Cherry Rose Tan

Cherry Rose Tan

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Futurist | Entrepreneur | General Partner at Renew Venture Capital | Leadership & Tech Visionary

Cherry Rose Tan is the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Schulich School of Business, where she advises an ecosystem of 250 startups and 3,000 members. A fifth-generation entrepreneur and a first mover in several industries, Tan served as Pre-Seed Investor of Paycase Financial, a Canadian blockchain pioneer that provides infrastructure to global markets. She was also General Partner at Renew Venture Capital, an early-stage firm focused on impact and underrepresented founders. Her previous company #REALTALK is North America’s largest platform on Entrepreneurial Mental Health. Tan grew the movement to 40,000 leaders and 70 national champions, with a synonymous Top 14 Business podcast on iTunes. Her companies have been featured on Forbes, Inc., CBC, Nasdaq, and Insider for being disrupters in their industries. She also sits on the boards for Wellspring and the Canadian Mental Health Association, with her first book being released with Wiley in October 2024.

CHERRY ROSE TAN BIOGRAPHY

With over 15 years of experience in tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship, futurist Cherry Rose Tan has built a reputation as the “First Mover” in several industries, including crypto, ed-tech, and mental health. A crypto Investor since 2015, Cherry Rose Tan partnered with her brother and resulted in the creation of Paycase Financial, a Canadian blockchain pioneer that provides infrastructure and liquidity to global financial markets.

Cherry Rose Tan’s latest company #REALTALK, the mental health movement for the tech industry, is known for being North America’s first and largest platform on Founder Mental Health. Specializing in working with high-net worth and C-Suite clientele, Cherry Rose Tan grew the movement to 40,000 leaders and 70 national champions in four years, with a synonymous Top 14 Business podcast on iTunes as well.

Currently, Cherry Rose Tan is the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Schulich School of Business, where Cherry Rose Tan advises a global ecosystem of 200 startups and 3,000 members. As a Venture Partner for GoingVC Partners, one of the largest angel networks in San Francisco, Cherry Rose Tan holds expertise in early-stage B2B SaaS, network effects, and regulated industries like crypto and cannabis.

Early in her career, Cherry Rose Tan has been an award-winning K-12 educator, teaching in Canada’s most exclusive schools. With a M.A. in Education from the University of Toronto, she specialized in gamification as a teacher-researcher and holds a 25-year history as a gamer, where she ranked #17 (out of 25 million users) on Neopets, a virtual pets website that served as a precursor to the metaverse.

As an Innovation Keynote Speaker, Cherry Rose Tan is represented by the Speakers Bureau of Canada, with her first book being released in late 2022. Her companies have been featured on Forbes, Inc., The Globe and Mail, CBC, Nasdaq, Reuters, Insider, and MarketWatch for being disrupters in their respective industries.

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Cherry Rose Tan Topic Presentations

possibility executed™: determining the future of your organization in an age of uncertainty

  • Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
  • In a world of exponential technology, organizations (and their people) face a daily environment of stress, uncertainty, and rapid change. This pressure continues to build, as we grapple with the long-term impacts of the pandemic and the recession. The fact is we need leaders who can rise to the occasion, but how do we build the future of our organization without burning out along the way?

    In this presentation, fifth-generation entrepreneur and venture capitalist Cherry Rose Tan shares the mindset, heart set, and skillset leaders need to build future-proof organizations. Having coached and advised over 300 startups and their executive teams, she offers real-world insights and case studies on how to implement and scale strategies that will drive your organization forward.

    This session is perfect for leaders and teams:

    • Navigating constant stress and change, such as emerging technology, new competitors, or low resources
    • Dealing with burnout, resistance, and/or low morale as you implement innovation or digital transformation
    • Struggling to recruit and/or retain talent, while executing high-stakes or long-term strategies

    The audience will leave with:

    • A shared language for identifying and addressing stressors before they snowball
    • A 3-part leadership model that empowers every team member to create everyday resilience in the face of change
    • The awareness, energy, and inspiration to begin building an innovative culture

possibility executed™ with artificial intelligence

possibility executed™ with web3 and metaverse

#realtalk: building a thriving and resilient organization

one percent-her: lessons from a fifth-generation entrepreneur

thrive or die: leading authentic conversations and innovation in a disruptive landscape

thrive or die - the future of work: retaining millennial and gen z talent

thrive or die - the future of money : blockchain, nfts, and digital assets

thrive or die - data drive cultures

the future of community - metaverse, esports, and gamification

Testimonials

Cherry Rose is a collaborator. When you work with her, you know that she’s giving it her most. The Canadian Innovation Exchange’s community of 10,000+ founders and investors value the spaces that Cherry Rose creates for our leaders.

Lauren Linton

Executive Director
Canadian Innovation Exchange

When you have a leader like Cherry Rose come on stage, ‘I went through this and I went through this, and this, and this, and I’m still standing,’ that is such a powerful message to the world.

Theresa Laurico

Founder & CEO
SociaLIGHT Conference

Cherry Rose is the real deal. It’s hard sometimes to get the words out, when you have people that make it a genuine impact on not just the attendees, but on the event organizers and everyone around them. It’s a very rare thing. It’s very rare.

Steven Pulver

Co-Founder
Fireside Conference

I saw Cherry Rose Tan speak and was immediately struck by her rare and compelling mix of candor, compassion, and professional expertise. If you are thinking of booking her: Do it.

Caitlin Kelly

Regular Contributor
The New York Times

I’ve attended so many of these conferences and always end up zoning out or losing interest. Cherry Rose’s keynote was the complete opposite. Her story was so real, and I was so captivated and engaged through every moment of her talk.

Evan Woo

Student Trustee
Toronto District School Board

Cherry Rose had the entire group engaged and captivated from start to finish. She is personable, funny, and captivating. Her wealth of experience across numerous industries is remarkable and this was core to what made her keynote so powerful.

George Silva

National Manager
Dealer Operations at Mercedes-Benz Canada

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