Showing all articles in the Featured category
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In Position: An interview with Bardish Chagger
13 September 2016 | By Julie Garner in: Ecosystem, Featured, In Position, Opinion
Bardish Chagger, the Member of Parliament for Waterloo and Government House Leader discusses Canada's goal of becoming a leading global hub for innovation. Read more
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Chamath Palihapitiya: Silicon Valley's social conscience
09 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest promblems. The former Facebook senior executive is set to be a keynote… Read more
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Stratford's NFC Authority serves up data with your drinks
08 September 2016 | By James Jackson in: Featured, News, Startups
NFC Authority in Stratford, Ontario has developed a tagging system for wine and spirits that provides customers with information about a product using a near-field communication chip that can be scanned… Read more
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The Nimble Hippo: Building the right prototype
06 September 2016 | By Craig Haney in: Enterprise, Featured, Opinion, The Nimble Hippo
In order to get the most out of the prototyping stage you should lay out your hypotheses ahead of time, build your prototype using the minimum viable product strategy, don't test too many things at the… Read more
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Early-stage startup valuations: More art than science
02 September 2016 | By Rob Douglas in: Featured, Opinion, The Funder's Side
It is important for early-stage startups to have accurate, realistic valuations when pitching to investors. Read more
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What tomorrow brings: Reflecting on media's evolution
01 September 2016 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
The Tragically Hip played their final show in Kingston, Ontario and a third of the population of Canada tuned in to watch. Read more
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Cultural revolution: Patty McCord on workplace innovation
31 August 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News
Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, and keynote speaker at the 2016 Waterloo Innovation Summit shares her thoughts on the role that employees play in innovation, disruption and growth. Read more
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Borealis Wind snags $40K at Fierce Founders Pitch Competition
26 August 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, News
Borealis Wind's technology focuses on retrofitting existing wind turbines with hot air technology, solving a major ice problem that many turbines face. Read more
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We Built This — DOZR
24 August 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Videos
DOZR was created out of the need to need to put sitting equipment to good use. Read more
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Nimble Hippo Radio: Episode Two
22 August 2016 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Opinion, The Nimble Hippo
Nimble Hippo Radio provides tips on moving ideas into prototypes and creating hypotheses to begin to test your new ideas. Read more