About Me
Name: Alastair Monk
Nickname: Ally
Nationality: British & Canadian
Special Secret Skills: Juggling
Unknown Fact: In 2000 I invited and organized a Canadian wide tour for Adult Comedy Legend: Kevin Bloody Wilson - just for fun.
Children: yes, boy and two girls
Idea I wished I had have acted upon: Combining fireworks with arrows for 'out camping fun with the boy's' product
Best attribute(s): Determination & Energy
What needs work: Speaking French
Date I left England for round the word adventure, starting in Canada: June 1999
Date I applied for residency in Canada: (halting my round the world adventure): December 1999
Sports: Snowboarding, hiking, fishing
Best advice received: "Watch out for that car"
Best advice never acted upon: "Watch out for that lead investor, he has a plan and it's likely not good"
Professional Background: In 2000 - I was working at eFundraising.com; and witnessing the birth of a new funding solution for North American organizations.
I was asked to head up a new business development dept; and started to find traction within large client organizations.
eFundraising gained in momentum, and we grew to become an Inc top 10 fastest growing company.
I caught the entraprenurienal bug, and continued to work with companies who innovate for their clients, and never stop creating game changing products and services.
I launched motorleaf in 2016, my first startup.
After raising over 5MM, we hired 18 FT staff and after pivoting away from Hardware, became the stand out leaders in our market; offering greenhouses worldwide a product suite powered by Artificial Intelligence. The company (as of 2023) is still running - now as CarbonBook.
Nickname: Ally
Nationality: British & Canadian
Special Secret Skills: Juggling
Unknown Fact: In 2000 I invited and organized a Canadian wide tour for Adult Comedy Legend: Kevin Bloody Wilson - just for fun.
Children: yes, boy and two girls
Idea I wished I had have acted upon: Combining fireworks with arrows for 'out camping fun with the boy's' product
Best attribute(s): Determination & Energy
What needs work: Speaking French
Date I left England for round the word adventure, starting in Canada: June 1999
Date I applied for residency in Canada: (halting my round the world adventure): December 1999
Sports: Snowboarding, hiking, fishing
Best advice received: "Watch out for that car"
Best advice never acted upon: "Watch out for that lead investor, he has a plan and it's likely not good"
Professional Background: In 2000 - I was working at eFundraising.com; and witnessing the birth of a new funding solution for North American organizations.
I was asked to head up a new business development dept; and started to find traction within large client organizations.
eFundraising gained in momentum, and we grew to become an Inc top 10 fastest growing company.
I caught the entraprenurienal bug, and continued to work with companies who innovate for their clients, and never stop creating game changing products and services.
I launched motorleaf in 2016, my first startup.
After raising over 5MM, we hired 18 FT staff and after pivoting away from Hardware, became the stand out leaders in our market; offering greenhouses worldwide a product suite powered by Artificial Intelligence. The company (as of 2023) is still running - now as CarbonBook.
