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.
08 August 2014 | By Communitech in: Member news Fongo Inc., Canada’s fastest-growing phone service, is announcing the release of their hugely popular smartphone app: Fongo World Edition. Now new Fongo users in 26 additional countries can make a local… Read more 08 August 2014 | By Samantha Clark in: Featured, startup Tacit Innovations focuses on improving the dining experience for restaurant-goers. With the Maegan application, customers can discover restaurants, view menus and place customized orders instantly on their… Read more 08 August 2014 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Announcements, Startups Get in the Ring is a startup pitch competition and a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week held by Futurpreneur Canada for the Canadian portion. The competition allows the world’s top entrepreneurs… Read more 06 August 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town Alison Brooks talks about the Building Waterloo Region: a region-wide architecture festival that explores our community, and the buildings that define and illustrate our past, present and future. It is… Read more 06 August 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Small to Mid Size, Startups Expanding in India is no more a challenge for Canadian entrepreneurs! The Trade Commissioner Service in India brings you the Canadian Technology Accelerator in India or “CTA@India”: a unique opportunity… Read more 01 August 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Startups Canadian companies can enter new markets and gain exposure to business opportunities around the world for up to three months, while accessing regional support and resources. The CDMN Outbound Soft-Landing… Read more 30 July 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town Attendees from Communitech, Desire2Learn and Google enjoyed an after-hours networking reception, tasting three different types of cheese from Gunn’s Hill, fresh breads from Golden Hearth Bakery and had… Read more 29 July 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Startups Applications are now open to receive free tenancy for six months in the Google space at the Communitech Hub with perks such as Ignition Day: includes a tour of Google, lunch with key individuals and a… Read more 25 July 2014 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Startups Digiday will bring together Hilton with a hungry tech startup to solve a marketing problem. Startup entrants must be unfunded, must provide a technology solution to a digital marketing problem and should… Read more 24 July 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Small to Mid Size, View from the 'Loo Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS), a Waterloo-based company that now boasts a staff of more than 100 and creates a product that plugs into any car and can, among other things, gather data about driver… Read more
Fongo helps Canadians save today; tomorrow, the world!
Dining-app maker draws investors to the table
Futurpreneur Canada announces get in the ring competition
Tech About Town: Tech companies add their own chapters to region’s architectural story
CTA@India Call for Applications
Outbound soft-landing program fall 2014 call for applications until Aug. 15
Tech About Town: Hackers, snackers and cheese. Oh my!
Want free Google space at the Hub? Apply by Aug. 8
Digiday event gives startups a shot at working with Hilton
View from the 'Loo: IMS leads way to safer, smarter, greener driving