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About

A side hustle that
refused to stay small.

I never planned to run two companies. I planned to help a handful of local businesses show up better online — and every problem they handed me pushed the work one step further. This is the honest account of how a student side hustle turned into a software studio.

Haruun Ali, Edmonton entrepreneur and founder
Founder · Unconventional Group & AltaPro AI

Edmonton, Alberta

Built here.
Building for here.

I'm a business problem solver based in Edmonton — an Edmonton kid, really — and everything I've built has been for businesses like the ones I grew up around: contractors, movers, electricians, the shops down the block. People who do excellent work and still lose to competitors who simply show up better online.

I started in civic life — running for Edmonton City Council in Ward Papastew and organizing in my community — and I still show up for the people here. That instinct, solving real problems for real people, is what everything since has been built on.

Nobody handed me a playbook. I learned marketing by running real campaigns, sales by closing them, and AI by building systems that had to work — because a real business was counting on them. That hasn't changed: diagnose the real problem, build the fix, and stay until it runs.

Today I'm the founder of Unconventional Group Inc. and AltaPro AI. The primary work is AltaPro AI — my software studio, building quoting engines, back-office automation, custom CRMs and software, and the AltaPro AI School. Unconventional Group is the marketing & growth arm that feeds it. Different doors, same team, same standard.

If you've got a business worth scaling — let's talk.

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The Journey

How we got here.

September 2023

A side hustle at the University of Alberta

Unconventional Media starts between lectures — building websites and running marketing for local Edmonton businesses. One client turns into two, two turn into ten, and the "side" in side hustle quietly stops being true.

The Leap

All-in

I left the University of Alberta to take Unconventional Media full-time. Betting on yourself sounds romantic right up until the moment you actually do it — but the phone kept ringing, and the work deserved everything I had.

January 2026

Unconventional Group Inc.

The side hustle becomes a real company. Unconventional Media rolls into the newly formed Unconventional Group Inc. — a team, a standard, and a complete growth engine for service businesses, with 50+ served across Canada.

April 2026

AltaPro AI

The AI work grows into its own software studio. AltaPro AI becomes where most of the building happens — quoting & estimating engines, field-sales tools, back-office automation, custom CRMs, dashboards & software, and the AltaPro AI School, where we teach businesses to run AI themselves.

What I Run

A studio,
and a marketing arm.

AltaPro AI is the software studio, and where the primary work lives. Unconventional Group is the marketing & growth arm — and the parent company it grew out of. I don't outsource what I sell, and I don't build alone: there's a team behind every project.

Software Studio · Est. April 2026
AltaPro AI

The software studio: quoting & estimating engines, field-sales tools, back-office automation, and custom CRMs, dashboards & software — plus the AltaPro AI School, practical AI training for businesses and professionals.

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Marketing & Growth Arm
Unconventional Group Inc.

The marketing arm that fills the pipeline: websites, ad management, lead generation, funnels & CRO, AI visibility & e-commerce growth. 50+ businesses served across Canada.

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How I Operate

The principles.

01

Build, don't advise

Anyone can point at a problem. I build the thing that fixes it and stay on the hook for whether it works.

02

Fitted, not off-the-shelf

Your business isn't a template. Everything I build is fitted to how you actually operate.

03

Speed with substance

Sites in days, systems in weeks — without cutting the corners that matter.

04

Own the outcome

One point of accountability — me — with a team behind it, so nothing falls through the cracks between vendors.

Most people sell you advice and leave. I take the problem on, build the system that fixes it, and stay until it runs on its own.

— Haruun Ali

Let's Get to Work

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