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David Meyers on the TechTO stage

David Meyers

Co-founder & Principal Engineer, Flipp

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David Meyers co-founded Flipp (formerly Wishabi) in Toronto, the digital flyer and deals app, alongside CEO Wehuns Tan and David Au-Yeung. He has stayed with the company for its whole run and works as a principal engineer, leading its backend architecture. On the TechTO stage in 2016 he spoke on keeping a founding team aligned.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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

In their words

we've been doing this for about 10 years we're still the same co-founding team our CEO we understand he's still our CEO we've gone through multiple rounds of financing and we still have control of the company

TechTO, Apr 2016 · watch at 0:13

I look at starting a company similar to getting married you have this piece of paper that's a signed contract

TechTO, Apr 2016 · watch at 1:56

a sign of a very cohesive team is the willingness for them to debate the ideas and come up with the best answer

TechTO, Apr 2016 · watch at 3:32
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Quick answers

What is David Meyers known for?

Co-founding Flipp (formerly Wishabi) in Toronto in 2007 and helping build the digital flyer and deals app used across North America. He works as a principal engineer at the company.

Who founded Flipp?

Flipp started as Wishabi in 2007. Wehuns Tan is founder and CEO; David Meyers and David Au-Yeung are among the co-founders.

What did David Meyers argue at TechTO?

In his 2016 'Built to Last' talk he credited Flipp's longevity to a founding team that stayed together: a shared vision set before starting, a habit of intense debate until agreement, and trust that let those debates happen.

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