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Chris Hobbs on the TechVancouver stage

Chris Hobbs

Co-founder & President, TTT Studios

SoftwareVancouverOn TechVancouver stages since 2016

Chris Hobbs co-founded Two Tall Totems in Vancouver in 2010 with his twin brother David and Josephine Wong. It rebranded to TTT Studios in 2018 and builds custom software and AI systems for enterprise clients. He told TechVancouver in 2016 how three coffees a week — his 'three cups of chai' rule — built the company's pipeline.

On the TechVancouver stage ×1

First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Chris

In their words

but what if I changed that word from meeting and made it into coffee

TechVancouver, Aug 2016 · watch at 03:23

so that coffee I'm going to have three times a week minimum and what I mean by that is I'm actually going to meet three different people a week

TechVancouver, Aug 2016 · watch at 04:00

and that's also important is you never sell something when you talk to them

TechVancouver, Aug 2016 · watch at 04:51
A few quotes can’t cover everything Chris said on the TechVancouver stage. 1,600+ talks are searchable.Ask about Chris

Quick answers

Who is Chris Hobbs?

Co-founder and president of TTT Studios, the Vancouver software studio he started in 2010 as Two Tall Totems with his twin brother David Hobbs and Josephine Wong.

What is '3 Cups of Chai'?

Hobbs's networking rule, presented at TechVancouver in 2016: meet three new people a week over coffee, never pitch, listen for their problems, then ask each of them for two introductions.

What does TTT Studios do?

Custom software, mobile apps and AI systems for enterprises, out of Vancouver. Hobbs said on the TechVancouver stage in 2016 that the team had shipped about 150 iOS and Android apps in its first six years.

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