On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Michael ↗
In their words
we looked in the mirror and basically said what we can do any idiots can do as well there's nothing proprietary there we have no future
not a single VC from Canada ever knocked on our door ever in the history of the company only American European investors Asian investor
we were International from day one and we were actually a us-based company we had an office in New York before we had any people in New York
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
Who is Michael Stumm?
A University of Toronto computer engineering professor, now emeritus, who co-founded OANDA in 1995 and ran it as CEO from 2001 to 2012. He also co-founded SOMA Networks while on faculty.
What is OANDA?
One of Toronto's original fintech companies. It put free, accurate currency exchange rates on the open web in 1996 and became one of the larger retail foreign exchange platforms.
What did he speak about at TechTO?
Lessons from building OANDA, at the August 2016 TechTO — a look back at which decisions held up over two decades of building a technically hard financial product out of Canada, and which did not.