July 12, 2023: Your path to product-market fit

TechTO's Founders Journey Series gives you unparalleled access to some of today's top Founders and Leaders from across the Canadian Tech Ecosystem. We chat with our guests about their journeys to building their current business and the lessons they learned along the way.

Our most recent episode of The Founders Journey features Alex Rink, CEO of Rink Ventures.

Alex is the CEO of Rink Ventures, where he works as a Strategic Advisor for high-growth companies and VCs/PEs.

He has over 20 years of experience as a SaaS/DaaS CEO/co-founder and executive and most recently led an M&A and merger integration for a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company.

In today's podcast, we discuss:

• Alex’s early years

• What inspired him to enter the technology space

• His years working at Bain as a Consultant

• How his dad inspired his entrepreneurial journey

• Best lessons learned as an early entrepreneur

• Joining a startup as a CEO and non-co-founder

• Getting product market fit

• Getting your first customer

• Advice he wishes he knew when he was first starting out

• What inspired him to change paths to investing/advising

Listen now on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts

Where can you connect with Alex?

Find Alex on LinkedInggested Media

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