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Duncan McCall

Co-founder, Bitmaker Labs

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Duncan McCall co-founded Bitmaker Labs, a Toronto coding bootcamp that ran nine-week immersive web development courses, with four fellow Ivey graduates. BetaKit reported in 2013 that McCall, a former Bitmaker CEO, had left to launch BrainStation, a Toronto digital skills school McCall co-founded with Jason Field and Apoorv Gupta, among others.

Duncan hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Duncan co-founded Bitmaker Labs, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Who founded Bitmaker Labs?

A Bitmaker Labs blog post from 2014-02-24 says the school began with five founders: Tory Jarmain, Matt Gray, Andrew Mawer, Duncan McCall and Will Richman. The Globe and Mail reported on 2013-04-16 that all five were Ivey graduates.

Why did McCall leave Bitmaker Labs?

BetaKit reported on 2013-11-20 that McCall, described as the former Bitmaker CEO, left to launch BrainStation with cofounders Apoorv Gupta, Jason Field and Alex Karasyov. BetaKit reported on 2014-05-02 that Will Richman and Andrew Mawer then took over running Bitmaker Labs.

What is BrainStation?

The Western Gazette reported on 2015-02-04 that McCall, Jason Field and Apoorv Gupta, three Western alumni, created BrainStation, which had grown into a national company providing resources to aspiring web developers.

Where can I hear McCall talk about BrainStation?

Now Creative Group's Canadian Creatives series posted a video interview with McCall, as founder of BrainStation, on YouTube on 2014-04-01.

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