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PageCloud goes from Craig to Greg BY CRAIG LORD
the value of visual editing solutions during his time at the top, and performances such as the TechCrunch echopia Live recently sat down pitch caught the attention of both with one of Ottawa’s newest customers and competitors. chief executives, Greg Evans, to “Fast forward four years, I think hear about his vision for the future of (visual editors are) becoming the PageCloud. standard,” he said. Craig Fitzpatrick, founder and original While PageCloud prides itself on CEO of the web-building software firm, its intuitive interface – the company’s announced last month that he would step mission has always been to “allow down from his role at the top of the wellanybody to publish on the web,” Evans known Ottawa startup to pursue other said – earlier this year the firm launched projects. Fitzpatrick has been the face a channel to court web-building of PageCloud ever since professionals. It’s a the firm took the stage at bid to win customers TechCrunch Disrupt in that don’t have time TECHOPIA 2015 to pitch the intuitive to maintain their own LIVE drag-and-drop web editor. websites and want delivers weekly Evans, PageCloud’s to outsource the job interviews with Ottawa’s first employee and to freelancers or hottest startups and previously vice-president agencies. coolest tech execs. Visit of strategic partnerships, Evans said he bit.ly/TechopiaLive told Techopia Live that expects PageCloud for the latest episodes. he’s a natural fit for the to continue to push CEO role as he’s been the strength of its “part of the DNA of the company” from visual editor while branching out into the beginning. He was also involved in other aspects of web design. That could PageCloud’s early fundraising efforts mean building out landing page creation which saw the firm raise more than $11 or customer reporting modules, or million through angel, seed and series-A partnering with other solutions in the rounds. industry that would benefit from the Evans said Fitzpatrick “evangelized” firm’s solution. craig@obj.ca
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