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Two firms share $100,000 at Fierce Founders pitch competition
24 August 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
Furnishr.com, a Toronto-based home decorating platform, and SomaDetect, a Fredericton, each earn $50,000 and a guaranteed place in this fall’s Fierce Founders Accelerator. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Hillary Hartley on making government smarter
21 August 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, News, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Hillary Hartley is Ontario’s new Chief Digital Officer, hired to make Ontario’s online government services streamlined and easy to use. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Anthony Bartolo on learning from hackers
08 August 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, News, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Microsoft's Anthony Bartolo takes an interesting approach by learning from the hackers and developers in the ecosystem. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Sarah Prevette gets back to the blackboard
24 July 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Communitech's Phil Froklage sits down with Sarah Prevette, CEO of Future Design School. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Moneyball's Billy Beane
10 July 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Enterprise, Featured, Multimedia, News, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Hear how Billy Beane took one of the worst teams in baseball to six American League West division titles using statistical methodology. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Ali Asaria on retail and work in the 21st century
21 June 2017 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Opinion, Podcast, The Nimble Hippo
Nimble Hippo Radio sat down with Ali Asaria of Tulip Retail to discuss the future of work and retail in the 21st century. Read more
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Two-day 'WEiRED' conference aims to advance role of women entrepreneurs
15 June 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
WEiRED, Women Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Regional Ecosystem Development is having a conference that seeks to advance the role of women entrepreneurs. Read more
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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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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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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