Alec Levin wants to create a world in which startups can test and research their products in a way that’s not only accessible and comprehensible, but builds community while doing so.  Alec says “We're trying to make talking to users and learning about what they want easier” Alec Levin is Co-Founder of Steadfast, a user research startup helping tech companies get feedback from their target market during product development. Before the Steadfast lightbulb turned on, Alec worked at Sciencescape (now Meta), an AI platform aimed at making scientific knowledge computable, inside the field of user research and testing. Over the past few years, he also acted as a Peer Mentor at the University of Toronto and gives back to the startup community as a Startup Canada partner, helping the organization to learn more about entrepreneurs within its community so that it can serve them better.  In this week’s #StartupPodcast, Rivers talks to Alec about how he got to where he is today, user research, and beta-testing for startups.

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