On the TechWaterloo stage ×1
First seen on the TechWaterloo stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Hongwei ↗
In their words
founders have superpowers. As a founder, you show up and you're automatically credible. The customer thinks you know everything about the product, and you do.
if you've never done it before yourself, how do you know what you're hiring for?
there's no way that someone joining at this phase as a salesperson would possibly be good enough to scale a sales organization. Otherwise, they'd be doing it.
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
What is Hongwei Liu known for?
Co-founding and leading Mappedin, a Waterloo indoor-mapping platform that maps venues and powers wayfinding worldwide.
How did Mappedin start?
As a University of Waterloo campus-navigation side project around 2010-2011, incubated at Velocity; Liu dropped out of engineering to pursue it.
Where is Hongwei Liu based?
Waterloo, Ontario, where Mappedin is headquartered.