#9 w/ Louis Gagnon, Yodle + Startup Pitches

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As Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Yodle, Louis leads a team that is responsible for leveraging data, technology and marketing expertise to bring to market a suite of products and services that enables local businesses to effectively market themselves without having to spend a significant amount of time, energy and money. Prior to joining Yodle, Louis was SVP of Global Products at Monster Worldwide where he and his team spearheaded a major transformation of the company’s value-proposition through the delivery of an unprecedented amount of product innovations. Prior to his U.S. assignment, Louis was VP of Product and Marketing at Monster in Canada where he was named “Marketer that Matters” by the Marketing Magazine and “Personality of the Year” by the Montreal chapter of the American Marketing Association. Before his time at Monster, Louis had built a long and successful career as an Internet and Social entrepreneur around the world.

Louis received a BBA from Laval University and an MSc in Marketing from HEC-Montreal. His work has been featured in many business magazines, including The Economist.

Yodle’s Profile

Yodle connects consumers to local businesses simply and cost-effectively. The combination of automated technology and comprehensive customer support makes Yodle easy to use. Today, Yodle delivers results for more than 35,000 local businesses. To do so, Yodle establishes a comprehensive desktop and mobile web presence, implements unique SEO techniques, and deploys proprietary paid search technology that dynamically optimizes online media buys across multiple desktop and mobile outlets. Yodle’s solution also includes relationship marketing, display advertising, and a simple performance dashboard. Yodle’s competitive advantage is derived from the sheer scale of its local performance data across multiple industries. Yodle is ranked #28 in the Forbes list of America’s most promising companies. For more information, visit www.yodle.com (http://www.yodle.com/).

What to expect:

7:00pm – Networking, drinks, and food
7:45pm – Start of Meeting - Introduction slides by the organizer
8:00pm - Pitches
8:30pm - Keynote: Louis Gagnon
9:00pm - Open Q&A
9:15pm - Continue Networking!