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194                    <p style="font-size:18px">PubLaunch is an online community where writers, funders, and publishing
195                      professionals join forces to get books published. We combine a crowdfunding platform, a full
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198                    <h2>Why we care</h2>
199                    <p>We're publishers, readers, and (secretly) writers. We understand the problems facing today's
200                      publishing industry because we deal with them ourselves every day. As publishers, we’ve felt what
201                      it's like to turn down a promising project because the writer can't cover our fees and how
202                      challenging it can be to find reliable suppliers.</p>
203                    <p>We understand the overwhelming choices that writers face when it finally comes time to publish.
204                      We know how much time, lost sleep, and hand wringing went into those first drafts, and we know how
205                      hard it can be to entrust someone else with your work.</p>
206                    <p>As readers, we've experienced the excitement of being swept up by a great story and getting lost
207                      for a few hours (or days) and how hard it can be to find the writers who can do that. We want
208                      every publishing professional to get a ton of work, every writer to publish a professional book
209                      that sells well, and every reader to discover a new favorite each day.</p>
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211                    <h2>Who we are</h2>
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214                    <h3 style="font-size:24px">Greg Ioannou</h3>
215                    <h4>CEO</h4>
216                    <p>Greg Ioannou has been a book editor since 1977. He's edited somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000
217                      books, as well as all sorts of other stuff, ranging from a Wii game to Burger King promo items.
218                      Since 1985, he's been the president of Colborne Communications, a writing and editing company that
219                      has worked on books for most of the major publishers at one time or another. He's also president
220                      of Iguana Books, a hybrid publishing company in Toronto. He has served four terms as president of
221                      the Editors Canada, which he helped to found in the late 1970s.</p>
222                    <p>When he's not busy running the show, he likes to walk around the office sipping coffee. Outside
223                      of the office, he captains a team in a weekly trivia league and has been known to frequent local
224                      pubs and stamp auctions.</p>
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227                    <h3>Jason Morsink</h3>
228                    <h4>CFO</h4>
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229Jason has a career rich in corporate leadership with global experience in North America, Europe,
230                      and Asia. Throughout his career, he has been trusted by major corporations and global
231                      entrepreneurs to manage business development, growth, and turnaround situations. Jason has held
232                      senior and executive positions at global corporations such as IBM, TrizecHahn, and KPMG.</p>
233                    <p>For the past 10 years, Jason has worked on private equity acquisitions and restructuring
234                      projects. Outside of his professional career, Jason is an active angel and start-up investor who
235                      seeks to add value to high-potential, high-growth companies with proven technologies and
236                      significant market opportunities.</p>
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239                    <h3>Meghan Behse</h3>
240                    <h4>President</h4>
241                    <p>Meghan was intimately involved in bringing the hybrid publishing model to Canada through her work
242                      launching and later operating Iguana Books. She has also been working as an editor for nearly 10
243                      years and has helped over 50 authors see their manuscripts to publication.</p>
244                    <p>Prior to joining PubLaunch, Meghan was the vice president of Colborne Communications and
245                      co-founder and president of romance publisher Tryst Books. She has her master’s degree in English
246                      from the University of Toronto.</p>
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249                    <h3>Daniella Postavsky</h3>
250                    <h4>Project Lead</h4>
251                    <p>Daniella started as an intern at Iguana Books, where she found her footing running the company's
252                      social media accounts and coordinating ongoing projects. She spent the next few years doing
253                      everything from social media ghostwriting to interning at a public relations agency and
254                      volunteering on the communications team for the 2015 Pan Am Games.</p>
255                    <p>Daniella holds a BA in English and psychology from the University of Toronto and a certificate in
256                      corporate communications and public relations from Centennial College. She is a firm believer in
257                      good hiking boots and the public library system.</p>
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