Showing all articles by author: Alexandra Satok
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Velocity Foundry marks busy first year in hardware startup incubation
09 September 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Featured, News, Startups
A year ago, Velocity Foundry was opened up to support local hardware startups. Velocity Foundry filled up quickly, and is full of a variety of different startups with different goals. Read more
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A maker’s guide to building a startup – the Maker Expo story
29 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
Darin White and their colleagues wanted to unite a region of makers. Maker Expo is a one-day gathering with an anticipated attendances of 10,000, with over 100 makers. Read more
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Reinventing the red pen: Kaizena raises $900,000 in seed funding
15 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Featured, News, Startups
Kaizena is a software that allows teachers to mark papers online, and add useful critiques such as voice notes, allowing for more efficient and integrated marking. They recently raised $900,000 seed funding… Read more
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Q+A: Laurier doubles down on entrepreneurship with new courses
09 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Laurier has created a more practical path for their entrepreneurship courses to encourage students. Communitech News sat down with Victoria Larke to discuss these changes. Read more
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Banking execs connect with FinTech startups at sold-out event
08 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Enterprise, Featured, News, Startups
Executives from the four largest chartered banks gathered to discuss FinTech and the future of banking. Read more
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Startup mixology: Velocity’s Bartesian launches on Kickstarter
16 June 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Featured, Startups
Bartesian aims to easily recreate authentic mixed drinks in the comfort of your home, and they launched a Kickstarter for their machine. Read more
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TLC 2015: Drawing clarity in a digitized world
03 June 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Events, Featured, News
The Tech Leadership Conference saw over 800 attendees. During the conference, ideas were synthesized into visuals by skilled graphic recorders, providing clarity. Read more