Tami Zuckerman

Founder, The Little Campus

MarketplaceTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2012

Tami Zuckerman co-founded VarageSale in 2012, a community buy-and-sell marketplace she started as a kindergarten teacher on maternity leave. It raised US$34M from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed before VerticalScope acquired it in 2017. She now runs The Little Campus. She spoke at TechTO in November 2015 on building a scalable startup culture.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Tami Zuckerman-Mercier of VarageSale presents How to Create a Scalable Startup Culture

TechTO · November 2015

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In their words

as soon as you start hiring it's really important to implement your culture before your culture implements you

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people are powerful in that they can build your culture right up or they can shoot it right down

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don't just tell them you care show them

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Around the web ×2

Article

VarageSale fails to monetize in time, acquired by VerticalScopeBetaKit

2017

Article

VarageSale's restructuring continues as CEO demotes himselfThe Globe and Mail

2016

Quick answers

What is Tami Zuckerman known for?

Co-founding VarageSale in 2012 with her husband Carl Mercier. She was a kindergarten teacher at the time; the marketplace went on to raise US$34M from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed.

What happened to VarageSale?

After layoffs in 2016 and no revenue model in place, VerticalScope acquired the company in November 2017.

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