Showing all articles in the Opinion category
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Confessions of a startup wife
14 April 2015 | By Michelle Gold-Mire in: Ecosystem, Featured, Opinion, Startups
Michelle Gold-Mire shares her experiences as a wife to a startup founder. Read more
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Waterloo Region's tech sector: a 150-year overnight success
09 April 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, View from the ‘Loo
Communitech News sat down with Ken McLaughlin to talk about his book on Waterloo Region. Read more
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When it comes to careers, is there life after tech?
02 April 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
What will you do after your life in tech? Once you've started a successful company what is there to do next? Retirement can be a tricky step with many not knowing what they will do once they have stopped… Read more
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Put your game face on for TableTop day
01 April 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Board game cafés have been popping up all over the Waterloo Region. An interesting turn back to childhood actives for some, for others a continued hobby. There is a massive benefit to playing board games… Read more
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Shaunvir Sidhu: iNovia's boots on the ground in Waterloo Region
26 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Shaunvir Sidhu, iNovia Senior Analyst, discusses the companies focus on the Waterloo Region. INovaia is setting up a permanent presence in Waterloo Region, where it has made several investments. Sidhu… Read more
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Entrepreneurs find teamwork that knocks it out of the park
25 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Mike Kirkup and Brian Zubert worked together 10 years ago at BlackBerry. Fast forward a few years and the pair have launched Score More Baseball, a cross-platform app that simplifies baseball game scoring… Read more
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Shinydocs serves up an exciting solution to a boring problem
12 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Enterprise, Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Shinydrive, overcomes a big, boring and expensive problem: the reluctance of office workers to store and share documents on company systems, and their risky reliance on local desktops and cloud solutions… Read more
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Want meaningful innovation? Start kids early
05 March 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
It is important for youth to learn, but are they learning as effectively as they should? There is often a driving force behind entrepreneurship and career choice. Events from youths' lives can lead them… Read more
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Step away from the desk: Lots to love in downtown Kitchener
04 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
There is a lot to do in downtown Kitchener. As the years have gone on we have seen massive investment into the development of the downtown area. The BIA has been working hard to push this progress along.… Read more
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Eric Migicovsky: Walking tall as Pebble orders pile up
25 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Pebble started a Kickstarter and it has been a huge success with many preorders. Communitech News spoke with Eric Migicovsky about the great news. Read more