When we launched Showfloor, our mission was to help people create new business connections through virtual events. Since then, our events have created thousands of new connections. It was clear that our strength was facilitating 1:1 conversations over video. What wasn’t clear was how valuable and impactful our platform was to recruiting teams. As remote […]
Ed Rigsbee co-founded Cigar PEG — a charitable organization made up of professional speakers — in 1999. Since then Cigar PEG has donated over $700,000 to charity. On February 18th, Showfloor had the pleasure of hosting a speaker showcase highlighting seven Cigar PEG members. Ed played MC to a series of 8-minute sample talks from […]
As Ontario declared a second state of emergency and entered another lockdown, a large number of small businesses closed their doors. Since many small businesses rely on the local community and in-store purchases, there’s no denying that the harm small businesses face from COVID-19 is disproportionally devastating. Ever since its inception, Showfloor has been committed […]
In 2017, the Durham Region Association of Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs (DRABPE) was founded to strengthen local and community partnerships for black owned business networks in the Durham Region. Frederica Black has been a member since its inception, and now sits on the board as Vice President. Frederica is passionate about providing the black community […]
Like much of the innovation seen in 2020, Showfloor was created to solve a problem that only became obvious after COVID19. When events started to go online, people wanted to connect and create new business relationships, just like they did in person. The problem was that online event solutions didn’t do this well. Virtual and […]