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Welcome to this insightful episode of the CanadianSME Small Business Podcast! Today, we delve into the world of education technology and social-emotional learning (SEL) with Ami Shah, CEO and Co-Founder of Peekapak, an award-winning platform that's reshaping the future of education by empowering educators and engaging students.Peekapak's innovative approach integrates SEL into classrooms, focusing on both academic excellence and emotional well-being. With an impressive background that includes an MBA from INSEAD and professional experience at Procter & Gamble, Ami Shah has been a driving force behind bringing SEL to the forefront of education.Key Highlights:The Vision Behind Peekapak: Learn how Ami Shah's passion for youth education led to the creation of Peekapak and how the platform is setting a new standard for integrating SEL in classrooms.Overcoming Funding Challenges: Discover how Ami secured funding for Peekapak, including receiving the prestigious Visa She's Next Grant, and her advice for entrepreneurs in education technology.Outlook for Small Businesses in the Education Sector: Get insights into the latest trends in education technology and how small businesses can thrive in this dynamic industry.Navigating Business Challenges: Hear about the obstacles Peekapak faced along the way and how resilience and a strong team helped overcome them.Future Growth and Advice for Entrepreneurs: Peekapak's exciting growth plans for the coming years and Ami's advice for fellow entrepreneurs looking to make an impact in their industries.We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Ami Shah for joining us and sharing her incredible journey of transforming education through Peekapak. Her insights on the importance of SEL, securing funding, and navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship offer valuable lessons for aspiring business owners.Shoutout to our sponsors for more information find their links below:RBC: https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/dms/business/accounts/beyond-banking/index.htmlUPS: https://solutions.ups.com/ca-beunstoppable.html?WT.mc_id=BUSMEWAConstant Contact: https://www.constantcontact.com/landing1/new-marketer?utm_campaign=canadiansme&utm_medium=sponsorlogo&utm_source=brand   IHG Hotels and Resorts: https://businessedge.ihg.com/s/registration?language=en_US&CanSMEGoogle: https://www.google.ca/Don't forget to subscribe to the CanadianSME Small Business Magazine at www.canadiansme.ca for more insightful episodes that empower your entrepreneurial spirit!

Ami Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peekapak, an award-winning social-emotional learning platform that engages elementary and middle school students to learn skills like self-regulation, empathy and teamwork and reaches over 450,000 educators and students. Peekapak does this using stories, evidence-based lessons, and game-based learning. Behind-the-scenes, teachers, and administrators receive real-time reports showing a student's progress and emotional state.  This empowers educators to be proactive in helping curb future mental health issues. Educators can share pre-written class updates, activities, and stories with families to reinforce learning at home in English and Spanish. Peekapak is backed by; Silicon Valley-based accelerator, Imagine K12, the Edtech vertical of Y Combinator and the Unreasonable Institute. Ami has earned an MBA from INSEAD, a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and is passionate about improving youth education, and has previously taught in K–4 classrooms and advised & volunteered at education-related non-profit organizations. Ami has been featured on Toronto Life, Flare, TechVibes, CBC and numerous other outlets.  Ami has also spoken on topics such as social-emotional learning, student well-being, and mental health and education technology. Ami has spoken at conferences such as SXSWedu, Future of Education Technology Conference, LearnLaunch, ASU GSV and many more. Overcoming the barriers Interviewed over 300 educators to find out if SEL is actually important. It's really hard to fit this in if it's not required. Weren't taught this, how am I expected to teach this to my students Shouldn't parents be teaching this? How to involve parents in SEL. Family Well-being nights How to be a transformative principal? Help people feel heard. Sponsors Pikmykid Improve your school dismissal and safety response with Pikmykid, the Schools Safety and Dismissal Platform. Help move your dismissal from chaos to calm, get kids to their families faster and safer.  Visit pikmykid.com/be to learn more Transformative Principal Mastermind Lead a school everyone can be proud of. Being a principal is tough work. You're pulled in all kinds of directions. You never have the time to do the work that really matters. Join me as I help school leaders find the time to do the work they became principals to do. I help you stop putting out fires and start leading. Learn more at https://transformativeprincipal.com

In this episode, CEO and co-founder of Peekapak, Ami Shah, shares her backstory and the formation of her ed-tech company. Peekapak provides CASEL-aligned stories, lessons, and learning games that help keep social-emotional learning (SEL) engaging wherever learning happens. For information on Peekapak, visit their website at peekapak.com to learn more about the work that they do in support of SEL for students.

"Teachers across the board are anxious." Peekapak co-founder and CEO, Ami Shah, joins to explain how startups are supporting back to school this fall. Produced with support from TWG.

