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Venture capital world clicks for former online-shopping exec
10 June 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
Janet Bannister has been involved in both the online-shopping industry as well as the venture capital world. Learn more about them and their journey. Read more
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Communitech pumped for #RedDayFriday fight against heart disease
03 June 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Tech About Town
Communitech News sat down with Peter Sweeney to discuss St. Mary's General Hospital Foundation and their role in Manulife's LPGA Classic. Read more
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Preventing human roadkill on the drive to success
28 May 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Work-life balance is important to workers in the tech industry who come from varying backgrounds and have different priorities in life. Happier employees tend to be more creative, more productive and more… Read more
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Local hiker joins Nepal’s long trek to recovery
27 May 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
Walter Huber, an accountant and CFO at both Sweet Tooth and P&P Optica in Waterloo Region, and a long distance hiker is raising funds for a humanitarian trip to Nepal in November. Read more
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Bootcamp showcases tech’s women to watch
20 May 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech News sat down with Communitech's Alayne Hynes to talk about the 2015 Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp. Read more
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Women in tech and the dubious pursuit of perfection
14 May 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Balancing being a founder, engineer, mother, partner, volunteer, and human can be a difficult goal for some, and perhaps it is not for everybody either. Read more
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OpenText digs in for a good cause
13 May 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Opinion, Tech About Town
OpenText's team spend a week helping out Habitat for Humanity. Read more
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John Chen’s rebuilding of BlackBerry, and what’s in Waterloo’s secret sauce
06 May 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Opinion, Tech About Town
John Chen, while not a Waterloo Region local, now works in and is part of our ecosystem in their rebuilding of BlackBerry. Communitech News sat down with John Chen to talk about this. Read more
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Let’s show kids the great big – wonderful – picture of tech
30 April 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Ecosystem, Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker discuss tech as a male-dominated field, and how initiatives only shine light on some career paths, but not all, leaving the field unchanged in many ways. Read more
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Industrial design and cat adoption make a purrfect pair
29 April 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Tech About Town
Janice de Jong is not only passionate about design, but also about helping cats. Read more