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Y Combinator’s Sam Altman ‘super impressed’ with Waterloo Region
20 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Communitech News sat down with Sam Altman of Y Combinator to discuss Waterloo Region. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Carl Zehr, innovation mayor, prepares his exit
18 September 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, View from the ‘Loo
Waterloo Region is a lot of things, but a hotbed of political scandal is not one of them. We seem to prefer modest leaders who keep a steady hand on the wheel and a light foot on the gas pedal, especially… Read more
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Tech About Town: Square's Jesse Wilson feels right at home
17 September 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
began writing and sharing his open-source code online, when a fellow UW grad at Nike eventually noticed his work. The grad and his team were using Wilson’s code and were impressed with his talent. He quickly… Read more
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Startups to pitch to students at Talent Collision Day
17 September 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Startups
Communitech Talent Collision Day will feature Alaunus, FunRaisers, Happenate, Homefed, SalesWedge, Skywatch, Statflo, Structur3d Printing, Thalmic Labs and TicketFi and will give entrepreneurial students… Read more
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Innovation supercluster poses challenges, opportunities
17 September 2014 | By John Lorinc in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Ali Asaria, CEO of Tulip Retail, is an entrepreneur with a foot in two cities. In the past seven years, the Research In Motion (now BlackBerry) alumnus has launched two tech startups, both based in Waterloo… Read more
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Justin Trudeau visits Communitech Hub
10 September 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau toured the Communitech Hub and met with tech entrepreneurs today during a visit to Waterloo Region. During a walk through the Hub’s innovation space, Trudeau stopped… Read more
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TD taps into startup vibe at Communitech Hub
04 September 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News
Communitech News sat down with TD's Ian McDonald to discuss their innovation lab. Read more
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Tech About Town: Jeff Botham on building the future
03 September 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Jeff Botham, University of Waterloo alumni and Waterloo Region community member is taking on his next project; CEO of Habitat for Humanity. Jeff is excited to bring the community together to help end the… Read more
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An insider's scoop on the Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp
26 August 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups
Out of 96 applicants, 25 women entrepreneurs attended the Communitech Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp from all over the world bringing ideation, design thinking, networking, pitching and sales to the next… Read more
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Tech About Town: Tech companies add their own chapters to region’s architectural story
06 August 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Alison Brooks talks about the Building Waterloo Region: a region-wide architecture festival that explores our community, and the buildings that define and illustrate our past, present and future. It is… Read more