Showing all articles by author: Kayleigh Platz
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Tech About Town 07.09.14
09 July 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Owner of Ecoplace Organics, a weekly produce distribution system that delivers local organic food to people at home or work, sourced from small-scale farms within 100 kilometers of Waterloo Region, has… Read more
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Tech About Town 07. 02.14
02 July 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
The art-loving Sameera Banduk found a way to reconnect and get involved with her community after focusing intensely on startups for the last six years through hosting a casual gathering around the gallery’s… Read more
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Tech About Town 06.25.14
25 June 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Opinion, Tech About Town
Events happening over the Canada Day long weekend including #FolkArtandBeer at The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, the Waterloo Air Show, Ladies Learning Code, and more. Read more
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Tech About Town 06.18.14
18 June 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured
Featured events in Waterloo Region for the week of June 18, 2014 including CAFKA.14 Biennial, Ontario Craft Beer Week, Women who Code Waterloo, and the Summer Lights Festival. Read more
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Capacity for change: Tech Leadership Q&A with Dr. Anita Sands
02 June 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured
Lunch with Dr. Anita Sands, following her session at Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference on May 29, to talk about leaders, an organization’s capacity for change and what early signs of disruption… Read more
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Third Startup Weekend creates new initiatives and inspires passion in community
07 April 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Erin Atchison won first place at the Startup Weekend Waterloo Region, Community Edition pitch competition with her idea for Barn Raiser, a website that would connect local businesses, community builders,… Read more
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Judges inspired by ASCEnt social enterprise competition
25 March 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Winning first place in Waterloo Region’s newest pitch competition for social enterprises, $5,000 in cash and a year of mentorship by ASCEnt, was Edusight, an online tool for elementary and high school… Read more
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Opinions abound as women in tech – and a few men – launch new peer group
19 March 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
New Communitech’s Women In Tech Peer2Peer initiative is launched to increase the retention and advancement of women in the industry. The inaugural session was headlined by a panel of women from the Waterloo… Read more
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Women, it's time to slip into something a little uncomfortable
14 March 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured
In Waterloo Region, women account for more than 50% of the population. I invited Jennifer Moss, co-founder of Plasticity, Popy Dimoulas-Graham, founder of Charity Republic, and Melanie Baker, a 15-year… Read more
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New CEO, new location among big changes for ChangeIt
27 February 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured
Big changes are coming to ChangeIt. With a new CEO and a new location, they are excited for their potential. Read more