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Larry Lau reposted thisLarry Lau reposted thisSomewhere “Along The Way,” it stopped feeling like a campaign and started feeling like something bigger. The kind of energy you can’t manufacture, but somehow hits you when it arrives. Marathon 2026 was bigger than a race. From Bryce Aspinall turning the city’s pulse into something we could wear, to the RunAsYouAre x Nike Pop-Up Café becoming the heartbeat of the weekend, to 16 different run clubs showing up with so much energy that each shakeout run felt like it's own city-wide earthquake. And let’s not forget the spiritual energy at kilometre 29, where we had a full-on choir singing “Hallelujah” to beats by Rico Uno that quite literally lifted each of the runners across the bridge towards the finish line. To all of our RunReady athletes—We see you. The early mornings, the invisible work, the trust in the process when nobody’s watching. Witnessing so many of you show up and deliver on your goals last weekend was a reminder that hard work always leaves a receipt. We're so proud of each and every one of you. Special shoutout to our entire team for executing on the big vision, and to the countless friends in the community who stepped up, helped filled the gaps, and carried this thing forward with us. And to our supporting partners TV Dinner, Dicky's Dumps, The Juice Truck, Stance, 33 Acres Brewing Company, Whisked Away, Good Noise Gospel Choir, and many more—Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We may be cooked, but we most definitely cooked on this one. Grateful for the city, the community, and everyone who ran it with us. We’ll be chasing this one for a long time. -Nick
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Larry Lau reposted thisLarry Lau reposted thisDown To Earth: A celebration of who trail running can be for. Because for a lot of us, it still feels out of reach. Access to trails, coaching, community, even just knowing where to start. Those barriers are real, and if we genuinely want the sport to grow, it has to become more open, more inclusive, and more human. Through our partnership with Path To Play, we created a space where people could experience trail running differently. Grounded in community, education, and support. Zero intimidation, just an open invitation. And the highlight of it all? Celebrating our two trail scholarship recipients who committed to the journey. Physiotherapy, training, and an introduction to trails alongside Francesca (Frankie) Knowles and Charissa Landicho from Path To Play, and our team at RunReady. Watching that unfold for Liz and Jamil over the last 6 months was everything. The confidence, the ownership, and the quiet breakthroughs where something clicks. Those are the moments you don’t see on race day. Because when you create the right environment, people don’t just participate, they transform. A special shoutout to Nike for the partnership, and our sponsors for the event: Lee's Donuts, Peacasa Snacks Inc., and Normal Beverage, Ltd. Down To Earth, more to come.
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Larry Lau shared thisThis is always one of the most exciting times of the year for RunAsYouAre. Every year, we push ourselves to go bigger and create better experiences for the Vancouver community. For 2026, we’re taking things a step further... Alongside our in-store activations, we’ve partnered with TV Dinner and Nike to launch our first-ever off-site experience with RunAsYouAre Café ☕. Deanna Woo, one of Vancouver’s go-to Food Content Creators captured everything happening from May 1–3! If you’re in Vancouver or know someone who is, send this their way. You do not want to miss this 👀 https://lnkd.in/dZjG4edE
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Larry Lau shared thisFun discussion today for Vancouver Startup Week with Steve Krueger Bijan Vaez and Ryan Smith about the cross-section between AI and commerce.Larry Lau shared thisChaos. Anxious. Excited. Curious. … were the adjectives used on what these leaders are feeling about AI and how it’s disrupting. everything. today. Kicked off our Run, Breakfast and discussion about Commerce and AI this morning at RunAsYouAre in Kits. We talked about what to look for, how to get started, how to be curious, and most importantly… to be patient with yourself in moving through the stages of using and adopting AI in your workflows, and ultimately, in your organization. The common thread? There aren’t patterns out there to follow… yet. Other than to dive as deep and fast into just “starting”. Thanks Ryan Smith Bijan Vaez and Larry Lau for sharing the insights and thanks for the ECOMsquare – ecommerce community community for brining the sweat, and good vibes, this morning for our run. I think we’ll have to do a follow up with some workshops… Stay tuned. #ecommerce #commerceai #ai
