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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
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Passion Drives Your Startup Success - Bram Warshafsky, Shelfgram

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Bram Warshafsky the Founder of Shelfgram joins me to share his startup battles and “pack it in” moments.

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Highlights:


- 2 moments when Bram was considering walking away from a startup
- How to get employees to work on what they really want
- 1000 small pivots - what’s that and how it works
- Don’t set long term goals


About Bram

Bram Warshafsky is the Founder of Shelfgram, a tech start-up that enables brands and retailers with increased in-store visibility and a suite of competitive intelligence tools to find actionable shopper insights, monitor in-store promotions, and spot retail trends before they're trends. Prior to founding Shelfgram, Bram was the VP of Innovation at sgsco where he led a team of engineers applying artificial intelligence to eCommerce and was instrumental in building and commercializing a new SaaS product with Fortune 500 marketing teams. Bram joined sgsco through the acquisition of 5Crowd, a global platform that connects enterprise marketing and sales departments with top freelancers, which he co-founded. Before 5Crowd, he held various roles within brand management and digital marketing at Johnson & Johnson. He has been named Top 30 Under 30 by Marketing Magazine, Young Entrepreneur of the Year by Desjardins Bank and Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year by the Toronto Board of Trade.



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