Dave Gallant

Dave works with early stage startups and small to medium sized businesses achieve business growth through marketing, strategy, and innovation

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A former Managing Director of Innovation, Dave developed and ran a technology & business incubator that has helped numerous founding startups go from zero to revenue, and then achieve continued growth.

With 13 years of experience in a range of areas such as digital marketing, marketing strategy, sales, lean startup, and web design, Dave has spoken and mentored at numerous organizations such as BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada), Universite de Moncton, Oulton College, and Mount Allison, where he has provided his expertise in marketing, startup methodology, innovation, technology, and communications. 

"Dave perfects the combination of optimism and realism with a lean startup approach to business that is refreshing. His guidance was instrumental in helping Vintelligence go from idea to revenue. He's particularly crafty with social media marketing and has an eye for design."

Nicholas Carter

Co-Founder of Vintelligence

“Dave was the first person to believe in us (the founding team at Porpoise). He was the first to encourage us to go for it and more importantly, he challenged us to validate our idea. That month, we pre-sold 29 subscriptions ($1,000 / each) for technology that didn’t exist yet. 5 years later, I’m grateful that we took that leap."

Dan Gillis

Co-Founder & VP, Porpoise.com

"Dave was an important catalyst for the Ongozah (now Porpoise) team. He was able to ask the right questions to help us create a tactical action plan to move strategically forward within the areas of social media, customer validation and metrics all pointing to traction. He has a pulse on the innovation and new web technology that we can take advantage of."

Denis Daigle

Co-Founder / CTO - Porpoise.com 

Dave takes a holistic approach where he works directly with the founder or business owner to develop a strategy and action plan that provides clarity for the client on what is needed to achieve their priorities. 

If you have an ongoing project, or only need a few hours of work, contact Dave today to see how he can help.

Business Skills:

• Program Coordination & Development
• Innovation & Business Improvement Services
• Lean Canvas Canvas Methodology
• Digital Marketing Strategy
• Pirate Metrics (AARRR - Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue)
• Campaign Management (Facebook, Instagram, & Mailchimp)
• Market Validation & Customer Interviews
• MVP Development
• Pre-sales Strategy
• Pre-launch Product/Service Readiness Assessment 
• User Onboarding & Business Development
• Pricing Strategy (charm pricing, price anchoring, etc)

Tools

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Slack.com
• HTML & CSS
• Wordpress
• Squarespace
• Shopify
• Printful
• Cpanel & FTP fileserver (Filezilla)
• Google Business Applications
• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Sproutsocial
• Buffer
• Hootsuite
• Planoly & Later.com (Instagram Marketing)
• Photoshop & Illustrator
• Canva
• Facebook & Instagram Ads
• Zapier & IFTTT Integrations
• Trello & Basecamp Project Management Tools
• Feedly
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Slack.com
• HTML & CSS