8 Things you need to think about before hiring internationally
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Expanding your team into new markets means adding people on the ground with the right mix of experience and knowledge. But hiring the right people where you need them comes with its own set of challenges — from complying with local employment laws to implementing international payroll and benefits.
10 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News With 2017 revenues of US$2.3 billion and 10,000 employees in 40 countries, OpenText is now one of the most important, influential and global software companies in the world. But OpenText will remain a… Read more 10 July 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News Carol Leaman, Axonify CEO and serial entrepreneur, came to Communitech for Pizza with the Prez. Expecting a small group, they brought no notes, yet Leaman had no trouble sharing stories. Leaman started… Read more 06 July 2018 | By Ryan McCartney in: Banknotes, Opinion Banks use a “risk grid” that looks at several categories in order to assign a risk factor to your business, to price accordingly and decide whether to invest or not. They both sell money and evaluate risk,… Read more 06 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News Catalyst137 has been transformed from a former tire and footwear warehouse into the largest space for hardware manufacturing and development in the world. The brand concept is a facility where the makers… Read more 06 July 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos This video features Catalyst137, 475,000 square feet of repurposed industrial space on Kitchener’s Glasgow Street. It has been transformed from a former tire and footwear warehouse into the largest facility… Read more 05 July 2018 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion Lyft went through their ninth round of funding. The work of building businesses in the techsphere has changed to bleeding billions, and this money could be used instead for education or healthcare. Perhaps… Read more 02 July 2018 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation Using open data to power a predictive algorithm could allow a startup to access a market that is comprised of millions of potential clients: North America’s car owners. Pitstop combines proprietary datasets… Read more 01 July 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup This month, Miovision announced "the world's smartest intersection" in Detroit. Closer to home, Stratford announced a smart parking pilot project. Waterloo companies, such as Dozr and Applyboard, raised… Read more 28 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News ApplyBoard’s web-based AI portal streamlines the process of applying for university, college and high school for international students. ApplyBoard announced a US$13 million Series A raise, led by Silicon… Read more 28 June 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News Parking in Downtown Stratford in the summer is near impossible. Solving this problem requires hard data, so last autumn the city installed small sensors in their parking spaces and the real-time results… Read more
OpenText: Made in Canada, proud of it
No notes required: Carol Leaman's experience speaks for itself
Banknotes: Tamping down the risk
Thinking big at Catalyst137
Thinking big at Catalyst137
M-Theory: Slow cooking your way to startup sanity
Open data fuels predictive vehicle maintenance platform, Pitstop
Tech Roundup for June 2018
ApplyBoard: putting students at the head of the class
Stratford rolls out smart parking program