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Links We Love 01.24.14
24 January 2014 | By Samantha Clark in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Links We Love is a new series where Grow Factor collects different sources to help you succeed. Read more
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Venture Capital in Canada special announcement - Live video capture
21 January 2014 | By Communitech in: Featured, Videos
Communitech and OpenText's special announcement is being captured live. Read more
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Governments, OpenText give major boost to Canadian venture capital
21 January 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Startups
Millions of dollars are coming to the Canadian venture capital scene from sources such as the Governments, and OpenText. Read more
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Open data opens the door to new business ideas
20 January 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
The Ontario Open Government Initiative is on a road show to talk with residents and learn how the government can make its data available to citizens and private companies. Ministry representatives visited… Read more
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A bright new day for Tech Jobs Connex
20 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Communitech's Tech Job Connex team is opening their new location in the Tannery building. The program's goal is to retain talent in the region leaving BlackBerry as the company continues its restructuring. Read more
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From salary to startup: Communitech’s Duncan McDowell goes all in
15 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Duncan McDowell, current manager of the startup services group at Communitech, and founder of Decisions.io prepares for his last week at Communitech and a new chapter with his startup. He discusses entrepreneurship… Read more
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DATA.BASE partner sets course to improve accuracy of shipping routes
06 January 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Researchers from Wilfrid Laurier University are working with Communitech DATA.BASE alongside exactEarth and Global Spatial Technology Solutions Inc. to develop a data set of ship trajectories to identify… Read more
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HYPERDRIVE grad makes Dandy debut at CES
06 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Niger Little-Poole, a second-year student at Columbia University, won the Dandy 60 Day Challenge for his app called PictureThis which he said is "like a scavenger hunt meets Instagram meets Reddit." Read more
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M-Theory: Curiouser and curiouser: team building lessons from Rob Drimmie
19 December 2013 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Rob Drimmie, Development Manager at Apps Factory shares how he builds teams with co-op students who are just gaining work experience for the first time. Read more
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All hands on deck: Laurier researcher and DATA.BASE take a close look at port traffic
13 December 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Michael Haughton is a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who has recently teamed up with Communitech's DATA.BASE program to track the data behind ship movements and make harbours more efficient. Read more