Rashad Bayram
For journalists

Press

Coverage, bios you can copy without editing, what I can actually speak to, and how to reach me. If you need something that is not here, ask and I will send it the same day.

Coverage

Articles somebody wrote.

Recognition

Lists and selections. Real, but nobody wrote a piece about them, and they are kept separate from coverage for that reason.

  • Edmonton Unlimited: 10 Companies to Watch, 2026

    Taxformify selected as one of 10 companies from 59 applicants, judged by Ashif Mawji (ScaleGood Fund), Yasmine Al-Hussein (Yaletown Partners) and Aroon Sequeira (Valuepath Partners) on team, traction, market, differentiation and fit. The ten pitch at the Edmonton Startup Week Kickoff on October 5 and are celebrated at the 17th Launch Party on October 8. To be clear about what this is: a shortlist and an upcoming pitch, not a prize already won. Edmonton Unlimited's own announcement names both founders.

  • Scale Up Canada: Edmonton50 2026

    Taxformify listed in Scale Up Canada's Edmonton50 for 2026, a directory of Edmonton companies. This is a listing, not editorial coverage: no article was written and nobody interviewed me.

That is the complete record, 4 entries, each described at its real size. I would rather you see all of it than a wall of logos implying more.

Bios

Plain text on purpose. Copy either as-is, no attribution needed, and cut it to fit your house style.

Short, for a contributor line or a roundup

Rashad Bayram is an economist who spent fifteen years in corporate finance inside multibillion-dollar multinationals and now works with founders and owners on the decision in front of them. He co-founded Taxformify, practice management software for tax firms, named one of Edmonton Unlimited's 10 Companies to Watch for 2026. He writes at rashadbayram.com.

Longer, for a feature or a speaker introduction

Rashad Bayram is an economist in Canada who works with founders and owners on finding the real problem underneath the one they arrived an M.A. in Macroeconomics and spent fifteen years inside multibillion-dollar multinationals in business analysis and commercial control, spanning process gap analysis and reengineering, commercial negotiation, sales, marketing and general management, then ran a technology and operations consulting agency before building software full time. He co-founded Taxformify, practice management software that handles document collection and expense categorization for tax firms, which was named one of Edmonton Unlimited's 10 Companies to Watch for 2026 from a field of 59 applicants. He writes at rashadbayram.com about economics, applied AI and Islamic finance, and maintains a free directory of 458 startup funding organizations across 59 countries.

What I can speak to

I will only take a question I can answer with a source or my own experience. If it is outside these, I will say so and point you at someone better.

Why automation projects fail
The diagnosis problem: builds that work perfectly while the business does not improve. I have the research and the receipts, and I will argue against my own industry on it. Read the long-form argument
Islamic finance and riba
Why an interest-based system produces the crises it does, and what risk-sharing finance looks like in practice rather than in theory.
Building software in Canada
Solo and small-team economics: runway, distribution, and why most of the advice assumes a market you do not have.
Startup funding access
I maintain a free public directory of 458 funding organizations across 59 countries, including the halal and Sharia-aligned capital nobody else collects. Browse the directory

What I am not

I am not an accountant or a CPA, and I do not give tax advice. My co-founder is a practising tax firm owner; if you need a practitioner quote on tax itself, I will introduce you rather than answer it myself. I also do not have a view worth printing on most AI topics outside applied business software.

Contact

Email info@rashadbayram.com, or LinkedIn. I answer press email the same day where I can.

More background on the about page.