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Jason Smith on the TechVancouver stage

Jason Smith

Co-founder & CEO, Klue

Sales TechVancouverOn TechVancouver stages since 2017

Jason Smith co-founded Klue in Vancouver in 2015 with Sarathy Naicker and is its CEO. Klue makes competitive enablement software for enterprise sales teams and has raised over US$81 million. He was previously president of Vision Critical and co-founded Columbus Group, acquired by TELUS. He spoke at TechVancouver in 2017.

On the TechVancouver stage ×1

First seen on the TechVancouver stage in 2017. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jason

In their words

don't run from sales embrace it learn it

TechVancouver, Oct 2017 · watch at 06:41

look for the jazz dancers early and then bring the military precision in later

TechVancouver, Oct 2017 · watch at 07:41

it's either traction or you've got a reputation there's no in-between from raising money

TechVancouver, Oct 2017 · watch at 10:31
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Quick answers

Who is Jason Smith?

Co-founder and CEO of Klue, the Vancouver competitive enablement company he started with Sarathy Naicker in 2015. Before Klue he was president of Vision Critical, which he helped grow from startup to a 500-person market leader, and VP at Electronic Arts.

What did Jason Smith talk about at TechVancouver?

'Elevators and Cliffs: Milestones in the Entrepreneurial Journey' — a walk through the companies he had been involved with and the lesson, in failure or success, he took from each. Presented at TechVancouver in October 2017.

What has Jason Smith been recognized for?

Ernst & Young's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pacific Region, and Business in Vancouver's Top 40 under 40.

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