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Cultural revolution: Patty McCord on workplace innovation
31 August 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, and keynote speaker at the 2016 Waterloo Innovation Summit shares her thoughts on the role that employees play in innovation, disruption and growth. Read more
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Ray Kurzweil looks boldly into the future at 2016 Tech Leadership Conference
12 May 2016 | By Chuck Howitt in: Event recaps, Featured, News
At the Tech Leadership Conference, Ray Kurzweil spoke boldly about the future to over 800 attendees. Read more
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Q+A with Marko Savic on The Marketing Leap
02 March 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Opinion, Tech About Town
Communitech News sat down with Marko Savic to talk about The Marketing Leap. Read more
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Bracing for disruption: Insurance heavyweights see future in tech
25 February 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Insurance Disrupted was a two-day event all about insurance, finance, and technology. Read more
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Myo music app wins Waterloo Hacks
24 January 2016 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured, Startups
165 students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier were selected to participate in Communitech's first hackathon, a 48-hour event in downtown Kitchener. Read more
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Teds talk: Why Hastings and Livingston choose Waterloo Region
23 January 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Ted Hastings, founder of Rebellion Media and President of Perk interviewed co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive, Ted Livingston as part of the Waterloo Hacks event. Read more
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Techtoberfest 2015 offers sobering words for startups, with a side of sauerkraut
14 October 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Startups, Videos
Techtoberfest speaker and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck discusses his journey as an immigrant and entrepreneur and offers advice to new startups trying to grow. 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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Waterloo Innovation Summit wraps up with bold challenge from Steve Blank
18 September 2015 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Steve Blank, one of the “Godfathers of Silicon Valley,” made a rare speaking appearance outside California, at the Waterloo Innovation Summit. They brought up some critical concerns about our ecosystem… Read more
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Waterloo Innovation Summit Day 1 highlights: Girding for an age of disruption
17 September 2015 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The Waterloo Innovation Summit kicked off with discussing the need for government to be a part of innovation. A disruptive-data future is approaching, and government is not ready for this reality. Read more