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Larry Lau reposted thisLarry Lau reposted thisLast week, we hosted a small group of physiotherapists, chiropractors, researchers and students for another round of Inside RunReady: An opportunity to share how we approach assessing runners. We broke down the fundamental movement patterns of Absorb and Bounce, where in the running cycle each of these takes place, and why it’s so important to assess for speed. These workshops are good reminders of why we’re building RunReady in the first place: To elevate the standard of care in running health, and to create more clarity for practitioners navigating the space from rehab to injury prevention to performance. Appreciate everyone who joined us, opened their minds to our approach, and collectively pushed the conversation forward. Stay tuned for more workshops and learning opportunities soon. And if you're curious about how this system can fit into your clinical practice, or how you can join our team, we'd love to connect. Check out our open opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/g_UJjVJ6 The future of running health is evolving, and it starts with those willing to challenge the status quo. #RunReady
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Larry Lau reposted thisLarry Lau reposted thisOur vision for RunReady is to be globally recognized as the most trusted running health brand. And to our community and peers, we dream of the day we become the de facto source for running assessments, footwear recommendations, exercise programming, nutrition, mental health, and performance. It's ambitious, and we're nowhere near that today. But the vision stays true no matter how far we are from the finish line (or start line depending how you look at it). Step by step, inch by inch, brick by brick, we build. Credibility can only be earned over the long run by showing up and delivering day after day, week after week, month after month. So here we go again. On the evening of April 8th, I’ll be hosting a live hands-on workshop for Physiotherapists to take a peek behind the intricate system we've built, and more specifically how we use it to assess and improve SPEED in runners. For more information, take a look here: https://lnkd.in/dcJUzNaD
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Larry Lau shared thisOn April 8th in Vancouver, RunReady is hosting Inside RunReady, a live, hands-on workshop led by our physiotherapy team. We’ll break down how Bounce is assessed, what to look for when speed stalls, and how these insights show up in real runners. You’ll see real assessments in action and have the chance to take part yourself. We’ve built what we believe is the most advanced physio-led run assessment, along with Race Prep, a sought-after and high-demand group physio program. Because of that demand, we created Virtual Race Prep to support runners globally, beyond the runners we serve here in Vancouver. Oh, and we're hiring for Full-Time and Part-Time Physiotherapists to join our team in Vancouver, immediately. If you know a runner or physio who would benefit from this, send it their way or tag them below.
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Larry Lau reposted thisLarry Lau reposted thisWe just launched our brand new website for RunReady — www.runready.co Only 7 months ago, we opened the doors to RunReady Studio inside our run specialty store RunAsYouAre, with a mission to redefine how runners find the right footwear — not by guesswork, but through science-backed running assessments built and designed by physiotherapists. So far, we have: ✅ Conducted just over 600 in-depth running assessments ✅ Helped runners of all levels better understand their movement, performance, and injury risks through the ABS (Absorb, Bounce, Stability) System ✅ Converted over 35% of those assessments into personalized footwear recommendations and purchases As we move into Q4, I wanted to take a moment to breathe and give some much deserved flowers to the team behind the madness — my business partners, the clinical team, the tech team, the footwear team, the brand and marketing team, our footwear partners, and most importantly our community. This is just the beginning — Our new site is designed to better reflect what we’re building: a smarter, more informed way to help runners move better, feel better, and stay injury-free, no matter their level. Please check it out and let me know what you think.Find your perfect plan designed to optimize your running performance.Find your perfect plan designed to optimize your running performance.
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Larry Lau reposted thisLarry Lau reposted thisThis is the best piece of content ever done - it’s raw and captures the Othership experience. The haters say it’s culty, but its a masterpiece and will make you feel something. (use headphones, full screen, and MAX VOOLLLUMMMMEEE) Tag your NYC friends in the comments for a complimentary journey at our new Williamsburg location launching today - or share your favorite Othership moment in a repost for a complimentary journey for you. I'll DM everybody that shares.
