On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2018. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Mark ↗
In their words
no matter how lean you think you're running there's probably a lot of fat in the company still
without understanding where you're going you have no idea where you'll be and a couple hires and a couple bad quarters can change that position really quickly
Quick answers
What was Mark Goh's TechTO talk about?
Nearly running ChargeSpot out of cash. He showed the actual cash-balance graph, which he noted founders rarely put on a slide, and explained that eight years in finance had not given him the fiscal discipline he assumed it had.
How did ChargeSpot recover?
By forecasting properly — a model good enough to show what each decision would do to the cash balance — then making painful cuts, doubling down on the channels that worked, and turning down interesting opportunities. He says it was done without outside capital.
What does Mark Goh run now?
Clearspace, an office interior construction company he founded in 2019 in Toronto.