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Hi Roger, we use SEP.ca and they're great. Send me a PM with your email and I can make an intro.

Delta Growth

Hey Roger Beharry Lall I run a design studio with a writer, photographer, and developer/SEO specialist in Toronto. While we typically run both the creative and SEO side, we are more than happy to work with you on the SEO side first and then include creative into a more holistic approach after (if it suits your needs and goals). You can find our work at fookcommunications.com or @fookcomm on Instagram.

Jocelyn Butler

Some of best creative minds are in a basement somewhere right now.

I’d chat with Meg & Affan at Nuscreen Inc.

Hey Roger Beharry Lall I work for a client <> agency matchmaking service that can help with your search for this - sent you a dm!

Can't recommend the gang at Delta Growth enough! dg.agency/

Jess Joyce isn't an agency, but could help or point you to one she trusts

We are launching our SEO agency in couple of months, will send you PM

Zia F

PM;d

Would love to get some advice as well! Thank you!

I have connections to a good private lender, pm for details

I can support as well through connections.

Talk to Kola Ifambuyi - will DM you his email.

Russel Inspektor can definitely help!!

You know I'm always here to assist. 😀

The one key thing to this is cascading management reviews. CEO and direct reports need to review KPIs and project status (every week is ideally). Works best if these review meetings cascade down the organization. Managers' key role is to help remove barriers & get efforts unstuck. KPIs tie to projects. Project status should focus on the next deliverable (defined clearly so it is either 'done' or 'not done', 80% is meaningless). (sorry to say but GANTT's, etc. are nice to have but often add little value)

Literally working on an article about this as well! I’ve found very little for free.

Netflix party. Not a game but you can watch together and chat

You might find good stuff in here: noproscenium.com/immersive-for-indoor-kids-3-17-20-6824411d6731

Though you’re right with the limit (most games are max. 8 players) Jackbox is SO fun! I’ve been playing with my improv community while our classes and shows are cancelled What I’ve found works is the top four scorers stay for the next round, and four new ones join. The games are pretty short, so it goes by fast And when you’re not playing, you can join as “audience”, which means you can vote on the current game I’ve been streaming with Zoom by pointing a camera at my TV, then joining the Zoom with another computer. I tried with FB Live, but it had a lag that affected the game and having everyone talking and laughing while we played was the best. It’s been really helpful!

We've got remote workshops your team can do. It's like jackbox games but for learning. www.mybenji.com/lunch-and-learn

We've been enjoying spyfall.adrianocola.com/ and skribbl.io over video during lunch.

Hi Deb Ghosh - My team and I started doing a weekly "Friday Puzzles" session a few years ago and have always thought about turning it into a fun, freemium side project. Maybe it's time to make it a reality with all this forced remote work. At any rate, here are the basics: Each week, a teammate is designated "Puzzle Master" and tasked with creating or finding 3+ puzzles of any variety they choose. Every Friday at 4, we all hop on a Zoom call together and the puzzle master posts puzzles one at a time in a dedicated Slack channel with folks submitting answers via Slack DMs. It's pretty unstructured beyond that but it's super fun and we all look forward to it as a lovely way to close out the week together Let me know if you're interested in trying it out and I'll send you websites to source puzzles from to get you started. Here's a teaser puzzle from last Friday :)

You could ask Stewart Butterfield to create one but he will probably fail and instead accidentally produce a multi billion dollar enterprise software firm. Again.

I recommend Kahoot

We had a lot of fun with it at Aurora.

Hey Niloo, I check a couple of those boxes. Happy to set up a virtual coffee.

Same here. I used head space for 3 years and meditate everyday. Would love to hear more about this startup. Send me a PM

Feel fee to DM me.

Hi Niloo, I think I can help with this! Feel free to PM me :)

Awesome idea happy to chat and help

I'm a millenial.

Bradd Tuck

Used calm, insight timer and pillow (sleep tracking app) for sometime now. Happy to have a virtual coffee. Feel free to DM me.

Love the idea. Believe we met before this pivot, happy to chat Niloo :)

On a diff note, I didn't know you pivot, loved reading your LI post at a time with Montreal accelerator.

great idea, much needed.

Not sure if you still need help but I'm down!

Happy to help 🙋🏻‍♀️

Hey, yeah it will be a pleasure

Me!

Late to this but I am an avid headspace user - would love to help and hear more!

DMd you.

Hugh Carter

I'm down! I run an SEO agency startup. Shoot me a DM!

DMd!

Bryan Watson is definitely worth talking to, don't know if he does taxes though just SRED (and much more)

100% Welch Bruce Raganold it was a seamless process for us.

