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Brendon Sedo on the TechTO stage

Brendon Sedo

Initial Contributor at Core (Core DAO), Core

FintechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2018

Brendon Sedo co-founded Joist, a Toronto-based software platform for trade contractors, and led it as CEO through its 2020 acquisition by EverCommerce. Joist grew to over 100,000 active contractor businesses. He is now an initial contributor to Core (Core DAO), a Bitcoin-focused proof-of-stake and DeFi network, where he works on business development.

On the TechTO stage ×1

First seen on the TechTO stage in 2018. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Brendon

In their words

I'm the co-founder and the CEO of Joist and I'm gonna walk you through our story today.

TechTO, Sep 2018 · watch at 0:02

That brought me to one of the hardest days of my life, which was shutting the marketplace down and actually having to lay off a lot of people that I'd personally hired.

TechTO, Sep 2018 · watch at 3:57

We're the largest trades platform in the world, we've got over a hundred and five thousand active businesses using the platform.

TechTO, Sep 2018 · watch at 5:04
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Quick answers

Who is Brendon Sedo?

Brendon Sedo is a Canadian entrepreneur who co-founded Joist, a software platform for trade contractors, and served as its CEO. He is now an initial contributor to Core (Core DAO), a Bitcoin DeFi network.

What did Brendon Sedo build at Joist?

He co-founded and led Joist, which started as an internal iPad tool at a windshield-repair company and became invoicing, estimating and payment software used by more than 100,000 contractor businesses before being acquired by EverCommerce.

What is Brendon Sedo doing now?

He is an initial contributor to Core (Core DAO), a proof-of-stake and DeFi layer for Bitcoin, focused on business development.

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