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Ted Livingston on growth
16 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Podcast
The first episode of the Communitech Podcast features a conversation between Mike Kirkup, Director of University of Waterloo's Velocity program, and Ted Livingston, co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive. Read more
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'Tis the season to raise a toast to the work partner
12 November 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
A close work companion can help you enjoy your workday more and feel more at home in your environment. Read more
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Remembrance Day: O2 Canada's pollution mask inspired by the past
11 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Videos
Peter Whitby, CEO of O2 Canada shares his perspective on wartime technology, focusing on the people who make shelters, shields and masks. Read more
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Plum wins Buffalo startup prize, sets sights on U.S. market
30 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured
The Waterloo Region tech company Plum won a prize of $250,000 from a Buffalo-based business competition called 43North. They were chosen as one of 11 winners from 11,000 applicants. Read more
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Layoffs are bad enough; botching them is worse
29 October 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
We’ve all been laid off from tech companies, some of us more than once. We’ve been survivors of more rounds of layoffs than we can count, and been the ones laying off our teams. So we know layoffs are… Read more
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Let's do more than imagine a new world for women entrepreneurs
15 October 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
M-Theory author Melanie Baker sheds light on the many inequalities women entrepreneurs face through various stages of their company. Read more
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Toronto, Kitchener mayors speak out on need for better rail
09 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Featured, Videos
Toronto Mayor John Tory and Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic meet to discuss the connectivity between the two cities and its impact on the tech ecosystem. Read more
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Surviving BlackBerry and other stories: how Ted Livingston built a unicorn in Waterloo Region
08 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured, Small to Mid Size
Ted Livingston, co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive, gives a talk at the University of Waterloo about Kik's journey, and the legal troubles they faced with BlackBerry. Read more
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Vidyard acquires Switch Merge to make video marketing personal
07 October 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
The acquisition brings Switch Merge's technology to the Vidyard platform, which saw 16 times as many click-throughs during testing. Read more
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No free lunch: The hidden costs of perks for tech workers
01 October 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
M-Theory author Melanie Baker sheds light on the unseen negative impacts of employee "perks". Read more