Showing all articles in the Ecosystem category
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Ontario Premier to address CityAge conference in Waterloo
01 October 2014 | By Communitech in: Announcements, Ecosystem, News
Communitech and CityAge are delighted to announce that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will be giving a keynote speech at The Innovation City conference on Oct. 9 & 10. The Innovation City, which will be… Read more
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Tech About Town: There's a new creative space in town
24 September 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Alexander Marshall, founder of George Briggs Media is settling into a new studio space, called The GB Collective, down the road from Communitech. Marshall wants to stay Waterloo Region, but working in… Read more
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Improved GO train service edges closer as province buys track
24 September 2014 | By Chuck Howitt in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Ontario has purchased a 53-km section of CN’s rail line between Kitchener and Georgetown as it moves ahead with a plan to improve train service to and from Toronto.GO Transit can plan for even more service… Read more
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Australian accelerator inspired by Waterloo ecosystem
23 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Wollongong University’s iAccelerate program has announced a 5-year partnership with the University of Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre. The Accelerator Centre will provide best practices and its methods to… Read more
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Hack the North: A massive success built on community effort
21 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Hack the North was a great hit with over 200 projects being created over the weekend. Read more
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Y Combinator’s Sam Altman ‘super impressed’ with Waterloo Region
20 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Communitech News sat down with Sam Altman of Y Combinator to discuss Waterloo Region. Read more
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View from the 'Loo: Carl Zehr, innovation mayor, prepares his exit
18 September 2014 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Opinion, View from the ‘Loo
Waterloo Region is a lot of things, but a hotbed of political scandal is not one of them. We seem to prefer modest leaders who keep a steady hand on the wheel and a light foot on the gas pedal, especially… Read more
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Tech About Town: Square's Jesse Wilson feels right at home
17 September 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
began writing and sharing his open-source code online, when a fellow UW grad at Nike eventually noticed his work. The grad and his team were using Wilson’s code and were impressed with his talent. He quickly… Read more
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Startups to pitch to students at Talent Collision Day
17 September 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Startups
Communitech Talent Collision Day will feature Alaunus, FunRaisers, Happenate, Homefed, SalesWedge, Skywatch, Statflo, Structur3d Printing, Thalmic Labs and TicketFi and will give entrepreneurial students… Read more
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Innovation supercluster poses challenges, opportunities
17 September 2014 | By John Lorinc in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Ali Asaria, CEO of Tulip Retail, is an entrepreneur with a foot in two cities. In the past seven years, the Research In Motion (now BlackBerry) alumnus has launched two tech startups, both based in Waterloo… Read more