Showing all articles by author: Trish Crompton
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Connection by design: Toronto, Waterloo Region creative teams join forces
23 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured
Method Jam, a gathering that started out of a collaboration between Toronto-based creative firms Heist and GRAND, and Waterloo-based Boltmade, is exploring the process for designers, developers and project… Read more
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Structur3D prints its way to Kickstarter success
22 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Communitech HYPERDRIVE company Structur3D Printing celebrates funding the mass production of the Discov3ry paste extruder, which is an add-on for 3D printers, an inexpensive option to use household materials… Read more
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Collaborative video app turns moments into memorable events
17 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
To solve the problem that people experiencing an event together have trouble reliving it later, because each person’s photos and videos wind up scattered across their individual social feeds. Clipter is… Read more
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Love affair renewed: Paul Salvini on Waterloo Region’s bright tech future
07 July 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured
Salvini was named CEO of the Accelerator Centre in Waterloo. He will also serve as the new Associate Vice-President, Research Commercialization at the University of Waterloo. Sharing his experience, his… Read more
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How watching TV turned into a fashionable career change
26 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Sarah Juma turned watching TV into a business: StyleID: a mobile app that helps fans find items that they see on TV. It allows you to look up an episode from among 21 different TV shows and find exact… Read more
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Unitron's 50-year head start in wearable tech
24 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured
Unitron celebrates its 50-year anniversary. The company was founded in Newfoundland in 1964 before moving to Waterloo Region, and released their first hearing aid in 1965. Read more
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India’s Tata Consulting launches collaborative innovation network in Canada
20 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise, Featured
K Ananth Krishnan, chief technology officer at Tata Consultancy Services in Mumbai, India discusses Waterloo Region, and the Co-Innovation Network. Read more
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From Rogers to Ryerson: Nadir Mohamed on how Toronto and Waterloo are taking on the world
14 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Former CEO of Rogers Communications, Nadir Mohamed discusses entrepreneurship and the growing relationship between Waterloo Region and Toronto's tech communities. Read more
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Permission to innovate: G4E's John Lyman takes time for Q&A
10 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
John Lyman, Head of Partnerships for the Google for Entrepreneurs team, leads the Google for Entrepreneurs program, had a conversation with Communitech, the only Canadian hub among seven partner hubs in… Read more
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Culture as strategy: Tech Leadership Q&A with Sandvine's Dave Caputo
05 June 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Enterprise
At Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference on May 29, Caputo led a packed breakout room through the story of Cisco’s shutdown of PixStream, the digital video distribution startup where he had worked,… Read more