Optimizing Startup Operations

Learning Outcomes

Founders will learn how to:

- Audit all tasks to extract only High Payoff Activities

- Update existing workflows to eliminate waste

- Use automation to increase capacity without increasing headcount

- Manage and Delegate effectively to create accountability and results

- Increase value for customers and employees

- Reduce your time spent "in the business" (rather than on it)

- Improve your team accountability

- Increase profitable outcomes

Location: DMZ Sandbox, 3rd floor of TMU Student Learning Center at 341 Yonge St (Glass building on the North-East corner of Yonge and Gould)

Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Cost: FREE

About DMZ Masterclass

Whether you're taking the first step into entrepreneurship or looking to sharpen your skills, the DMZ Masterclass is tailored to provide you with actionable insights and practical knowledge.

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About the Speaker

Corey Peck is a Founder & CEO, Global Chief Operating Officer, and a multi-award-winning entrepreneur. Since 2012, he's grown teams of employees and global Creators from 2 to over 7200, while leading organizations he's co-founded to become Great Place to Work® Certified™ three years in a row.

He is a Top Operational Excellence Voice on LinkedIn and has been recognized as Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year, Top Under 30, a 40 Under 40 Finalist, Marketing Agency of The Year, Top 50 Marketing and Advertising Companies, and is recognized on the Profit 500 list and three times in a row on both the Financial Times “The Americas' Fastest Growing Companies” list and the Report on Business “Canada’s Top Growing Companies” list. Corey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Toronto Metropolitan University’s world-renowned Radio and Television Arts program and multiple certificates from both Harvard Law School and Harvard Business.

School in the fields of Change Management, Negotiation, Leadership, and Management (of People, Process and Organizational Learning); from Stanford University in Leading Collaborative Teams; and from MIT in Business Process Design for Strategic Management. In addition, he is Six Sigma Champion Certified (SSCC)™, is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and has IM&A and CPMI designations from the internationally recognized Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA). Corey is experienced in integrating IT and business operations across organizations, including implementing ERP systems, preparing for SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 audits, and is a Monday.com Certified Partner.

He is an Expert in Residence at DMZ (a world-leading global incubator for tech startups), an Advisor with NEXT Canada, a Mentor with TMU’s Tri-Mentoring and FCAD Career-Builder programs, a founding member of xoTO, a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and an EOS™ Integrator. He has inspired audiences through speaking engagements with SXSW, Collision, Future Festival, GDS Group Executive Summits, The Millennium Alliance C-Suite Executive Education Summits, Mirren Live NYC, Canadian Music Week, TMU, OCAD University, Humber College and more.

Corey is also a 20-time Telly Award-winning Executive Producer and has led over 500 projects for the world's most recognizable brands, such as Disney, Amazon, Nike, Budweiser, Hershey’s, Mary Kay, Salesforce, MetLife, Chubb Insurance, YMCA, Hyundai/Genesis, Huggies, World Vision, Crush, SAP, KPMG, EY, BMO, Scotiabank, and dozens of others. For fun, he's a KCBS Certified International BBQ Judge and Table Captain; you can find Corey beside his Offset Smoker in his backyard on a never-ending quest to become a Barbecue Pit Master.