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Karim Ben-Jaafar

President & COO
Beanworks
Country or state 
Canada
Available to 
North America
City 
Vancouver
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Languages 
English
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Personal Details

Bio

With 15+ years of experience in fintech, Karim has helped build multiple world-class SaaS companies. Karim is the President of Beanworks, the essential all-in-one cloud-based accounts payable (AP) automation solution for the world’s accounting teams. At Beanworks, Karim has played a critical role overseeing the company’s growth through a $106M CAD acquisition by global powerhouse Quadient.

Karim is the chief instructor at multiple accelerators and teaches the wildly popular educational course, “SaaS revenue growth: 3X revenue in 90 days” at BC Tech to the C-suite and founders of many mid-stage tech companies. Karim is also a guest lecturer on entrepreneurship and SaaS at SFU’s Beedie School of Business MBA program.

Current position (1)

President & COO

Beanworks

Degrees (1)
Psychology
Simon Fraser University
1994 to 2000

Presentations

Presentations (2)
How to Make a $100m Exit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH7eptPevNI

Karim speaks with the prominent Vancouver media outlet re: how Beanworks navigated its Quadient acquisition, and what others can learn from Beanworks’ incredible company milestone.
Karim also discusses why it’s important to be valuable to your buyer from day one, how to build a business to withstand a bear and a bull market, and why Vancouver is a great place to be, in front of the outlet’s audience of approximately 240K unique monthly viewers.

Beanworks is the Fastest Growing Company on CBRE Forward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf4V7fvPuHM

Past talks (3)
Improve your employee's strengths
Improve your employee's strengths
Prophets of IT
May 18, 2021
Karim Ben-Jaafar Provides Advice for Business Owners Regarding Cashflow and Recovery During COVID
Karim Ben-Jaafar Provides Advice for Business Owners Regarding Cashflow and Recovery During COVID
Canada's Podcast
July 31, 2020
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Crisis
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Crisis
The Loudspeaker
April 22, 2020
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Tech startup was ready when opportunity knocked

Books & Articles (3)

Tech startup was ready when opportunity knocked
Gratitudo debuts free app to amplify the ‘7PM Cheer’ for heroes on the frontline
How artificial intelligence may weigh in on your job application

Expertise (9)

Leadership
Technology
IT consulting and services
Revenue Growth Execution Team Culture SaaS Business and Startups Leadership
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