Technology Media Telecommunications
You shape the way the world connects. We help connect you to key opportunities and strategies through every stage of your business lifecycle.
Startup
Fuel your startup's innovation in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector with tailored support for growth and success.
Scale
Discover how MNP's tailored solutions empower technology, media, and telecommunications businesses to scale effectively and sustainably.
Pivot
Navigate pivotal moments in your business with tailored services from MNP. Transform challenges into growth opportunities with experienced guidance.
Maturity
Navigate the next phase of your mature technology, media, or telecommunications business with tailored strategies for sustainability, growth, and innovation.
Exit
Navigate the complexities of transition and ensure that your exit sets the stage for continued success.
It begins here
You’re leading the charge in a rapidly changing world where businesses and consumers rely on you for innovative solutions to today’s biggest challenges. As you navigate complex decisions and a demanding journey, you’re balancing the need for growth with a focus on sustainability and planning for what’s ahead.
No matter where you are on your journey — whether launching a startup, scaling up, pivoting, maturing, or planning to exit — you’re focused on building long-term value and staying ahead of the curve. Our Technology, Media, and Telecommunications team is here to support you with tailored insights and services at every stage. From securing funding and government incentives to expanding globally and managing transitions, we’ll help you set your business up for continued success, now and into the future.
As a committed partner in the community, MNP’s Technology, Media, Telecommunications team actively supports incubators, startups, and other sponsorships and collaborations year-round.
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Get ahead of the trends impacting Canada’s Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sectors
Our Business Insights Newsletter is a monthly digest of insights, stories, and advice from our industry insiders. You deserve timely content that keeps you up to date and ready to take on any challenge or opportunity that comes your way — we’ll deliver it straight to your inbox.
Re-Inventing Edmonton
Four local entrepreneurs share their perspectives on the city’s technology and innovation sector and why it’s a force to follow in the years to come.
Insights
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January 22, 2024
Four key principles to engage your customers in a digital landscape
How can you prioritize the human aspect of customer engagement? These four principles can help your business stand out in a competitive marketplace.
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Confidence
May 08, 2025
What common mistakes should you avoid in your tech startup’s business plan?
Your startup needs to stand out in today’s competitive tech industry. This 10-point checklist can help you give investors exactly what they’re looking for.
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Confidence
April 08, 2025
A step-by-step guide for crafting your Canadian start-up pitch
What can you expect when you pitch your start-up to investors? We’ve rounded up key milestones of the financing process, and how to set yourself up for success.
Contact our Technology, Media, Telecommunications Team
Saad Shaikh CPA, CA
Partner, National Leader, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Saad Shaikh, CPA, CA, is a Partner in MNP’s Technology Media and Telecommunications group in Toronto. Drawing on extensive experience managing financial reporting and supporting key accounting policies, Saad understands his clients’ unique business needs and provides sound advice on their complex accounting and business issues, helping them achieve success.
Saad works one-on-one with private and public sector clients in a diversity of industries on such issues as revenue recognition, accounting for unit issuances and convertible debt. He helps companies with subsidiaries using different functional currencies, share-based payments and complex equity financings.
Saad brings experience working with a Big Four firm helping clients in a wide range of industries, including large private sector clients in the technology, media and telecommunications space.
Saad is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA) in 2011. He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) from York University in 2009.