Alison Gibbins

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Contact Info
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Leader with 15+ years of experience in marketing strategy, product management, and team…

Experience & Education

  • Daily Bread Food Bank

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Volunteer Experience

  • Rise Graphic

    Mentor

    Rise

    - Present 4 years

    Health

    Mentored entrepreneurs who live with mental health challenges

  • Startup Weekend Graphic

    Facilitator, Organizer for Startup Next, Participant (1st & 2nd places)

    Startup Weekend

    - 5 years 3 months

  • Techstars Graphic

    Curator of Customer Development Digest

    Techstars

    - 2 years 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

    A weekly email digest with the best information on customer development, discovery, and growth. Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/NXaqj

  • Founder

    Toronto Moms Group

    - 4 years 1 month

    Founded a parent support and engagement network of over 3,500 active participants. Organized over 1,600 events, from seminars on "Everything you need to know about child care options" to group picnics.

  • Chair of the Board of Directors

    Ferncliff Daycare

    - 2 years 1 month

    Children

Projects

  • Griflens Interactive Story Beads

    Griflens Interactive Story Beads are a fun and collectible way to encourage kids to interact with new technologies in a creative way by creating online, shareable stories. Kids can collect Griflens beads, scan them to activate the characters and props online, and create their stories at griflens.com.
    * Winner of Startup Weekend Toronto
    * Runner-up in Global Startup Battle Activate 2013 (over 1,000 startups entered worldwide)

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  • LearningLoop.co - Winner of Startup Weekend EDU Toronto

    We’re passionate about providing solutions for early childhood education, a critical but often overlooked stage in a child’s development. This is Learning Loop: an online platform that allows educators and parents to share information about their child in a simple and meaningful way. Track observations, get insights, celebrate achievements and help education’s youngest members thrive.

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  • babySIMPLIFY

    - Present

    A web service that helps expectant parents determine what they need and don't need for their new baby.

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  • Inventor: show horn for dog balloon boots

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    Patent pending design to help get Pawz balloon boots on your dog quickly and easily.

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  • Mentor at MaRS Grow Camp

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    I was a mentor at MaRS 2017 Grow Camp - a marketing and growth course for high growth startups. I gave a talk on customer development and this video shows some of the key insights.

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  • SIMPLIFY Analytics

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    SIMPLIFY Analytics Inc. helps consumers make decisions for major life events using surveys and predictive analytics. Our first product was www.babySIMPLIFY.com, a website that helps expectant and new parents figure out what they need and don't need for their family.
    * 2nd place Toronto Startup Weekend 2011
    * extensive consumer validation and market research
    * raised operating funds through a friends and family round, after initially bootstrapping the company

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