What Startup Founders Get Wrong About Scaling & Other Important Lessons | Ryan Henry

By his mid 20's, Ryan Henry became Head of Engineering for a fast growing mobile game developer. It was his first exposure to scaling a tech company, which he later leveraged at Freshbooks, a Canadian "unicorn" startup (over $1 billion valuation). At Freshbooks, Ryan hired 100 engineers in 1 year, a real rocket ship. He shares his insights on scaling a business, hiring the best people, how AI will change the tech landscape, and other important learnings.

Ryan also launched a startup and now runs a VC fund, Sand Hill North, where he invests in Seed stage companies in Canada and the US.

In this conversation, we focus a lot on what is considered a venture scalable business, how VCs think through an investment, and why entrepreneurs need to adopt a VC scalable perspective if they choose to raise money.

Entrepreneurs and investors will gain a lot from hearing Ryan's perspective.

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About Ryan Henry

Ryan manages venture investments at Sand Hill North, focusing on pre-seed and seed B2B software in Canada and the US. They invest in day-0 companies with a particular focus on robotics, energy and AI. Previously, Ryan co-founded Wisely, an AI-powered fundraising enablement platform for charities, and scaled FreshBooks from their series-A.

With over a decade of leadership experience, Ryan has built SaaS, AI, fintech, mobile games and AR apps and worked with brands like Disney, Mattel, and McDonald's.

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