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Two firms share $100,000 at Fierce Founders pitch competition
24 August 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
Furnishr.com, a Toronto-based home decorating platform, and SomaDetect, a Fredericton, each earn $50,000 and a guaranteed place in this fall’s Fierce Founders Accelerator. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Moneyball's Billy Beane
10 July 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Enterprise, Featured, Multimedia, News, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Hear how Billy Beane took one of the worst teams in baseball to six American League West division titles using statistical methodology. Read more
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Two-day 'WEiRED' conference aims to advance role of women entrepreneurs
15 June 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
WEiRED, Women Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Regional Ecosystem Development is having a conference that seeks to advance the role of women entrepreneurs. Read more
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Sandvine to be acquired by Vector Capital in $483M deal
27 May 2017 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Enterprise, Featured, News
Sandvine, a Waterloo-based company that creates technology to manage internet traffic, has entered an agreement to be acquired by Vector Capital in a deal that's worth $483 million. Read more
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The wildcard in a world of Transformative Tech: People
25 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Transformative Tech – Winners and Losers was an event organized by Communitech and hosted by Steve Patterson, host of CBC Radio's The Debaters. A common theme among the speakers was technology as it relates… Read more
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The time is now for Canadian tech, Chinese VC says
12 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
Dr. Dongsheng Sun, President of Shenzhen Capital Group advises that it's a good time for Canadian startups to break into the Chinese market. Read more
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TLC 2017: McCord and Moneyball and so much more
11 May 2017 | By Communitech in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
The Tech Leadership Conference 2017 had talks from various speakers in the tech community. Read more
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Made in Canada: Q&A with Techstars' co-founder David Brown
10 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
Communitech News sat down with Techstars' co-founder David Brown. Read more
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Soaring startup GainX gears for launch of U.K. office
03 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Enterprise, Featured, News, Startups
GainX is on the rise and has plans to open an office in the UK. Read more
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Trudeau's pledge to Vidyard: 'Standing up for softwood or software'
25 April 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, Member news, News
Prime Minister Trudeau visited Vidyard to share their plans on Canada's commitment to technology. Read more