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Eric Lifson

Co-founder, Skrumble

Communications

Eric Lifson is a co-founder of Skrumble, the Toronto company he started with David Lifson in January 2014 to put business phone, conferencing, team messaging and file sharing into one app. In 2018 he was a co-founder of Skrumble Network, a blockchain communications project. Before Skrumble he worked in marketing strategy, including the national McCafé launch for McDonald's.

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

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Did Eric Lifson co-found Skrumble?

Yes. A MaRS Discovery District case study published June 28, 2016 names David Lifson and Eric Lifson as Skrumble's co-founders and says the company was established in January 2014, with the two starting out working from their basements.

What was Skrumble Network?

BetaKit reported on July 4, 2018 that Skrumble Network, which it identified Eric Lifson as co-founding, raised about C$19 million in a token sale. Lifson told BetaKit the network aimed to rebuild trust in communication after data-privacy scandals such as Facebook's.

How did he describe building Skrumble?

In the MaRS case study of June 28, 2016 he summed up Skrumble as scrappy, accessible and collaborative, and said technology is only about 10 per cent of innovation, with the other 90 per cent being hard work on go-to-market.

What did he do before Skrumble?

CPAC's InnoVision summit speaker page, checked September 24, 2026, says he holds an MBA in marketing and spent more than 10 years directing strategic marketing projects, including the national McCafé launch strategy for McDonald's.

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