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Can Toronto's tech eco-system compete with Silicon Valley?
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In their words
When you talk about Silicon Valley, they don't differentiate between San Francisco and San Jose — in the Bay Area it is one ecosystem. The point here is that we're stronger together. The only way that we win is if we bridge the gap between Toronto and Waterloo.
If we do something for each other without any expectation of something being paid back to us, that's how we invest in the ecosystem — and ultimately that's how we win.
Quick service restaurant spend in the United States is 250 billion dollars, so it's as big as all of e-commerce.
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What is Ray Reddy known for?
Co-founding Ritual, the Toronto order-ahead app for coffee and lunch pickup, and before that PushLife, a mobile music company Google acquired in 2011. He is now VP of Retail Product at Shopify.
What does Ray Reddy do now?
He is VP, Retail Product at Shopify, where he leads Shopify POS. He joined in January 2025 and remains a board advisor to Ritual.
What did Ray Reddy do before Ritual?
He co-founded PushLife, a mobile music company acquired by Google in 2011, then spent about four years on Google's commerce team, launching Google Express to ten cities. He and his Ritual co-founders had earlier worked together at BlackBerry in Waterloo.