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Grow your business by solving real-world problems with open data
04 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Chris Willsher, Director of Platforms and Data Growth Coach on the Communitech Data Driven Innovation team talks about the benefits from using open data and the applications it has in a variety of fields. Read more
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Canada's best student coders, designers win big in Waterloo Region
21 January 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Event recaps, Featured, News
Waterloo student coders recently won first place at the Code to Win/Design to Win challenge held at Communitech. Read more
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Waterloo students snag top prizes at Code/Design to Win
19 January 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Code/Design to Win is an annual event where students compete to solve coding and design problems with all of the $12,000 in prizes being scooped up by University of Waterloo students. Read more
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Banknotes: Calculating the cost of capital
09 January 2019 | By Ryan McCartney in: Banknotes, Opinion
What really is the cost of capital? The price is only part of the sale, and the same is true when financing a company. Read more
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Banknotes: Tamping down the risk
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
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Open data fuels predictive vehicle maintenance platform, Pitstop
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
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Open data helps education technology startup, Peekapak, expand into Ontario schools
15 June 2018 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Reading, writing, and math aren't the only things educators need to teach. Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills are top of mind in today’s schools. Enter Peekapak, a Canadian education technology… Read more
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Chillwall's desire prediction AI will fulfill your curiosity for local events
04 June 2018 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Chillwall AI is the next transformative step for Chillwall, the consumer application that combs through event websites in 2,000 cities worldwide, allowing users to discover events, map them, select them… Read more
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Open data smoothing connections between founders and funders via Hockeystick
18 May 2018 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Hockeystick, a Toronto-based startup that uses open data to reduce obstacles to the private market. Hockeystick provides data tools for companies, investors and governments to leverage data to drive greater… Read more
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Land development made easier, with open data
16 May 2018 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
MapYourProperty is a company that has turned week-long searches into a matter of minutes, thanks in part to its association with the ODX Ventures program of Canada’s Open Data Exchange. In a matter of… Read more