Introducing Incoming Columnist, irlabs!

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New Columnist: irlabs joins as a monthly columnist on Disruption Magazine, sharing expert insights, tips, and trends for tech founders navigating capital markets.
Investor Relations Expertise: The column features advice from irlabs’ Lab Notes collection, focusing on investor engagement, corporate communications, and governance.
About irlabs: A creative and purpose-driven investor relations firm, irlabs supports private and public companies with tailored communications strategies.
The column will feature leading investor insights, tips, and trends to help founders reach higher heights while navigating the complexities of the capital markets. irlabs is our first columnist to take the helm and share their advice as an investor relations expert.
Each month, Launch Pad will feature a new article with insights from irlabs’ content library and their Lab Notes collection, which includes resources designed to spark conversation, instigate ideas and help tech founders create meaningful value for investors, published exclusively on Disruption Magazine's News Site.
Stay tuned for the first installment!
ABOUT IRLABS INC.
Driving investor engagement through creativity, purpose and honest communication. Investor relations from every angle. We are industry and sector agnostic and support both private and public companies with their investor relations programs, corporate communications and corporate governance. For more information visit irlabs.ca.
Or read more about irlabs’ co-founders, Alyssa Barry and Caroline Sawamoto, here.
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