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Author Geoffrey Moore on Canada's 'cloak of invisibility'
19 April 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
Noted author, and venture capitalist Geoffrey Moore says that Waterloo Region's secret weapon is being a Canadian tech centre and being distinct from the United States. Read more
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TLC 2017 preview: Patty McCord on how to build a great enterprise
28 March 2017 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News
Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix discusses ways to seek the right talent in tech to foster diversity, and to meet the needs of the business. Read more
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Stanford professor Huggy Rao on the secrets of scaling up
01 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Huggy Rao delivers a humorous presentation providing unique tips to help a company when attempting to scale up. Read more
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Tech Jam: How a Syrian developer found happiness — and a job — in Waterloo Region
25 January 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Mahfouz Al-Sheikh was able to tap into the Waterloo Region tech community thanks to Communitech and the Tech Jam event. Read more
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Techtoberfest 2016: a venture capitalist playground
20 October 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Event recaps, Featured, Videos
Techtoberfest 2016 just wrapped and it was full of events, attendees and venture capitalists. Read more
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Waterloo Innovation Summit 2016: Day 1 highlights
15 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The first day of the Waterloo Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Communitech included speakers such as Navdeep Bains, David Fransen, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Amanda Lang, Walter… Read more
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Real traction: Three years in, Tulip Retail kicks into growth mode
14 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Tulip Retail creates mobile technology that connects sales associates with their company and their customer. Tulip has offices in Kitchener, Toronto, and New York and is seeing significant growth. Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya: Silicon Valley's social conscience
09 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest promblems. The former Facebook senior executive is set to be a keynote… Read more