Marc Gingras

"Marc is a Canadian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the CEO of Foko, a visual communication platform for retail teams. He sold his previous venture, Tungle.me, to BlackBerry in 2011. He is the Chairman of Sopar, a non-profit focused on sustainable development and helping the poor in rural India. Marc holds an MBA from INSEAD, a MASc in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo and a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa

Startup Culture Diaries: How to build a transparent organization

Oct 4, 2017

Knowledge is power. We all know this. If you know of an opportunity before a competitor, you have an edge. But that edge dissipates…

Startup Culture Diaries: How to be present as a founder when absent

Aug 15, 2017

In 2006, I started a tech company called Tungle. One series A, 500,000 users and five years later, it was acquired by Blackberry.…

Startup Culture Diaries: Making purpose part of a startup’s DNA

Jul 4, 2017

Welcome to a new monthly series from Foko CEO Marc Gingras on the importance of building a positive company culture. In this…

Startup Culture Diaries: The least talked about, most important factor in startup success

Jun 12, 2017

Welcome to a new monthly series from Foko CEO Marc Gingras on the importance of building a positive company culture. In this…