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Rob Maurin

Rob Maurin is the former VP of communications at Wave. Rob works as a marketing and growth advisor for early-stage tech companies.

The latest from Rob

Wave now works with Zapier. Here’s how.
Great news! You can now use Zapier (rhymes with "happier") to connect Wave with potentially hundreds of different applications, and automate your workflows. (See the guest blog post from Zapier's Alison Groves.)
Celebrating innovation (and a win!)
Last night at a gala event at the Royal Ontario Museum, Wave won the Canadian Innovation Award in Financial Services. We've all come a long way.
Wave will never sell you out
We had an interesting comment from a reader today. He was keeping his distance from Wave because he believed we were selling his data to advertisers. It's not an unfounded fear, in the sense that there are companies that might do that. Wave, I'm proud to say, is not one of them. I can unambiguously, categorically, flag-wavingly stand up and say that. Wave will never sell you out.
Read great tips from Kirk in Huffington Post Canada
We have some very exciting news to share! Our very own Kirk Simpson will be a regular guest blogger for the Business section of Huffington Post Canada. As CEO and co-founder of Wave, Kirk consistently pushes the boundaries of digital media.
How to start your photography business
If starting a photography business were easy, they'd package one free with every digital camera. So Allen Murabayashi, CEO of Photoshelter, shared his tips and advice on starting out in the photography industry in a recent webinar.
Import customer lists via CSV
Great news! Now you can import customer contact information into Wave by uploading a simple CSV file.
Customer profile: Bouncing Woolies
"I never considered myself "green" or "crunchy" until about seven months before this business started," says Shauna Hadrava, the owner of Bouncing Woolies, LLC. "I did all of the usual things before that. I used disposable everything, chemicals, convenience. I just grew up that way and didn't really know much else."
Wave’s high growth philosophy
How do you build a world-leading tech company? You take an awesome team and make it even better. Every day.
Small Businesses and the U.S. election
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the Republican party are the preferred ticket for most U.S. small business owners. That was the conclusion of the Wave Small Business Opinions Report on the 2012 U.S. presidential election, which we just unveiled today. (Why are we surveying U.S. businesses about politics? More on that below.)