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Will Richman

Will Richman

Co-founder, Bitmaker Labs

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Will Richman co-founded Bitmaker Labs, a Toronto coding bootcamp that ran nine-week immersive web development courses, with four fellow founders. Richman and Andrew Mawer later ran the school together, and General Assembly went on to acquire it. Richman then co-founded GrowthGenius, a Toronto startup that used machine learning to book sales meetings for its customers.

Will hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Will co-founded Bitmaker Labs, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Who founded Bitmaker Labs?

A Bitmaker Labs blog post from 2014-02-24 says the school began with five founders: Tory Jarmain, Matt Gray, Andrew Mawer, Duncan McCall and Will Richman, and that Mawer and Richman remained.

What did Richman do at Bitmaker Labs?

BetaKit reported on 2014-05-02 that Richman and Andrew Mawer took over running Bitmaker Labs after Duncan McCall left to start BrainStation, and that Richman put the school's employment rate after graduation at 90 percent.

What did Richman build after Bitmaker Labs?

The Globe and Mail reported on 2018-10-05 that Richman was CEO and co-founder of GrowthGenius, a Toronto startup using machine learning to get companies sales meetings with their ideal customers.

What does Richman do now?

Upgraded's team page, checked 2026-09-25, lists Will Richman as head of client earnings and says Bitmaker Labs was acquired by General Assembly and GrowthGenius by Firepower Capital.

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