Larry Jackson - Creative Solutions
Larry is a professional writer, producer and broadcaster who moved to Muskoka in 2020 Currently he is producing communications projects for several corporate clients and continues to write and host two weekly radio series, The Immortals and Celebrity Spotlight, for AM740 Zoomer radio in Toronto.
Larry began his media career in the mid-1970s with his first professional job as a morning radio newsman on CJCS radio in Stratford. By the end of the decade, he was a reporter on Global Television, based in Toronto. Through 16 years at Global he travelled the world as a reporter and producer.
At the time he left the network in 1995 he was a senior producer with responsibilities for producing a variety of news, public affairs and other shows.
In 1995 he formed Editorial Edge, a marketing agency focused on helping primarily early-stage companies find success through effective communications. He continues working with a select list of clients today.
Karen Grant - Funding Strategies
Early Stage Business and Funding Strategies
Karen Grant is a passionate advocate of angel investing in Canada. She received her start at IBM in sales and marketing, working there for 12 years until she was recruited to head Toronto Venture Group. This experience helped catapult Grant to launch her first Angel Group in 2001. Since then, Grant has founded three other angel groups, Northern Ontario Angels, Angel One Network and Equation Angels, which launched in late 2019.