Erika J. Murray

Founder, Ji App

ConsumerTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2017

Erika J. Murray is a Toronto founder who created Ji, an emoji-based social-scheduling app for organizing dates and social plans. A former lawyer and engineer, she built Ji around her own return to dating and demoed it at TechTO in 2017. She later discussed building and validating the product on the Startup Talk podcast in 2019.

On the TechTO stage ×1

TECHTO9:06

Demo of the Month: Ji App

TechTO · September 2017

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Erika ↗

Around the web ×1

Podcast

Startup Talk Episode 15 — Ji App with Erika J. MurrayStartup Talk

2019

Quick answers

What is Erika J. Murray known for?

Founding Ji, an emoji-based social- and dating-scheduling app she demoed at TechTO in 2017.

What did she do before Ji?

She has said she previously worked as a lawyer and an engineer before founding the app.

How many times has she spoken at TechTO?

Once in the archive here, in September 2017.

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