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Did Janie Goldstein co-found The Upside Foundation?
Yes. The Upside Foundation's own homepage, checked 2026-10-16, says it was co-founded by Robert Antoniades, Mark Skapinker and consultant Janie Goldstein. BetaKit (2025-11-20) and CVCA Central (2018-06-06) name the same three founders. CharityVillage (2012-12-11) and Entrevestor (2013-01-14) both interviewed her as the foundation's executive director in its first months, and a Pledge 1% profile (2017-03-31) says she held that role pro bono from inception.
What did Janie Goldstein do before The Upside Foundation?
BetaKit's write-up of her Startup Canada podcast episode (2016-08-23) says she studied electrical engineering at McGill, earned an MBA at Harvard, started in marketing and technical roles at Bell-Northern Research (later Nortel), then spent over a decade in consulting. The Pledge 1% profile (2017-03-31) adds that her consulting firm was later acquired by Deloitte and that her background includes venture capital.
Has Janie Goldstein spoken at TechTO?
No. The person from The Upside Foundation who did take the TechTO stage was Jen Couldrey, then its executive director, on 2019-05-19 with a talk titled Building a Culture That Employees Love.
Where is Janie Goldstein based, and what does she do now?
Her Toronto Metropolitan University page, checked 2026-10-16, lists her as Special Advisor, Family Business and Instructor at the Ted Rogers School of Management, where she co-founded the Family Business Institute (launched 2023) and teaches family and small business courses; it also says she still serves on the Upside Foundation board. BetaKit (2025-11-20) reports the foundation agreed to be taken over by SickKids Foundation's Charitable Giving Fund. No fetched page states where she lives; her university work is in Toronto.