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Larry Lau liked thisLarry Lau liked thisWe Raised a $3.6M Seed Round to Fix Adult Sports. There's no reason you should retire your childhood dreams just because you get older. The entire sports industry is predicated on the .001% of athletes who play pro. Yet, hiding in plain sight, and the ones supporting the industry, are the other 99.9% of athletes who just love the game. Brodie is my life's work and I'm so proud to be working alongside Ameet Shah at Golden Ventures and Ben Lerer at Lerer Hippeau to build a truly world-changing brand in Brodie Sports Group Thanks to The Globe and Mail, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Complex NTWRK, BetaKit, MobileSyrup, and more amazing partners for the coverage. Learn more about the raise here 👇 https://lnkd.in/gu2AnBgS
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Larry Lau reacted on thisLarry Lau reacted on thisGolden Ventures is proud to announce our seed investment in Brodie Sports Group, as part of their $3.6M USD round alongside our friends at Lerer Hippeau. There’s a moment many former athletes recognize: the last organized game arrives, often without anyone realizing it. The competition, routine, teammates, and sense that Tuesday night actually matters slowly give way to solo workouts, scattered group chats, and empty gyms. Brodie is building what comes next: a real sporting life for adults. Every week, players get the things that made organized sport meaningful in the first place: teammates, balanced competition, standings, stats, footage, rivalry, progression, and a season that adds up to something. It is infrastructure for adult team sport, starting with basketball: an experience that feels less like signing up for a rec league and more like playing 2K in real life. What stood out to us was not just the demand for adult sport, but the depth of the operating challenge. Great leagues require reliable scheduling, team balancing, officiating, content, player identity, community, and local execution in every city. Connor Renton, Sohaib Sabrani and the entire Brodie Sports Group team have lived those problems firsthand and built a product that makes people want to come back every week. Today, Brodie runs more than 600 games per week across 20 cities and serves a community of more than 100,000 athletes and fans. We believe the next great sports company will be built for the people who play—and that Brodie can give millions of adults a durable place to compete, improve, and belong long after school ends. Congratulations to Connor and the entire Brodie team. And if you’ve been looking for a reason to compete again, Brodie is hiring across its cities and winter registration closes November 27. ✍ Read more about why we invested: https://lnkd.in/g5h-Zg3h 🏀 Sign-up for a Brodie league/team: https://brodierec.com 📜 Fun fact: we got connected to Brodie via Boardy (h/t Swish and Andrew) 💻 Check out their open roles: https://lnkd.in/ggxffgVC Matt, Alison, Jamie, Nick, Vincent, Bert, Mark, Julia, Ben, Graham, Andrea
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Larry Lau liked thisLarry Lau liked thisHappy Canadian Health Food Association Now show Day 1! The Made with Local team is rocking in booth 2309 with the BNQ team, come say hi and try our latest innovation!
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Larry Lau reacted on thisLarry Lau reacted on thislife is good. a few things I’ve learned after a decade+ ceoing and raising 2 young kids: 1/ having a family changed my relationship with time more than anything else. it’s hard, volatile, and makes life way more complicated. at the same time, it’s incredibly fulfilling, makes life deeply purposeful, and forced me to get way better at saying no and delegating. all of a sudden, my time had a real cost. 2/ I stopped working weekends. other than an hour on Sunday to prep for the week so Monday morning is a clean and clear entry with priorities mapped out. I’ve found that if I’m consistently putting in 60+ hours/week and we’re not in an acute crisis, there’s usually a prioritization or delegation problem somewhere. fewer hours, especially behind a screen, makes me a far clearer thinker and more effective leader. still weeks where everything is insane and 60+ happens - just shouldn’t be the norm if we’re aiming to run a calm and focused company. 3/ one of the bigger things I’ve had to learn is that we’re not at war. in my experience, a lot of founders are often driven by immense survival wiring, and it takes time to build self-awareness and rewire this. manufactured urgency all the time just makes everyone worse and injects a ton of anxiety and instability into the org. I’m much better now when I just set clear priorities for the team, help them execute, and navigate obstacles while bringing calm and clarity. 4/ raising real capital taught me pretty quickly that you’re effectively signing up to have bosses again. in practice, the Board becomes your boss. sometimes it really sucks and can grate on your autonomy, but that’s the trade-off. I’ve also learned founders are not always right, especially as companies get bigger and more complex. the instincts that get you here aren't nec what gets the company through the next stage. having guardrails and counterweights to entrepreneurial optimism has been good for me and good for the company, even when it’s occasionally frustrating. 5/ probably the biggest one: most of the stuff I see online about startups and founders feels massively disconnected from reality. yes, some companies and founders are absolutely killing it. but a lot are just hanging on for dear life, and the truth behind the press and posts is usually way more gnarly. I’ve lost count of the glowing press I’ve seen where I know the actual story behind the scenes and the gap is massive. I’ve gotten way better at ignoring almost everyone and everything and just building the damn business. and building a fulfilling life and identity beyond work at the same time.
