Showing all articles by author: Kayleigh Platz
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A pitch a day keeps an engineer focused, says Pout co-founder
08 April 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
Laura Smith, co-founder of Velocity-based fashion startup Pout discusses her path to becoming an engineer. Read more
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Put your game face on for TableTop day
01 April 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Board game cafés have been popping up all over the Waterloo Region. An interesting turn back to childhood actives for some, for others a continued hobby. There is a massive benefit to playing board games… Read more
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Entrepreneurs find teamwork that knocks it out of the park
25 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Mike Kirkup and Brian Zubert worked together 10 years ago at BlackBerry. Fast forward a few years and the pair have launched Score More Baseball, a cross-platform app that simplifies baseball game scoring… Read more
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Giving back and getting involved: How one university student spends her free time
18 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, News, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech News follows busy student, Alexa Roeper, on how she spends her free time getting involved. Read more
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Restaurateur has healthy appetite for downtown food scene
11 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Tech About Town
Bill MacTavish is now a seasoned entrepreneur with years of experience learning at his own pace in the hospitality field. His journey has led him to save two downtown Kitchener hotspots — Imbibe and The… Read more
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Solve a problem, find a business: the Bridgit story so far
06 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Bridgit is the number one construction workforce intelligence solution. Lauren Hasegawa talks about her path to creating her business and how she has innovated the construction workflow and management… Read more
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OpenText takes a stand on International Women’s Day
05 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News
Canada’s largest software company, Waterloo-based OpenText has gone beyond talk to become a tech sector leader in diversity, with women making up 30 percent of its workforce and occupying three of nine… Read more
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Auvik, Dejero, Intellijoint land $1.8M in FedDev investment
05 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, News, Startups
Three Waterloo Region tech companies are getting some federal government investment to help them bring new products to market faster. Auvik Networks, Dejero, Intellijoint Surgical all received fund from… Read more
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Step away from the desk: Lots to love in downtown Kitchener
04 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
There is a lot to do in downtown Kitchener. As the years have gone on we have seen massive investment into the development of the downtown area. The BIA has been working hard to push this progress along.… Read more
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Cold-weather policies need some red-hot innovation
25 February 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
There is an issue when we determine if things are safe and not safe. With cold temperatures in Canada sometimes reaching deadly levels, it is sometimes a matter of a degree or two between closing schools… Read more