Showing all articles by author: Kayleigh Platz
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Rebellion Media adds Crucial Interactive to their power-packed roster
05 June 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Waterloo Region-based Rebellion Media has bought another company. Crucial Interactive, a digital media company that works with brands to engage with online consumers, is the 12th company to be acquired… Read more
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Accelerate this! June's UpStart breakfast
28 May 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in:
Our final UpStart Breakfast for the 2012/2013 event season is a fast-paced set. Each company is in a local accelerator program; Nicoya Lifesciences is part of the Accelerator Centre and Groupnotes and… Read more
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Communitech and the Institute for Quantum Computing: Detangling the Code
27 May 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in:
Thomas Jennewein, associate professor of physics at the University of Waterloo is currently researching quantum computation key distribution using entangled photons as a way to create safe communication… Read more
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When Guy Kawasaki played hockey with Communitech
24 May 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in:
What happens when marketing guru, and hockey-lover, Guy Kawasaki shows up in Kitchener? Obviously, we invite him to join us in a friendly 3-on-3 game of pick-up hockey against some friends at Google. Check… Read more
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The artist as entrepreneur
03 May 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in:
Hannah Chapplain was a musician venturing into entrepreneurship and used a different method than many. Rather than try to make it in on genre, she tried about 15. This is not a common process but by doing… Read more
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Start your day with us at May's UpStart breakfast
24 April 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
May's UpStart breakfast will feature Kelly Frey of BigRoad Inc., Stephen Lake of Thalmic Labs and Jeff Nugent of Contingent Workforce Solutions. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We believe… Read more
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WellRead launches platform to help you read what matters
18 April 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
WellRead has launched its web-based platform that aims to simplify how readers keep up with a large amount of daily data they receive through traditional news and their own social media networks. WellRead… Read more
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Start a company in one weekend: the Startup Weekend Kitchener-Waterloo experience
09 April 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Entrepreneurs filled the Communitech Hub to participate in Startup Weekend Kitchener-Waterloo in which teams pitch ideas, participate in challenges, and finally demo a prototype on Sunday night. Read more
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Communitech golf lottery now open!
01 April 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Small to Mid Size
Communitech will once again be holding the Communitech Golf Lottery to ensure that everyone gets an equal chance to golf with us at Waterloo Region's hottest Golf Tournament. Read more
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Live from downtown Kitchener. It's Mic Nite!
19 March 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
This week Communitech will host Mic Nite in downtown Kitchener where there will be a night of music and drinks as startups battle for your vote in an audience-choice pitch competition. Read more