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View from the 'Loo: Michael Litt on why Canada needs to get irrational
22 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Michael Litt, CEO of Vidyard, a Waterloo Region video marketing and analytics company, argues that too many would-be investors would sooner sit on their wallets and hold out for safe bets than take chances… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Global brand builder Scott Bedbury on why EQ trumps IQ
15 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Enterprise, View from the ‘Loo
Scott Bedbury, who leads a global brand development agency called Brandstream, will take the stage at Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference, and he’ll touch on what makes the difference between a great… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Jennifer Moss on motherhood and entrepreneurship
08 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Jennifer Moss, co-founder of Plasticity: an mobile and web app that aims make a billion people happy for employers use to measure, manage and stimulate positive workplace culture, telling us how to balance… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Sober Steering stops drunk driving before it starts
01 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
A sit-down with Catherine Carroll, COO of Sober Steering, a Florida-founded startup that has been based in Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre, responsible for the creation of a school bus steering wheel mounted,… Read more
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One on one with Techstars’ David Cohen [VIDEO]
01 May 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Featured, Videos
Techstars co-founder and CEO David Cohen visited Waterloo Region and Toronto to explore the potential of expanding into Canada, and share his impressions of the Waterloo Region startup community. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Right at home with Techstars' David Cohen
24 April 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
David Cohen, hinted at the beginnings of a deeper relationship, after visiting the Waterloo Region including stops at University of Waterloo, Communitech Hub, a handful of startups, following a day spent… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Internet of Things presents billions of opportunities
17 April 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Ian Pilon, who has a keen interest in the IoT, a burgeoning field of connected devices that use embedded technology to sense and communicate, headed up the inaugural meetup of Internet of Things Waterloo,… Read more
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View from the 'Loo: A great pitch is only the beginning
10 April 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
Ivan Lukianchuk and Matt Gardner, both were among startup entrepreneurs to take the stage at this week’s Mic Nite at the Starlight in Waterloo, pitched some new ideas. Find out more Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Why startup founders should sober up
03 April 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the ‘Loo
Dave Inglis, founder of The Concussion Toolbox, and community co-ordinator for Launchpad reflects on how emotion can cloud an entrepreneur's objectivity and increase the odds of failure. Read more
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View from the ‘Loo: Why artists are good for tech companies
27 March 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: View from the 'Loo
When engineers at Christie Digital sat down to design the Roadster HD10K-M projector, they didn’t anticipate what it would eventually be used for. Dufaux, a Montreal-based artist, saw it as a digital portal… Read more