Shyft in location pays off for former Ottawa entrepreneur

2012 Forty Under 40 recipient’s mobile app finding startup success in Seattle

“The U.S. labour market is changing; workers don’t just take a schedule set in stone every two weeks. In the era of Uber and on-demand models, where workers can turn their availability on and off, they want more flexibility.” – S. SOMASEGAR, VENTURE PARTNER AT MADRONA VENTURE GROUP AND INVESTOR IN SHYFT

BY JACOB SEREBRIN Special to OBJ
TECHNOLOGY


An Ottawa native is hoping to make it big south of the border thanks to a new mobile app startup that has just landed $1.5 million in venture capital. Brett Patrontasch is the founder and CEO of Shyft, an app producer now based in Seattle. The app is...

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