This episode of the podcast is brought to you by The EdTech Shop - Copywriting & Marketing Strategy for Education Startups. Get more schools to sign up and buy with The 5-Day Copy fix. Click here to enroll for free. ### On this episode of the podcast, I talk to Ami Shah. Ami is the CEO and Co-founder of Peekapak, an award-winning social-emotional learning platform that engages elementary students to learn skills like self-regulation, empathy, and teamwork and reaches over 200 000 educators and students. Using stories, evidence-based lessons, and game-based learning, Peekapak empowers educators to be proactive in helping curb future mental health issues. Ami has earned an MBA from INSEAD and has previously taught in K-4 classrooms and advised and volunteered at education-related non-profit organizations. After gaining marketing experience through roles at Procter & Gamble and driven by her passion to improve youth education, Ami made the jump to entrepreneurship and has since been featured on Toronto Life, Flare, TechVibes, CBC, and numerous other outlets. Ami and I take a deep dive into SEL & serving elementary schools. Highlights include: The mission for Peekapak Ami's TED talk - She talks about our real answers to the question "how are you?" I'm curious about how a tech platform can help build social-emotional skills. Ami explains how that's possible. The dynamic relationship between early childhood education and parental involvement when it comes to Peekapak and SEL Serving elementary schools, teachers, and students is special in EdTech - Ami tells us why. Ami has interviewed over 300 teachers. Here's what she's learned. The importance of modeling as the leader of a company. How teachers can get started with SEL (Ami recommends casel.org) Say hello to Ami on Twitter: (@amishahdotca) Try Peekapak: www.peekapak.com If you liked this episode then please subscribe on iTunes, leave a review, and share it with a friend. Thanks for listening! Gerard Dawson    

We speak to TV personality Nik Vasilyev about how to stay healthy and in shape with the latest on-the-go technology. Also, we talk to the CEO of Peekapak, Ami Shah, on how the platform focuses on teaching kids empathy and a whole lot more. Plus, Vitaly Ponomarev, CEO of WayRay, reveals how using augmented reality with the windshield of your car will decrease driving distractions. In Socially Speaking, we discuss how big tech companies in San Francisco are being taxed to help the homeless.

Ami is the Co-Founder and CEO of Peekapak. The company's content is designed with early childhood education experts, teachers, and parents, with the help of students themselves. The former Procter & Gamble marketer, is now committed to the education space; helping children become successful, compassionate, and caring citizens. In this one, Ami and talk about the evolving education space, and what skills are critically important for kids as they learn and grow. We also talk about funding strategies, what investors tend to look for in a team, and Ami's experience in Silicon Valley with Imagine K12. 

Jeff sits down with Ami Shah to discuss how Peekapak is able to help promote child development in grades PK-2. About PeekapakPeekapak aims to improve learning outcomes in early childhood by enabling teachers and parents to work as partners in a student’s education. Through Peekapak’s platform, teachers are provided digital access to Peekapak’s character development curriculum and extended home activities for families to reinforce the learning in the home. The platform will also track student progress so that both teachers and parents are able to get a complete view of how a student is developing in the class and at home. Peekapak is currently in private beta and is looking to partner with educators to test and pilot their program. Links of Interest twitter.com/peekapak (http://twitter.com/peekapak) facebook.com/peekapak (http://facebook.com/peekapak) About our GuestAmi Shsh is the CEO & Co-founder of Peekapak, a recent graduate of the Imagine K12 Edtech Accelerator program based in Silicon Valley. Ami is passionate about improving youth education and has previously taught in Vietnam.  She has extensive marketing experience from roles at Procter & Gamble, and most recently, as Director of Retail Marketing at a consumer products start-ups. She has an MBA from INSEAD. You can connect with Ami on Twitter: @amishahdotca or on Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/amishahdotca (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amishahdotca) Podcast Recorded: June 2015

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Peekapak: Social Emotional Learning" with special guest presenter, Ami Shah. November 19, 2016. Social emotional learning is an important component in all classrooms and we are very pleased to have Ami Shah, co-developer of Peekapak, with us to share an exciting new program for young learners. Peekapak is a freemium website created to help teach social-emotional learning topics such as respect, empathy, teamwork, courage, and optimism. The session will include tips on overcoming key barriers to bringing these topics to your classroom and how you can use technology to support this learning. At Peekapak they know that student success - both in academics and in life - starts with social-emotional learning. They have created a program that is designed for Pre-K to Grade 3 teachers. Developed by education experts, Peekapak's innovative curriculum combines teaching skills like gratitude, empathy and self-regulation with Common Core reading and writing standards through engaging stories and fun lessons to be used in the classroom and in the home. Peekapak is currently being used by teachers across the US and in 70 countries around the world and they are committed to helping children become successful, compassionate, caring, and empathetic citizens of the world! Peekapak was a Grand Prize Winner of the It's a Start Competition and was also funded on Kickstarter, hitting their target in 5 days which is an indication that many people were interested in a program like this! Ami Shah has earned a MBA from INSEAD, and has gained extensive marketing experience through roles at Procter & Gamble, and most recently, as Director of Retail Marketing at a consumer products start-up. Ami is passionate about improving youth education, and has previously advised, volunteered and taught children at education-related non-profit organizations, schools and start-ups. She is a mentor at Founder Institute Toronto (a startup launch program for talented entrepreneurs. https://www.peekapak.com https://www.peekapak.com/content/aboutUs.html

Ami Shah is a Co-Founder & CEO of Peekapak, an edtech startup that teaches social-emotional learning skills like self-regulation, perseverance and teamwork in the class and home. Peekapak is backed by; Silicon Valley based accelerator, Imagine K12; Ryerson's DMZ; and MaRS.Ami earned an MBA from INSEAD. She gained extensive marketing experience through roles at Procter & Gamble, and most recently, as Director of Retail Marketing at a consumer products startup. Ami is passionate about improving youth education, and has previously taught in K-4 classrooms and advised & volunteered at education-related non-profit organizations.