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Lidia Bit-Yunan

Co-founder, Set Scouter

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Lidia Bit-Yunan co-founded Set Scouter, the Toronto marketplace for booking film and commercial shoot locations, with Alex Kolodkin, and served as its chief operating officer. She started the company in her early twenties and grew up in Kazakhstan. By mid-2020 she had stepped back from her operating role and was an entrepreneur in residence at Founder Institute Toronto.

Lidia hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Lidia co-founded Set Scouter, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Did Lidia Bit-Yunan co-found Set Scouter?

Yes. A BetaKit article published July 25, 2019 says Set Scouter was founded in 2012 and launched in July 2013 by Alex Kolodkin and COO Lidia Bit-Yunan. The Assyrian Podcast episode published March 20, 2018 introduces her as co-founder and COO of Set Scouter.

What did she do after running operations at Set Scouter?

An episode of Entrepreneurs, in Conversation With Géraldine published June 25, 2020 describes her as a Set Scouter co-founder and entrepreneur in residence at Founder Institute Toronto, and says she was stepping away from her operational role. Her current role has not been verified.

Where did she grow up?

In Kazakhstan. The Assyrian Podcast episode published March 20, 2018 covers her upbringing there and how she rekindled her connection to her Assyrian heritage.

How early was she involved in Set Scouter?

From the start. In a video interview recorded at the 2014 Toronto Web Fest and published May 24, 2014, Reginald Argue introduces her as a co-founder of Set Scouter, less than a year after BetaKit says the platform launched in July 2013.

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