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Building a smart world, one city at a time
18 October 2016 | By Andrew Robertson in: Data driven innovation
Smart cities use open data to take an integrated approach to improving city operations, citizen quality of life and local economy. Read more
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2016 Open Cities Index: Open data making Waves in Canada
10 October 2016 | By Kevin Tuer in: Data driven innovation
The results of the second annual Open Cities Index results reflect lots of change in the last year, confirming that Canadian cities are making waves with open data. Read more
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ODX Ventures
29 September 2016 | By Michael Chan in: Data driven innovation
The ODX Ventures program provides up to $50,000 in financial support to start-ups, small, and medium-sized enterprises to get their companies investment ready. Read more
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Company Profile: HotSpot Merchant Solutions
27 September 2016 | By Michael Chan in: Data driven innovation
HotSpot Merchant Solutions is a mobile parking app for municipalities and businesses. It allows municipalities to collect data, drivers to pay for parking from remote locations, and businesses to reward… Read more
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How we know where to go: survey lights path for open data in Canada
26 September 2016 | By Kevin Tuer in: Data driven innovation
Canada's Open Data Exchange is running a survey to find out what kinds of Canadian companies use open data that governments published and how they earn revenue from it. The survey results will help ODX… Read more
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Waterloo Innovation Summit 2016: Day 1 highlights
15 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The first day of the Waterloo Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Communitech included speakers such as Navdeep Bains, David Fransen, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Amanda Lang, Walter… Read more
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Real traction: Three years in, Tulip Retail kicks into growth mode
14 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Tulip Retail creates mobile technology that connects sales associates with their company and their customer. Tulip has offices in Kitchener, Toronto, and New York and is seeing significant growth. Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya: Silicon Valley's social conscience
09 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest promblems. The former Facebook senior executive is set to be a keynote… Read more
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Cultural revolution: Patty McCord on workplace innovation
31 August 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, and keynote speaker at the 2016 Waterloo Innovation Summit shares her thoughts on the role that employees play in innovation, disruption and growth. Read more