Showing all articles in the Featured category
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Techtoberfest adds rock-star keynotes to lineup
27 September 2013 | By Meghan Kreller in: Featured
Find out more about the lineup of the Techtoberfest 2013, the two-day celebration of entrepreneurship Read more
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Communitech selected to join Google Tech Hub Network
25 September 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured
Communitech became part of an exclusive Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub Network. Comprised of seven hubs throughout North America, the network will support entrepreneurs and provide a stimulus for local… Read more
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BlackBerry sale an opportunity to refocus, tech leaders say
25 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
A sale of BlackBerry would offer a break from the spotlight that shines on the company’s every move, but would also allow it to return to where it began. It’s an opportunity for BlackBerry to focus on… Read more
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Where there’s light: P & P Optica broadens uses of spectrometry
24 September 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
P&P Optica is in the spectrometry business, developing better devices for reading the light signatures that compounds and elements give off. The heart of P&P’s success lies inside those discs: A thin layer… Read more
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Breaking fast
24 September 2013 | By Briton Burgio in: Featured, Startups
UpStart Breakfast Series returns Wednesday Oct 2! To kick off the season, we have Jonathan Grover from iNotForProfit, Nick Miller from ESL Explorer (Communitech HYPERDRIVE Alumni) and Trevor Orton from… Read more
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An artful end to Startup Weekend
23 September 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Chris Shinn didn’t think he’d start a company, but, by the end of the weekend evening, he was founder of Art Everywhereand in first-place. Art Everywhere, a website and app to help you buy original art,… Read more
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Perspectives of a Valley VC: Q+A with Katherine Barr
23 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Katherine Barr, a general partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures from Silicon Valley, was at the Communitech Hub last week. This year Barr was named co-chair of the C100, which a non-profit organization helping… Read more
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$4.7B purchase offer proves value of BlackBerry
23 September 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
BlackBerry’s proposed $4.7-billion sale to a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is a vote of confidence in the value of the Waterloo-based smartphone maker. We believe this transaction will… Read more
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Guest post: Gary Will on BlackBerry's place in Waterloo Region tech
19 September 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Opinion
According to the recently-released 2011 National Household Survey the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo census metro area (CMA) has passed the Ottawa CMA for percentage of residents working in software & IT… Read more
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I Think Security turns to Kickstarter to fund Dropbox protection device
18 September 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
I Think Security has taken a further step into the consumer market with a Kickstarter campaign to fund its latest product: the Qi4BOX, which secures Dropbox users’ files. The $30,000 crowdfunding campaign,… Read more