Showing all articles in the Featured category
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How Vidyard proved the doubters wrong
01 September 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
When Michael Litt and business partner Devon Galloway decided to forgo the siren song of Silicon Valley and return to Waterloo Region to build their fledgling company, Litt was filled with pangs of doubt… Read more
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Ash Maurya leans in on the Lean Canvas
21 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Ash Maurya, CEO of LEANSTACK and the creator of "Lean Canvas" joins True North TV and talks about how the COVID-19 has created opportunities for entrepreneurs but also cautions them on how long it will… Read more
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How COVID-19 has accelerated on-line education
18 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
D2L President and CEO John Baker joins the latest episode of True North TV and shares that the COVID-19 pandemic has served as a wake up call for many, accelerating timelines across the educational technology… Read more
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The perfect place for creating a tech company'
07 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Waterloo Region has emerged at the top of CBRE's list of The Next 25 Markets, Martin Basiri, CEO of ApplyBoard has knowsn this for a while stating "Waterloo Region is a perfect place for creating a tech… Read more
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How a big-box retailer has helped Axonify grow and prosper
06 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Axonify CEO Carol Leaman discusses how their relationship with their customer and big-box retailer Walmart has worked both ways, helping Walmart train their 100,000 employees in the US while also gaining… Read more
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Patty McCord, on life during, and after, COVID-19
04 August 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Patty McCord, former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix joins True North TV to talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect how companies find talent and how company culture will be nurtured and created… Read more
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AVIN's second cohort prepares to hit the gas
28 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
9 companies from the Toronto-Waterloo corridor have been named to the Autonomous Vehicle Integration Network (AVIN) Ventures at Communitech program which aims to foster development of products, technology… Read more
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Rapid Novor completes US$5-million Series A raise
28 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Rapid Novor, a Waterloo based company helps drug makers and pharmaceutical companies make vaccines. The company has recently announced a US $5 Million series A raise led by Co-Win Ventures which will help… Read more
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Hillary Hartley: 'We have shifted the pace inside government'
21 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Hillary Hartley, Chief Digital Officer for the province of Ontario joins True North TV to discuss how government in Canada have responded with unprecedented speed to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in… Read more
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Premier, two ministers visit Waterloo Region for multiple tech announcements
17 July 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News, Uncategorized
Significant announcements were made in Waterloo Region surrounding the regions tech sector with new funding for research and development, an Intellectual Property Plan and the creation of a spinoff company… Read more