Kevin Kliman from Humi

Kevin Kliman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humi. Humi is Canada’s leading payroll, HR, and benefits platform. Serving thousands of Canadian companies, Humi is the best-in-one people platform that your company will love.

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In this episode, we discuss...

• Businesses Kevin started in high school, at Brown and in dentistry school
• His first venture-backed social app Instaradio and the emotions he had when it didn't work out
• What inspired him to start Humi
• Going through Y Combinator in 2017
• The early debate of focusing on one core product or an entire platform on day one
• Thoughts on competition like Zenefits and Gusto
• Why Humi focused on Canada and SMBs
• Why people and culture matter the most to build an enduring company
• Thoughts on the Toronto and Canadian tech ecosystem

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