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Jake Karls on the TechTO stage

Jake Karls

Co-founder & Chief Rainmaker, Mid-Day Squares

Consumer packaged goodsMontrealOn TechTO stages since 2025

Jake Karls co-founded Mid-Day Squares, the Montreal maker of functional chocolate bars, with his sister and brother-in-law in 2018, and drives its brand as 'Chief Rainmaker' through raw social-media storytelling. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, he helped grow the company into a category contender across Canada and the US. He spoke at TechTO in 2025.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2025. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jake

In their words

Internet and social media has democratized attention. It's given it back to you and I as consumers.

TechTO Commerce, Dec 2025 · watch at 3:54

they cannot copy how we make people feel because that is the one thing that's actually different

TechTO Commerce, Dec 2025 · watch at 6:14
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Quick answers

Who is Jake Karls?

A co-founder and 'Chief Rainmaker' of Mid-Day Squares, the Montreal functional-chocolate brand, known for building its audience through candid social-media storytelling; he was named to Forbes 30 Under 30.

What did he speak about at TechTO?

The power of authenticity and storytelling in building a brand, and why competitors can copy a product but not how a brand makes people feel.

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