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Stanford professor Huggy Rao on the secrets of scaling up
01 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Huggy Rao delivers a humorous presentation providing unique tips to help a company when attempting to scale up. Read more
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Tech Jam: How a Syrian developer found happiness — and a job — in Waterloo Region
25 January 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Mahfouz Al-Sheikh was able to tap into the Waterloo Region tech community thanks to Communitech and the Tech Jam event. Read more
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Techtoberfest 2016: a venture capitalist playground
20 October 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Featured, Videos
Techtoberfest 2016 just wrapped and it was full of events, attendees and venture capitalists. Read more
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Ray Kurzweil looks boldly into the future at 2016 Tech Leadership Conference
12 May 2016 | By Chuck Howitt in: Event recaps, Featured, News
At the Tech Leadership Conference, Ray Kurzweil spoke boldly about the future to over 800 attendees. Read more
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Q+A with Marko Savic on The Marketing Leap
02 March 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Opinion, Tech About Town
Communitech News sat down with Marko Savic to talk about The Marketing Leap. Read more
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Bracing for disruption: Insurance heavyweights see future in tech
25 February 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Insurance Disrupted was a two-day event all about insurance, finance, and technology. Read more
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Myo music app wins Waterloo Hacks
24 January 2016 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured, Startups
165 students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier were selected to participate in Communitech's first hackathon, a 48-hour event in downtown Kitchener. Read more
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Teds talk: Why Hastings and Livingston choose Waterloo Region
23 January 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Ted Hastings, founder of Rebellion Media and President of Perk interviewed co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive, Ted Livingston as part of the Waterloo Hacks event. Read more
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Techtoberfest 2015 offers sobering words for startups, with a side of sauerkraut
14 October 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Startups, Videos
Techtoberfest speaker and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck discusses his journey as an immigrant and entrepreneur and offers advice to new startups trying to grow. Read more
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Surviving BlackBerry and other stories: how Ted Livingston built a unicorn in Waterloo Region
08 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured, Small to Mid Size
Ted Livingston, co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive, gives a talk at the University of Waterloo about Kik's journey, and the legal troubles they faced with BlackBerry. Read more