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Floyd Sijmons

Investor

EIR at SFU VentureLabs

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About

Floyd Sijmons is an operations executive with over 15 years of experience in scaling startups and managing organizational transformation across B2B SaaS and multi-sided marketplace businesses. As Operations Director at New Ventures BC, he advises and mentors founders while serving as an investor and advisor to early-stage companies. He holds a Master of Science in Strategic Management from RSM Erasmus University.

Experience

  1. New Ventures BCOperations Director & 'Mentor Wrangler'current2024 — presentVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  2. SFU VentureLabsExecutive In Residencecurrent2019 — presentGreater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
  3. Foresight Cleantech Accelerator CentreEntrepreneur in Residence & Program Advisorcurrent2020 — presentGreater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
  4. Self-EmployedExecutive Business Consultant - Start-up Growth focuscurrent2019 — presentGreater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
  5. Open Landscape NetworkExecutive2023 — 2024Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  6. CoFoundersLabFeatured Advisor2020 — 2022
  7. Granted ConsultingManaging Director2020 — 2021Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  8. GiftloopCEO & Co-Founder2018 — 2019United States
  9. HelplingManaging Director & Co-Founder2014 — 2017The Randstad, Netherlands
  10. CompareHero.myManaging Director & Co-Founder2013 — 2014Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  11. GrouponHead of Strategic Revenue Management & Planning - Groupon EMA (8 countries)2012 — 2014Region base is in Istanbul, but I mostly travel within the region
  12. GrouponHead of Deal Quality - Groupon International2011 — 2012The Randstad, Netherlands
  13. GrouponHead of Deal Strategy / Quality Control Groupon Benelux2011 — 2012Amsterdam and Brussels
  14. GrouponBusiness Development2011Amsterdam
  15. GrouponIntern Business Intelligence2011Amsterdam

Education

  1. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityMaster, Strategic Management2009 — 2011
  2. University of Southern CaliforniaMSc. Business Administration; School, Strategic Management; Business2010
  3. Rotterdam School of ManagementBachelor, International Business Administration; Business Administration; Mathematics2006 — 2009
  4. OVCHigh School Diploma, Gymnasium level (highest)2000 — 2006

Skills & more

Business Development77Change Management8Management Consulting9Business Strategy67Entrepreneurship45Competitive Analysis28E-commerce23Social Media18Marketing Strategy17B2B13Online Advertising13Marketing10
+12 moreStart-upsMarket ResearchOnline MarketingMarketing ManagementMarketing CommunicationsSales OperationsStrategic ConsultingDigital MarketingSalesforce.comSPSSLeadershipStrategy

Languages Dutch · English · German

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Colleagues at SFU VentureLabs

Alexis Santoso
Marketing Associate at SFU VentureLabs
Andrew Elphinstone
EIR at SFU VentureLabs
Bob Harper
EIR at SFU VentureLabs
Brigita Cecic
Marketing Coordinator at SFU VentureLabs
Bruce H. Clarke
EIR at SFU VentureLabs
Chris Buckman
EIR at SFU VentureLabs
Chris Stairs
EIR at SFU VentureLabs
Chuck Hamilton
EIR at SFU VentureLabs

Frequently asked questions

Where does Floyd Sijmons work?
Floyd Sijmons is EIR at SFU VentureLabs.

Same school

Also attended Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University165

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Also attended University of Southern California474

Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesVojtech HornaInvestor at Index VenturesNatalie VaisInvestor at Spark CapitalErica BresciaManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesDylan PearcePartner at Greycroft

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Shared employers

Also worked at CoFoundersLab2

Erica Duignan MinnihanInvestor at Reign VenturesBenjamin A Coppel SPartner at Future Ventures

Also worked at Helpling7

Lucas MerlePartner at eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSLise RechsteinerGeneral Partner at Vsquared VenturesFlorent SimonPrincipal at Play VenturesEduardo KüpperManaging Partner at Airborne VenturesMartin GibsonInvestor at AccelJan MarchewskiPrincipal at Hitachi, Ltd.

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Also worked at Groupon91

Greg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionEric LefkofskyEntrepreneur & PhilanthropistJyri EngeströmPartner at Lifeline VenturesBria IulianoExecutive Assistant at Two Bear CapitalBrittanyInvestor at Backstage Capital

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