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Chamath Palihapitiya wins crowd at Hack the North
15 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is one of the University of Waterloo's most successful graduates and this week he sat down to speak at Hack the North, Canada's largest hackathon which is hosted annually at the University… Read more
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Tech Roundup for August 2018
04 September 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup, News, Uncategorized
This months tech roundup includes a look at the tech powering the Tour de France, the Fierce Founders Bootcamp as well as new services from Waterloo based companies and new developments in the Waterloo… Read more
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HIP Developments to devote five floors of building project to LAUNCH Waterloo
17 April 2018 | By Member News in: Member news, Uncategorized
HIP Developments has devoted five floors for LAUNCH Waterloo, which will provide STEAM programming for kids, youth, and adults. Programming will be modelled after sports, and run all year round. Read more
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Tech Roundup for March 2018
02 April 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup, Uncategorized
March has been a busy month, some True North speakers were announced and in the news. There were also a lot of financial wins in the community, as well as international interest of Waterloo Region. Read more
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The time is now for women, in tech and beyond: panel
09 March 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, True North
On International Women's Day, 5 influential panelists came and shared their journey and careers, as well as their thoughts about gender and technology. Tech still has some work to be done, but there have… Read more
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Ratio.City earns $100K at Fierce Founders pitch event
16 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
The Fierce Founders Bootcamp is a six-day, Communitech-run program that helps women tech entrepreneurs improve their companies. This cumulates to a pitch event, and Ratio.City earned the $100,000 grand… Read more
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When it's time for the CEO to be 'brutally honest'
13 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Dave Kroetsch from Aeryon Labs came to speak at Communitech's Pizza with the Prez. They talked about their journey, and how they knew when it was time to step down as CEO. Read more
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Auvik CEO Marc Morin: Cease with the Valley envy
17 January 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Marc Morin, Auvik CEO and co-founder speaks on why they are not aiming to be the "Silicon Valley of the North", but are using their own strengths to develop and grow. Read more
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Kitchener embraces Internet of Things with new Digital Innovation Lab
28 November 2017 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News
The City of Kitchener is launching a digital innovation lab to embrace the Internet of Things. Read more