Celia Lopez

Ex athlete turned personal trainer and now Founder of Placemade is the first fitness coworking space made for health & fitness professionals

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

Who is Celia Lopez?! I’m a first-generation #Latina + #Filipina #FemaleFounder in #Canada whose on the #startup journey towards building + growing https://t.co/xEzK9LCguM. I’m here to share my story & journey towards our first seed round raise & how this #startuplife turns out!

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

We need to be doing everything we can to turn Canada into the best place for entrepreneurs to build 🇨🇦

What's proposed in the federal budget will do the complete opposite. Innovators and entrepreneurs will suffer and their success will be penalized -- this is not a wealth tax, it's a tax on innovation and risk taking.

Our policy failures are America's gains. At a time when our country is facing critically low productivity and business investment our political leaders are failing our country's entrepreneurs.

Please start listening to the people in the arena.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Highly focused people do not leave their options open. They select their priorities and are comfortable ignoring the rest. If you commit to nothing, you’ll be distracted by everything.

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@greensgurl Oh wow 😮

[BITS @BITSTO]

When Celia was a kid, her parents signed her up for every sport possible.
Today, she runs @PlaceMadeCo, Toronto’s first #health + #fitness #workspace.
Learn more about Cel’s journey in the first drop of our six-part series.
Video made possible by @RBC
📽️:https://t.co/nP6HmXXiAi

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

You can inspire other startup founders by sharing your journey you know. The more we all help and support each other the more we win together.

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

Just remember, five years ago, you dreamed about where you are NOW.

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

Just posted a photo @ Toronto, Ontario https://t.co/e5702L5wLn

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@justingordon212 I went through their process as well. In my gut, I got red flags 🚩 so we decided not to go forward. It also didn’t sit well with me that we had to pay to participate in the program? If you run a startup, you know your cash flow is everything, so why give that up?

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@AngeZanetti Most definitely! As an independent fitness professional, it's hard to access spaces, i.e. gyms, to work with clients privately without getting hassled. So we created a shared private training studio & workspace solution for these professionals to work with their clients!

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@supermanuelsaez @GoogleStartups @Google @ride_beyond Congratulations Manuel!!!

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@heysarahpaz Thank you 🙏🏽 appreciate it very much!!

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

Pitched today to The Founder Funds for a chance to win barrier-free funding for https://t.co/xEzK9LCguM We won 🥈 place not quite the win I wanted, but to be selected top 3 from 100s of entries is still worth celebrating! Celebrate all your successes! #startuplife #femalefounders

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

This just means more growth and an opportunity to continue to level up! #staygrowing #startlearning #LevellingUp #startups #femalefounder #founderhustle

[Andrew Gazdecki @agazdecki]

Your job as CEO of a startup is to hire people who have successfully done what you’re looking to accomplish.

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

Placemade has been selected as a 2022 Pitch Event finalist for The Founders Fund. Each finalist will pitch LIVE to a panel of distinguished judges for a shot at taking home barrier-free funding; YAY! #LETSGO #startuplife #founders #startup

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

I did gain helpful advice from that meeting, however! They shared these valuable tools that I hope my other fellow Canadians Startups might benefit from https://t.co/8i18irOEhP and a list of Canadian Angel Investors via @notion
https://t.co/gKQWjhWEfi #startuplife #femalefounder

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

2nd investor meeting update - I am really beginning to understand the importance of finding the right fit investor for your business. If health & fitness isn't already in your lifestyle or you have industry experience, chances are you won't get what I am trying to build #startup

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@francene_b Thanks @francene_b appreciate that very much!! Yes, please let’s connect soon and chat a bit more!

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

Morning updates post 1st investor meeting with new evaluations. It went ok. I felt like it could’ve been better. I received good feedback, but I have to do better at showing the #MONEY! The story is down pact, but the money needs to be flying out 💸💸 #startuplife #femalefounder

[Celia Lopez @celialopezfit]

@OfficialBBrooks 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