Tal Shalit

Founder, Betterez

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Tal Shalit founded Betterez in 2011 and ran it as CEO until Busbud acquired the company in November 2022. Betterez sells cloud reservation and ticketing software to bus, coach and tour operators. Before Betterez he was VP of IT at Porter Airlines and a consultant in Deloitte's CRM practice. He spoke at TechTO in October 2019.

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Zebras vs. Unicorns | Tal Shalit, Founder and CEO of Betterez

TechTO · November 2019

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zebras are real unicorns are not

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Around the web ×1

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As demand booms and recession looms, Busbud acquires fellow Canadian travel tech startup BetterezBetaKit

2022

Quick answers

What is Tal Shalit known for?

Founding Betterez in 2011, a Toronto company selling reservation and ticketing software to bus and coach operators, and leading it until Busbud acquired it in November 2022.

What did Tal Shalit do before Betterez?

He was Vice President of IT at Porter Airlines and worked in Deloitte Consulting's CRM practice across Silicon Valley, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and Canada.

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