‘It’s been a wild 15 months’: Collingwood grad founded tech firm that allows fans to cheer from home – Pretty River Academy alum Elias Andersen founded HearMeCheer

[Please note: this interview with HearMeCheer founder and CEO Elias Andersen appeared in the Collingwood Connection newspaper in suburban Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Friday, June 4, 2021.] By John Edwards / Collingwood Connection / Friday, June 4, 2021  In March 2020, Elias Andersen was in Arizona pitching a product to Major League Baseball teams. He had created […]

HearMeCheer Among Finalists for 2020 SportTechie Awards

HearMeCheer, the innovative and timely audio broadcast app that collects live fan noise and streams it into live sports events and broadcasts, was named among the finalists for the 2020 SportTechie Awards. According to SportTechie, “To close out 2020, we’ve selected 50 nominees across nine categories. In a year when nothing has been close to approaching normal, each […]

Pandemic pivot: Executives start new businesses

Elias Andersen, a 20-year-old tech entrepreneur, was in Arizona pushing his ChampTrax player tracking/analytics technology to Cactus League teams when the NBA pulled the plug on its season in March. Before his four-hour return flight to Toronto landed, he’d formulated the rudiments of a business plan that was perfect during the most imperfect of times: […]