We just started working with them: myflow.ca/ - they’ve got great references.

Seconding Bryan Watson.

@bond consulting is amazing!

Without question Irene May Lee

I can help. Sent you a DM.

Zale Tabakman

Stonecracker -- Passed through 2 complete audits got 100%. You want to pick someone who has successfully done audits, not simply filed. I can provide references if you want them.

Irene May Lee is excellent for accounting!

Julie Bond @Bond Consulting

100% Bryan Watson

Www.futurebalance.ca

Mobile Capital Network www.mobilecapital.net/

Sahar Ansary can help!

I have been doing it for 20 years. We charge 15% to 20% or less depending on how much you get back. We only charge of you are successful.

boast.ai has a great, automated approach

You may want to check out 7shifts.com. They may be able to do exactly what you need.

Not sure how many employees but our Ceridian Dayforce product is known for this

Can't remember the name of the company but Drive Capital has a portfolio company that does just that

Sent you a PM

Peter Faist I oversee our success department at 7shifts - let me know if you have any questions!! Happy to help. :)

I have a friend (also my lawyer) with an office. I use their address as my official address. Anything day to day comes to my house.

I use the address of my local Post Office. Nobody ever sends me any physical mail... but if someone were to do so, at least the Post Office would know where to redirect it. :)

I use Regus. They have a virtual office plan for $99 a month.

AnytimeMailbox.com

I use agileoffices at Eaton Centre..it is $33/month.

Sit down with your head of finance (maybe you?) and do some forecasting. Most shares will be about 1-3% given as a bonus 1-2x a yr. Use that and expected earnings to see if your numbers are viable

If I was running a small firm, I'd personally look into giving shares, and paying out quarterly dividends on them. Provides a bit more flexibility imo

Zoë Jessica - reach out to Cassy Aite on this topic. He's done a lot of research in the past few months on perks and incentive structures: www.linkedin.com/in/cassyaite/

Thank you Zachary Iles and Garry Brownrigg thank you so much!

I just did this for my team - happy to talk through the options I weighed!

Alan Gruda

Following this!

I use RiseHR but it still has to be populated and customized with your handbook and policies. I’ll see what else I can dig up

I'm sure the guys at getaboard.co would love to chat with you (Toronto-based).

Collage

I liked using BambooHR! Great solution for startups.

I don’t know if they also serve Canada. Happy to look at that but I was the impression they are only for US customers

We had the same expectation 3 years ago when we hired bunch of people in Canada, there’s gotta be an automation/app for that, but were disappointed....hey may be its time to get started on this idea.

I am curious though that what takes up the most amount of time from HR functions that is worth investing from automation perspective. Like handbook I can have it created once and updated once a year and employee can read pdf copy that should be okay but employee engagement, onboarding and off boarding along with training, performance reviews, culture enhancement might be all related to finding the right HRIS system with recruitment module that connects with job boards, background checks, screening candidates etc.

AirMason is not a full platform but is a specific solution for employee handbooks. Great Toronto company spun out of Serind Labs. www.airmason.com/

I’ll let you guys know what I end up deciding thanks for your input 🙏🏻

Sorry I have no idea, but sounds like great growth!

Lianne Marie any suggestions?

Hey Atin Gupta we do all of these things Humi !! www.humi.ca happy to help w whatever, feel free to shoot me a DM, or happy to reply here.

Atin Gupta I am a Sr HR exec for a FinTech in the start up world and would be more than willing to jump on a call and walk you through all of the different options out there! It can seem overwhelming 😉

Echoing what Jenn Lennox said, I'd be happy to help. I've been in the HR space for 20 years and know the HR tech space inside out. Unfortunately you're not going to find 1 solution that does it all extremely well. If you're planning to grow headcount wise then invest in a good recruitment system like Greenhouse, which would likely integrate into a future HRIS like HiBob, which is my favourite HRIS. Thinking about your future business requirements, employee experience and ability to scale HR are key considerations. Happy to talk further on this.

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Early adopter and power user. Have a few apps integrated yes.

Many apps integrated: Polly, Google Drive, Google Calendar, JIRA, GIPHY, Asana, Lever. They either make things easier to execute within Slack or add an enhanced Slack messaging experience.

Zoom, rollbar, asana, gitlab, gcal.

Just installed HubSpot this AM to connect to the chat service in our app. That was mind blowing. Also Calendar, maybe Trello, GitLab

The google sheet integration is pretty cool.

Yes, asana, Google calendar, Google drive, donut. I like being notified when tasks are completed or a meeting is upcoming. Donut to try and build a sense of community.