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Film on local startup community earns cheers from packed house
15 April 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Startup Community, a film by local photographer Taylor Jackson, was a startup in its own sense. The film raised questions about what is left to be done and what lies ahead – namely, bigger companies and… Read more
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Spirit of artful collaboration shines on Hyphen-U of G partnership
04 April 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
A new partnership between Christie Digtal's Hyphen division and the University of Guelph is helping to create art installations like Christian Giroux's installation called Nyctophilia in the Mt. Dennis… Read more
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Velocity startup PiinPoint announces Y Combinator backing
24 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
PiinPoint received funding from Y Combinator as the seventh Waterloo Region startup to complete the prestigious California-based accelerator program. Their software, which has been likened to “Google Analytics… Read more
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Q+A with PiinPoint CEO Jim Robeson, Waterloo Region's latest YC grad
14 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
PiinPoint announced Monday that they are now backed by Y Combinator, and that they have raised additional investment. They will appear at YC’s Demo Day on Tuesday. We chatted with co-founder Jim Robeson… Read more
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Canadian Tire: Changing the innovation conversation
11 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Canadian Tire Innovations packed wisely for the journey it has taken over the last 12 months. CTi is changing is the conversation around the way large, non-tech companies look at innovation and organizations… Read more
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Mozzaz improves patients' lives through custom treatment management
26 February 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Mozzaz is an app that helps people who suffer from memory loss or who cannot communicate with those around them. Their app has lead to better health results for these patients. Read more
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A founder-led greenhouse where startups grow
11 February 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Vidyard's "greenhouse" is now a place that startups can work out of once leaving an accelerator or incubator. Read more
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A bright new day for Tech Jobs Connex
20 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Communitech's Tech Job Connex team is opening their new location in the Tannery building. The program's goal is to retain talent in the region leaving BlackBerry as the company continues its restructuring. Read more
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From salary to startup: Communitech’s Duncan McDowell goes all in
15 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Duncan McDowell, current manager of the startup services group at Communitech, and founder of Decisions.io prepares for his last week at Communitech and a new chapter with his startup. He discusses entrepreneurship… Read more
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HYPERDRIVE grad makes Dandy debut at CES
06 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Niger Little-Poole, a second-year student at Columbia University, won the Dandy 60 Day Challenge for his app called PictureThis which he said is "like a scavenger hunt meets Instagram meets Reddit." Read more