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Larry Lau liked thisI'm looking for sales reps in a few key regions. Can you help a gal out? Who are the champions of women's sport I need to know? ✨Larry Lau liked thisYou've probably seen the hype around our new shoe, The Cambie. The momentum is rolling, and we're growing our rep team to match it! We're actively hiring in Ontario and British Columbia to best support our existing retail partners. This is a great fit if you're already a multi-line rep with room in your portfolio for a women's performance footwear brand. We're looking for someone passionate about running and genuinely excited about what's happening in women's health research, women's sports, and women's gear design right now. Know someone who should see this? Tag them below. 👇 If it's you, send us a DM. Psst: if you're not in one of those two regions, but you're a rep thriving somewhere else, we'd love to talk to you too.
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Larry Lau liked thisLarry Lau liked thisLots on the go for the Made with Local team!!! New product drop at Canadian Health Food Association show in Toronto this coming weekend! 👀
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Larry Lau reacted on thisTen years ago Amplify Capital was a $6M fund with one belief: the most important problems make the best investments. Today Kathryn Wortsman and I are announcing the final close of Fund III at $60M. 🇨🇦 A lot has changed since 2016. Our focus hasn't. We back founders in the industries that don't have easy answers: technical, regulated, harder to get right. For most of the last decade that was the unfashionable end of venture. It isn't anymore. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻: • Climate: The systems that power what's next. • Health: The care that sustains it. • Work: The future of how we learn and earn. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗜𝗜 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿: - Airloom Energy: Mass-produced wind turbines that go up in a year, not five. - Lumina: Electric, autonomous heavy machinery. - Endor Health: Never wait in a pharmacy line again. - Kento Health: Cardiac rehab at home, co-developed with Mayo Clinic. - CURA: Decarbonized cement, today. - Inference Health: Giving the healthcare system its time back. - 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Every school can be the best school. To the founders I haven't met: we write $750K to $3M at pre-seed and seed, and we like to lead. If your problem is hard and it matters, message me. Full story from BetaKit below. ⬇️Larry Lau reacted on thisToronto-based MaRS spinout Amplify Capital has closed its third impact-focused VC fund focused on climate, health, and work technology startups. #CDNTech #VCAmplify Capital prepares to place more early-stage bets with $60-million third impact fundAmplify Capital prepares to place more early-stage bets with $60-million third impact fund
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Larry Lau liked thisLarry Lau liked thisExcited to welcome Tobi Oluwole to the Puppy Sphere™ cap table. For 4.5 years, we built Puppy Sphere with customer revenue alone. What started as a business people called “cute” became 13 studios, 450,000+ guests, and $14M+ in all-time revenue with the potential to scale globally. Now, for the first time, we’re bringing a small group of exceptional people into the business. Tobi is a Nigerian-Canadian entrepreneur and investor, and the Founder of Magnate Ventures, a business accelerator that has helped entrepreneurs generate over $43M in revenue using LinkedIn. Tobi has a talent for helping great businesses get louder, grow faster, and reach the right people. Very excited to have him in our corner for what comes next. We’re still early. Built by customers. Backed by builders.
Experience & Education
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Board Member
Goodwill Industries Ontario Great Lakes
- 7 years 3 months
We are a non-profit, social enterprise that creates work opportunities, skills development and social integration for people who face barriers to employment such as a disability or social disadvantage. One of seven regional Goodwills in Canada, and now with more than 1,000 employees.
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Fellow - Philantropy, Vision 2020
Toronto Foundation
- 3 years
Vision 2020 is a program of Toronto Foundation. It is an entry point for the next generation of Toronto philanthropists that catalyzes the goodwill and brain trust of people under 45. Vision 2020 comprises 115 Millennial and Gen X donors, who have established 72 permanent endowments at the foundation to help realize change in communities they care about.
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Mentor & Advisor - Propel Entrepreneurship
Western University
- 4 years
Propel is quickly emerging as one of the Southwestern Ontario's most active startup accelerators. Located at Western University, the centre provides co-working space, seed funding, world-class mentorship, and hosts training programs, events and workshops for startups at all stages of growth.
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Program Advisory Committee
Fanshawe College
- 2 years 2 months
Education
Entrepreneurship & Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degrees
Honors & Awards
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Outstanding Ontario College Graduate
Ontario Premier's Award
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Canada’s Top Under 30 Pan-Asian Leader
Ascend Canada
In recognition of exemplary leadership, performance, and commitment to professional, volunteer, and educational endeavours as Canada’s top under 30 Pan-Asian leader.
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Distinguished Alumni
Fanshawe College
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Small Business of the Year
London Chamber of Commerce
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Top 20 Under 40 - London, ON
Business London & Emerging Leaders
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Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Finalist)
Ontario Chamber of Commerce
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English
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Cantonese
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