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Data Concierge Spotlight
23 August 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
The ODX data concierge is a service that helps companies find data that they need and is especially popular amongst startups and scale-ups. Read more
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How to earn your customer’s trust in your data solution
22 August 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
Most companies try to be data driven today. This creates a lot of possible customers for B2B data solutions. In order for a data-driven product to be successful, we must ensure that our prospects and customers… Read more
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We Built This: BridesMade
15 August 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
Mallory McKewen and Kaleah Baker, started BridesMade to give women the option to rent bridesmaid dresses through an online platform. They were among the finalists in Communitech’s Fierce Founders bootcamp… Read more
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Miovision and University of Waterloo team up on vehicle emissions
18 July 2018 | By Chris Willsher in: Data driven innovation
Miovision, the University of Waterloo and ODX came together to address the following problem and research a solution. Road vehicles are a significant source of pollution in Canada, accounting for about… Read more
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Open Data Use Case: Using data to improve public health
18 July 2018 | By Chris Willsher in: Data driven innovation
Data can play a role in improving public health. According to the Health Status of Canadians report in 2016, only 2 out of 10 Canadian adults met the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines. Many different… Read more
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Ecopia reaches new levels of insight with support from ODX
17 July 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
As part of the 2016 Ventures cohort, Ecopia Tech has brought expertise and open data to their project which has opened doors to new data sets and levels of insight. Ecopia is an industry leading AI company… Read more
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Thinking big at Catalyst137
06 July 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
This video features Catalyst137, 475,000 square feet of repurposed industrial space on Kitchener’s Glasgow Street. It has been transformed from a former tire and footwear warehouse into the largest facility… Read more
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Open data fuels predictive vehicle maintenance platform, Pitstop
02 July 2018 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation
Using open data to power a predictive algorithm could allow a startup to access a market that is comprised of millions of potential clients: North America’s car owners. Pitstop combines proprietary datasets… Read more
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Canada: The Open Data Report
22 June 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
In honour of Canada’s birthday, we thought it appropriate to report on some open data facts about our home and native land. Happy Canada Day! Read more
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Poll: How likely is it your organization would make data openly available?
20 June 2018 | By Chris Willsher in: Data driven innovation
ODX conducts quarterly polls to better understand the impact and use of data in our community. The results of these polls are announced the following month along with a report by an ODX Data Growth Coach… Read more