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FlyerFlo

Every Flyer. One App.

Elevator Pitch

FlyerFlo is modernizing paper flyers with a free mobile app that allows consumers to discover new brands and receive personalized promotions from all of their favourite local retailers. For retailers, FlyerFlo increases return on the marketing dollar by providing a mobile platform and actionable analytics – engaging shoppers with contextualized offers is no longer just a pipe dream, but an accessible reality.

Vision

To be the preferred mobile platform for retailers to target and engage consumers, eventually supplanting print flyer distribution and becoming the single go-to source for shoppers looking for personalized deals and promotions.

Mark Hopson

POSITION: Co-Founder

Bio: Food. Movies. Tech. Travel.

Most Compelling Achievement to date: I wrote my first app in 2004 on a Nokia Series 40 phone.

Favourite Quote: “Illegitimi non carborundum” – General Joseph Stilwell

Why are you an entrepreneur? Adventure.

Joannes Chan

POSITION: Co-Founder

Bio: Code monkey, musician and TV junkie with a penchant for all things digital. Known weaknesses include Netflix and poutine.

Most Compelling Achievement to date: I started Runaway Cog Studios and successfully launched Bird Blaster, an indie shooter game for iOS devices.

Favourite Quote: “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

Why are you an entrepreneur? Making stuff is fun. Making your own stuff is even more fun.

Clayton Tso

POSITION: Co-Founder

Bio: Sucker for anything digital or mechanical. Obsessed with DIY and finding different and unusual ways to do things better.

Most Compelling Achievement to date: Became a senior consultant at Deloitte in less than three years and had a good time doing so.

Favourite Quote: “I’m never pleased with anything, I’m a perfectionist, it’s part of who I am.” – Michael Jackson

Why are you an entrepreneur? To make my DIY lifestyle not just enjoyable, but sustainable, too.