Showing all articles in the Ecosystem category
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Q+A: Laurier doubles down on entrepreneurship with new courses
09 July 2015 | By Alexandra Satok in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Laurier has created a more practical path for their entrepreneurship courses to encourage students. Communitech News sat down with Victoria Larke to discuss these changes. Read more
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Silicon Valley to Canadian tech founders: Think bigger
09 July 2015 | By Chris Plunkett in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Auvik and Bridgit were two of the many Canadian companies that participated in C100's 48 Hours in the Valley, where they made connections and got valuable insights. Read more
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He built, he settled (and then he threw a party)
08 July 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Craig Beattie, a founding partner at Perimeter Development Corporation, worked on many different projects in KW. They were here so often, they decided to move their company and throw a party. Read more
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8.7 billion (OK, 5) reasons to attend the Ambient Intelligence conference
02 July 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, View from the 'Loo
Communitech News sat down to talk with Ian Pilon and Emile McLean to talk about the Ambient Intelligence conference. Read more
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Year of Code project seeks to demystify our digital lives
01 July 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech values tech literacy and is a part of the Year of Code Waterloo Region, which seeks to give access to tech to everybody. Read more
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P&P Optica remains optimistic about space mission despite rocket disaster
30 June 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
While disappointed about the rocket disaster, and grateful there were no injuries; P&P Optica looks forward to the next mission. Read more
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P&P Optica goes where no spectrometer has gone before
25 June 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
P&P Optica is going into space. Their spectrometer will be on board SpaceX's launch in June. Read more
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Coding adds new twist to balloon artist’s craft
24 June 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Tech About Town
Drew Ripley is a balloon artist and created a giant balloon goat that was displayed in Communitech. Ripley speaks about his journey and how he got here. Read more
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Politics Plug-in: There's more to civics than crack-smoking mayors
23 June 2015 | By Faye Roberts in: Ecosystem, Featured, Opinion, Politics Plug-in
Drama can be very interesting, but people should be tapped into the election regardless of how scandalous it is. Read more
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Don’t blink, and other lessons from Pebble’s Eric Migicovsky
18 June 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Pebble founder Erick Migicovsky shared their lessons learned as a founder looking back at their journey. Read more