Qidiq

qidiqQidiq was founded by Jonathan Abrams and Elan Dubrofsky.

The company is focusing on the feedback space. Their tagline is, “Questions done quick.” The product is being built to help people get ongoing feedback from a targeted group of people. They’re currently in development and testing with early users.


Jonathan Abrams
Jon Abrams (not to be confused with Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams) is a graduate of Carleton University’s Systems and Computer Engineering program. Assemblio is his first tech startup but not the first organization that he has founded. In 2007 Jon founded the science advocacy organization the Ottawa Skeptics. In his role as president of the Ottawa Skeptics he has been quoted in local and national newspapers, interviewed on various Canadian radio programs, and featured as the profile of the month in Ottawa Magazine (Oct 2009). Jon continues to co-host the popular weekly science podcast “The Reality Check” along with Assemblio co-founder Elan Dubrofsky (available for free on iTunes).


Elan Dubrofsky
Elan Dubrofsky is a computer scientist with an undergraduate degree from Carleton University and a Master’s degree from the University of British Columbia. His Master’s work focused on image processing, video analytics and machine learning. He is now a co-founder of Assemblio, along with Jon Abrams. Assemblio is Elan’s first tech startup, as he spent the first few years of his post-graduate career working for the Canadian government, before being bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. While in Vancouver, Elan founded the UBC Freethinkers club, a campus club promoting science, scepticism and secular values and started an offshoot radio show called Radio Freethinker on CITR campus radio. When he arrived back in Ottawa, Elan joined the cast of the “Reality Check” science podcast, along with Jon. Elan and Jon have been best friends since early childhood and are very excited to be working together on a full time basis under the mentorship of Year One Labs.