Showing all articles by author: Kayleigh Platz
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Startup Weekend coming to Waterloo Region April 5-7
06 March 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Startup Weekends are a hands-on experience where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if their startup ideas are viable. They happen all over the world, and on April 5–7 Kitchener-Waterloo… Read more
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Startup Smackdown companies enter the ring
20 February 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Now meet the brave companies who will duke it out for glory and the hope of being crowned the Startup Smackdown winner Read more
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Nicoya Lifesciences wants to help you mend a broken heart
19 February 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Waterloo-based startup Nicoya Lifesciences adapts technology originally created to measure stress levels in grizzly bears to help improve human heart health. Read more
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Get ready for a smackdown!
14 February 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Communitech hosts the first Startup Showdown, a competition where 10 startups pitch to a panel of judges. Read more
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Game changers and deal makers: Tech Leadership Conference features top thinkers
13 February 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Uncategorized
Communitech hosts the best Tech Leadership Conference yet. Speakers include Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins, best-selling author Seth Godin, and SR. VP and CFO of Google Patrick Pichette. Read more
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This TLC keynote speaker is highly searchable!
30 January 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Uncategorized
Communitech announces the second speaker for their Tech Leadership Conference. Patrick Pichette, Chief Finance Officer of Google, will join Thorsten Heins, CEO of Blackberry to present at the conference. Read more
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Data Hacking is Encouraged and Rewarded!
22 January 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Sortable hosts a hackathon, asking hackers to create something new with fair use data found on the web. Read more
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A pinkie-sized solution to a global threat
13 January 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Chris Bennett of Kitchener based Panoptic Telematics has a possible solution for detecting explosives and radioactive materials on cargo ships using a tiny sensor that can detect beta and gamma rays which… Read more
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How do you want to end 2013?
04 January 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Uncategorized
Read about how tenants of the Communitech Hub in Kitchener want to end the year. Read more