Showing all articles in the Ecosystem category
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Shaunvir Sidhu: iNovia's boots on the ground in Waterloo Region
26 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Shaunvir Sidhu, iNovia Senior Analyst, discusses the companies focus on the Waterloo Region. INovaia is setting up a permanent presence in Waterloo Region, where it has made several investments. Sidhu… Read more
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Entrepreneurs find teamwork that knocks it out of the park
25 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Mike Kirkup and Brian Zubert worked together 10 years ago at BlackBerry. Fast forward a few years and the pair have launched Score More Baseball, a cross-platform app that simplifies baseball game scoring… Read more
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Giving back and getting involved: How one university student spends her free time
18 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, News, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech News follows busy student, Alexa Roeper, on how she spends her free time getting involved. Read more
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Kitematic joins Docker and heads to Silicon Valley
12 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Kitematic (formerly local startup Kite) announced Thursday that it has been acquired by Docker. Kitematic automates the typically manual effort of deploying and managing Docker environments, an open platform… Read more
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Restaurateur has healthy appetite for downtown food scene
11 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Tech About Town
Bill MacTavish is now a seasoned entrepreneur with years of experience learning at his own pace in the hospitality field. His journey has led him to save two downtown Kitchener hotspots — Imbibe and The… Read more
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DraftingSPACE hones vision at Blackbox
11 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
The two-woman team at DraftingSPACE, a company specializing in renovation design software out of the University of Waterloo Velocity Garage, has taken part in the Blackbox Connect program. They spent two… Read more
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Google ignites fresh batch of startups
06 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
On Friday, Google’s Waterloo Region office, above the Communitech Hub, hosted the incoming and outgoing cohorts of the Google for Entrepreneurs program. The four new companies, Coqui, FunnelCake, PickUpHub.net… Read more
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Canadian Tire leader takes inventory on the progress of women
05 March 2015 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Event recaps, Featured
The chair of Canadian Tire came to Kitchener on Wednesday and left an audience of more than 100 with something to ponder as International Women’s Day approaches. She also toured the Communitech Hub, where… Read more
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OpenText takes a stand on International Women’s Day
05 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News
Canada’s largest software company, Waterloo-based OpenText has gone beyond talk to become a tech sector leader in diversity, with women making up 30 percent of its workforce and occupying three of nine… Read more
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Step away from the desk: Lots to love in downtown Kitchener
04 March 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
There is a lot to do in downtown Kitchener. As the years have gone on we have seen massive investment into the development of the downtown area. The BIA has been working hard to push this progress along.… Read more