Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
At Together Toronto, Ben Vinegar, Co-Founder & CEO of Modem, brings a rare perspective to the stage - as employee #7 at FreshBooks, employee #2 at Sentry, and now founder of his own company, he has a proven track record of spotting great businesses early and growing them from the inside out.
Ben shares what nearly a decade of scaling Sentry - a unicorn company -taught him about building products people actually need, why he bet on agentic coding before most people were paying attention, and how he validated Modem by talking to real customers before writing a single line of code.
This talk is essential viewing for operators and engineers thinking about the leap to founder - and for anyone who believes the next great tech company can be built right here in Toronto.
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At Together Toronto, Ben Vinegar, Co-Founder & CEO of Modem, brings a rare perspective to the stage - as employee #7 at FreshBooks, employee #2 at Sentry, and now founder of his own company, he has a proven track record of spotting great businesses early and growing them from the inside out.
Ben shares what nearly a decade of scaling Sentry - a unicorn company -taught him about building products people actually need, why he bet on agentic coding before most people were paying attention, and how he validated Modem by talking to real customers before writing a single line of code.
This talk is essential viewing for operators and engineers thinking about the leap to founder - and for anyone who believes the next great tech company can be built right here in Toronto.
🔔 Subscribe for more real founder stories from TechTO
📅 Explore upcoming TechTO events: techto.org/events Watch more talks: youtube.com/c/TechTorontoOrg
Upcoming events: techto.org/events
Events calendar: luma.com/TechTO-Events
Newsletter — The read on Canadian tech: blog.techto.org
Membership: techto.org/memberships
