On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2018. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jordan ↗
In their words
I have a very simple ask. Help me end the culture of complicity. It can be our instinct to look away, to not get involved. What I'm asking you to do is get involved, get uncomfortable, and say something.
This is not a zero-sum game. It is not man versus woman, us versus them, he versus she. It is about the we — the collective we in this room.
For too long people have been untouchable. If you see something that's not right, say something — it's the only way things change.
Quick answers
Who is Jordan Wimmer?
Co-founder and CEO of Thrive Savings, a Toronto fintech that helped young people save automatically and shop debt-free. Before founding it in 2017 she was a banker in London doing deals in Geneva, Hong Kong and Dubai.
What was her TechTO talk about?
She had planned to talk fintech, but after receiving an email from a young woman being harassed at work she shared her own 2008 #MeToo experience as a banker and asked the audience to speak up: 'get involved and get uncomfortable.' TechTO, February 2018.
What happened to Thrive Savings?
It has shut down. Wimmer publicly announced the company was winding down and exiting the Canadian market.