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We Built This : Avidbots
18 July 2019 | By Sara Jalali in: Featured, Multimedia, News, Videos
We Built This: Learn about Avidbots, a Kitchener-based robotics firm and the maker of Neo, the first fully autonomous floor-scrubbing robot for large commercial environments, such as airports, universities,… Read more
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The Other F Word: Let's Talk Failure
30 May 2019 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
This video series is focused on failure in the tech world and the mythologies around it. We look at real failures caused by issues with founders, design, market fit, timing, luck and more. Featuring Donna… Read more
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BRIDGIT+ DOZR : Two Rev Graduates Shaking Up the Rules
22 March 2019 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
Mallorie Brodie, co-founder and CEO of Bridgit, and Erin Stephenson, co-founder and COO of Dozr speak on being women who are shaking up the construction technology industry. Read more
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Edtech solutions are bringing old school classrooms into the 21st century
21 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, Videos
Today's typical classroom of a teacher at the front, students at desks, and notes on the board is a place ripe for innovation. There are obstacles for tech solutions, but ed-tech startups are here to help. Read more
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These tech leaders are helping to drive the rise of enviro-tech
15 February 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Data driven innovation, Videos
Four companies from the 2017 cohort of ODX Ventures program approached the challenge of climate change from different angles. Borealis Wind, Focus 21, Surgically Clean Air, and Ukko Agro use open data… Read more
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We Built This : Grobo
04 December 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
Watch: Grobo Inc., a Waterloo-located operation that’s crafting special boxes filled with tech that automate the process of growing almost any plant, including cannabis Read more
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TEXTNOW x EVOLV 1
04 December 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
TextNow is Canada's first carbon net positive building, located in the heart of Waterloo's Idea Quarter District. Read more
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We Built This: BridesMade
15 August 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
Mallory McKewen and Kaleah Baker, started BridesMade to give women the option to rent bridesmaid dresses through an online platform. They were among the finalists in Communitech’s Fierce Founders bootcamp… Read more
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Thinking big at Catalyst137
06 July 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, Videos
This video features Catalyst137, 475,000 square feet of repurposed industrial space on Kitchener’s Glasgow Street. It has been transformed from a former tire and footwear warehouse into the largest facility… Read more
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I’m Going to True North ft Iain Klugman
15 May 2018 | By Sara Jalali in: Multimedia, News, True North, Videos
This video series features short messages from people who will be attending True North, Communitech’s biggest conference, which will be held for the first time from May 29-31, 2018. Meet Iain Klugman,… Read more