations about how to own an Canadian corp. I have a good tax professional that deals with these. DM me for contact info.

Hi Allen Zhang, the The Notable Group can totally help. Please reach out anytime!

#paid

I second #paid

This might be a useful thread: community.shopify.com/c/payments-shipping-and/running-a-consignment-store-on-shopify/td-p/457498 .

Erin Bury - would be more than happy to chat with them if that'd be helpful

Check out Nautical Commerce.

We built a custom marketplace at Naborino and built the MVP on Shopify. It's not ideal for a marketplace but I didn't find a "marketplace builder" on the market that was a fit.

Yea. We built a marketplace on woocommerce using a marketplace plugin. It was okay .. we changed business models after a few weeks of using it and ended up selling the company in 8 months. Glad we changed changed model!

Check out MarketBox if it’s a service marketplace: www.gomarketbox.com/

Have you looked at Sharetribe?

Bubble.

Hey Freddie! We went to high school together, and I’ve spent the majority of the time since building online marketplaces (CareGuide, etc). PM me anytime

Squarespace is relatively easy to work with, especially if you're just building out a simple MVP

Check out www.AltHealth.Me. We use ShopType.com

The conference scope is startups more generally but there are a lot of people from many different industries and many people coming in from outside of Canada. You'll get the most value from it if you start booking meetings in advance of the conference with relevant people/companies coming in from outside of Toronto. The conference app has a directory of everyone attending and you can search by industry (as long as people have filled out their profiles).

You have questions about it?

Check out Snap Pea Design. Used them before and it worked out great.

Your ask is somewhat unclear. Are you looking for an agency or freelancer to build you a prototype for a website and your preferred prototyping tool is Figma?

Our agency has experience. We had a layout designed in Figma sent to us and we built a site out of it. If you have more info or questions, pm me. www.xi-digital.com

Hey Freddie Bee just sent you a DM

Hey Freddie Bee I'd love to help you out with this! I create stunning, high quality, custom websites on WordPress. I'll send you a DM to chat more 🙂 You can check out my agency at mojo-agency.com

Sure Staci Joelle Feel free to DM!

New Digital (newdgtl.com)

Staci Joelle I can help you out so feel free to contact me. :)

Hi Staci Joelle I just sent you a DM

Happy to chat - [email protected]

Hi there, We aren't web designers, we're business strategy designers. This means that we offer full, tailored solutions that incorporate all digital marketing strategies to maximize your return. Even a good web designer will not set up your SEO or landing pages for you. If you work with us, we design your web presence around SEO and conversions. Feel free to reach out to discuss your needs

Jennifer Turliuk Drop me a message to discuss your project in detail and I'll share my sample work as well also I can arrange a consultation for you which doesn't cost you anything.

Aaron Morris is the best and reliable web dev I know so far ❤ I'm sure he'll help you with this

Hey Jennifer Turliuk, I can help you with Website development at an affordable price DM me to discuss further.

Gerald Whitlock made my website and he's very good with it. Highly recommended. Get in touch with him or contact me if you want his details.

Pm me. We do digital strategy and web design.

www.continuumsoft.ca

I’m a little biased 😁Www.thriveonline.biz

What type of site are you looking to build? If it’s eComm, I have a few reccos.

Throwing my hat in the ring! We’re UI/UX specialists for tech start ups Iris Design Collaborative 😄

www.irisdesigncollaborative.com

Hi Jennifer! I'd love to put my company's name for the consideration. www.baxier.co

Me. If you want stuff no one else has.

Our experts adopt agile for UI/UX in order to deliver a design that improves your overall convergence rate by understanding your product and service while working with you on multiple iterations. If you are building an app or web-app then we use different techniques that maximize the chance of your MVP to create a product/market fit Check our “projects” page and instagram to get an idea about the work we have delivered for our clients to standout in the market. www.disruptem.com instagram.com/disruptem You can reach us through instagram or contact us page on our website.

We are 😅 www.kitschy.ca

We do websites (all custom work), software, apps, marketing. www.xi-digital.com

Hehe Studios dribbble.com/hehestudio

Hey Jennifer - Tom and Sarah at Day Shift Digital are pretty fantastic. dayshiftdigital.com Tom Haxel

Flickdevs.com

Daretodream

Nightshift.net

www.daretodream.online/

Inbox me

Definitely Dorit SF

flickdevs.com

For how many people? DM me the details pls

Download the JustBoardrooms app, it will find any type of meeting space you need.

We can set you up through a space in the Flexday platform...largest flexible workspace network in Canada!

Which meetup

Megan Anderson

Nouhaila - if you’re still looking, feel free to DM me

Carbidesecure.com

We are most probably not the right fit but happy to share the best practises for startup if you can point to areas of concerns

I have a number of great options (I run a privacy/cyber/data consulting firm) - feel free to DM with your needs. We have great technical security partners. If non-technical, we can help!

Our website: www.aristatechnologies.ca Email: [email protected]

Michelene Maguire Netmon?

QuickProtect

Do you have any pictures?

Pm you :)

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Marty I’d be happy to help fill your guest line up. Email me [email protected]

Hi Matty. I'd love to do this. Feel free to DM.

Not sure if I would quality but I'm a freelancer jgaudetdesigns.ca and I own a company called Graphic Design Halifax - would love to try it out

Happy to chat about growing my team, mistakes made along the way, and what we are seeing in marketing and automation in 2022.

Would be great to get on. 25 years in tech. 25 years helping startups with digital marketing. Countless failures. Never giving up. I think I'm on attempt #20 I think. I'm actually interviewing crypto founders as well at schoolofwagmi.com 🙂

Hey Matty I DM’d you!

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Talk to Erin Bury she’s amazing and has a killer story.

Here to help if you need me. 22 years and still loving it

Can I nominate Ben Lucier? I think he's had an interesting career journey and has often shared great learnings and insights he's gained along the way. Plus he's just a good dude

Get Myra Arshad on it!

What’s the podcast called Matty? Erin and Adam would be stellar guests

Carrie Thomas would be great