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Nimble Hippo Radio: Patty McCord on Language, Culture and Leadership
05 June 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, News, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix discusses leadership and pushing the boundaries of the way we work on Nimble Hippo Radio. Read more
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Growth, fit keys to Sandvine's $483M deal with Vector: Caputo
30 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Dave Caputo, CEO of Waterloo-based internet traffic management company Sandvine discusses the company's $483 million deal with Vector, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. 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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M-Theory: Pondering the actual reality of a virtual world
25 May 2017 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
The future of virtual reality holds many possibilities. It could be used for therapeutic and medical benefits, it could be used to replace work, or it could be used by the gaming and entertainment industry. 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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Sweet Tooth becomes Smile as customer-rewards firm takes flight
25 May 2017 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Waterloo-based customer-rewards software company formerly known as Sweet Tooth has relaunched as Smile.io. The company has moved in to a new office and has a fast-growing customer base, with annual revenue… Read more
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Blockchain goes mainstream as Kik unveils cryptocurrency 'Kin'
25 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The Waterloo-based social messaging service Kik has announced its own cryptocurrency called Kin which is built on the Ethereum blockchain and is to be embedded in the Kik messaging app. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: RBC President & CEO Dave McKay
22 May 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
RBC President and CEO Dave McKay discusses his work in corporate innovation as he works to make RBC the most technologically capable bank in Canada. Read more
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Premier pledges high-speed rail for Toronto-Waterloo Corridor by 2025
19 May 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne has promised to build a high-speed rail line along the Toronto-Windsor corridor with a stop in Waterloo region. The first phase of the project which would span downtown Toronto… 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