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The Nimble Hippo: Intentional action drives innovation
27 February 2017 | By Craig Haney in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups, The Nimble Hippo
The Fierce Founders Bootcamp, hosted by Communitech, is for female-founded startup companies who get to pitch for $100,000 in cash. The event is an effort to diversify the tech ecosystem. Read more
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Environmental tech wins the day at Fierce Founders pitch competition
23 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
The top winners of the Fierce founders pitch competition, Willow Cup and Genecis EnviroTech are both startups with a mission to make the world more ecologically sustainable. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Dave Caputo on scaling culture
21 February 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Sandvine President, CEO and Co-Founder, Dave Caputo discusses his story, and his thoughts on the importance of culture (and how to scale it). Read more
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BDC establishes outpost at Communitech
17 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
BDC, a financial institution owned by the federal government and devoted to entrepreneurs, unveiled its new lab at the Communitech Hub on Friday. Read more
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TrustPoint finds a culture fit with ETAS Embedded Systems
16 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
When Waterloo Region-based company TrustPoint which develops secure products for the IoT needed to grow they saw an opportunity to join ETAS Embedded Systems. Read more
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M-Theory: Looking to female leaders of colour for inspiration
15 February 2017 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory
A look at inspiring women of colour from history and their stories, including the stories of Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Martha P. Johnson. Read more
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Car-sharing service Maven makes its Canadian debut in Waterloo Region
15 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Events, Featured, Member news, News
Waterloo Region will be the first area in Canada to roll out General Motors Maven car-sharing service. Read more
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In Position: How Canada can win in a NAFTA renegotiation
14 February 2017 | By Communitech in: Ecosystem, Featured, In Position
Canada heads into negotiations with the United States for NAFTA following executive actions made by the Trump administration. Read more
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Nimble Hippo: A trip to Scandinavia for innovation inspiration
13 February 2017 | By Craig Haney in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups, The Nimble Hippo
Communitech plans its next innovation tour - this time around the Nordic countries. The trip focuses on how they are using innovation and leveraging their ecosystem to enhance their efforts. Read more
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Fast-growing Axonify issues irreverent eye-poke to employee-training rivals
07 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Axonify rivals similar systems by creating learning modules that are more memorable and proven to increase information retention rates Read more