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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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Startup sales strategy: Four ways your team is failing
15 September 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Events, Featured, News, Startups
Jim Estill shares 4 flaws that you might have in your startup sales strategy. Read more
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Velocity Foundry marks busy first year in hardware startup incubation
09 September 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Featured, News, Startups
A year ago, Velocity Foundry was opened up to support local hardware startups. Velocity Foundry filled up quickly, and is full of a variety of different startups with different goals. Read more
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A maker’s guide to building a startup – the Maker Expo story
29 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
Darin White and their colleagues wanted to unite a region of makers. Maker Expo is a one-day gathering with an anticipated attendances of 10,000, with over 100 makers. Read more
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Reinventing the red pen: Kaizena raises $900,000 in seed funding
15 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Featured, News, Startups
Kaizena is a software that allows teachers to mark papers online, and add useful critiques such as voice notes, allowing for more efficient and integrated marking. They recently raised $900,000 seed funding… Read more
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Q+A: Laurier doubles down on entrepreneurship with new courses
09 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Laurier has created a more practical path for their entrepreneurship courses to encourage students. Communitech News sat down with Victoria Larke to discuss these changes. Read more
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Banking execs connect with FinTech startups at sold-out event
08 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Enterprise, Featured, News, Startups
Executives from the four largest chartered banks gathered to discuss FinTech and the future of banking. Read more
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Startup mixology: Velocity’s Bartesian launches on Kickstarter
16 June 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Featured, Startups
Bartesian aims to easily recreate authentic mixed drinks in the comfort of your home, and they launched a Kickstarter for their machine. Read more
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TLC 2015: Drawing clarity in a digitized world
03 June 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Events, Featured, News
The Tech Leadership Conference saw over 800 attendees. During the conference, ideas were synthesized into visuals by skilled graphic recorders, providing clarity. Read more