Showing all articles by author: Trish Crompton
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Q+A with PiinPoint CEO Jim Robeson, Waterloo Region's latest YC grad
14 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
PiinPoint announced Monday that they are now backed by Y Combinator, and that they have raised additional investment. They will appear at YC’s Demo Day on Tuesday. We chatted with co-founder Jim Robeson… Read more
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Canadian Tire: Changing the innovation conversation
11 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
Canadian Tire Innovations packed wisely for the journey it has taken over the last 12 months. CTi is changing is the conversation around the way large, non-tech companies look at innovation and organizations… Read more
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Mozzaz improves patients' lives through custom treatment management
26 February 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Mozzaz is an app that helps people who suffer from memory loss or who cannot communicate with those around them. Their app has lead to better health results for these patients. Read more
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A founder-led greenhouse where startups grow
11 February 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Vidyard's "greenhouse" is now a place that startups can work out of once leaving an accelerator or incubator. Read more
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A bright new day for Tech Jobs Connex
20 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Communitech's Tech Job Connex team is opening their new location in the Tannery building. The program's goal is to retain talent in the region leaving BlackBerry as the company continues its restructuring. Read more
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From salary to startup: Communitech’s Duncan McDowell goes all in
15 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Duncan McDowell, current manager of the startup services group at Communitech, and founder of Decisions.io prepares for his last week at Communitech and a new chapter with his startup. He discusses entrepreneurship… Read more
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HYPERDRIVE grad makes Dandy debut at CES
06 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Niger Little-Poole, a second-year student at Columbia University, won the Dandy 60 Day Challenge for his app called PictureThis which he said is "like a scavenger hunt meets Instagram meets Reddit." Read more
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25 years of calculated risk pays off for Campana Systems
11 December 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size
In 1988 Campana Systems Inc., an enterprise software provider focused on the healthcare and auto club industries was founded in Waterloo Region. Campana was a precursor to what is now a vibrant tech community… Read more
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Job loss leads to new opportunity for Tech Jobs Connex client
04 December 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
Jim MacMillan left BlackBerry in late August, and it has since led him to his new role as a business systems consultant at Sun Life Financial. Right Management, Communitech and Tech Jobs Connex were fantastic… Read more
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We Day shines on faces of future leaders; inspires BlackBerry volunteers
21 November 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured
6,000 of the region’s youth danced in their seats Wednesday in celebration of We Day, which was created by Free The Children as a way to engage the younger generation and give them the power to change… Read more