On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2015. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Derek ↗
In their words
boxing day was sort of the perfect event for that because it's the one day in the year that everybody is thinking about shopping
you know a point in time that really transformed the business instead of you going out and doing outreach and outbound is to have people call you with interest to list on the site
that's the marketplace challenge in a nutshell and to the extent that you can leverage like events and try to push through that and try to get the snowball rolling that's what we're trying to do
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
What is Derek Szeto known for?
Founding RedFlagDeals.com, the Canadian deals and coupons site acquired by Yellow Pages in 2010. He later ran retail-hiring app Wirkn and co-founded Toronto embedded-insurance company Walnut Insurance.
What does Derek Szeto do now?
He is co-founder and CEO of Walnut Insurance, a Toronto platform that lets brands and fintechs deliver their own embedded insurance offerings.