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Car-sharing service Maven makes its Canadian debut in Waterloo Region
15 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Events, Featured, Member news, News
Waterloo Region will be the first area in Canada to roll out General Motors Maven car-sharing service. Read more
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Pizza with the Prez: A Q&A with Our Lady Peace front man and RecordMob co-founder Raine Maida
07 February 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News
Raine Maida introduces his Canadian-made video sharing space that brings together elements of YouTube, Reddit, and Facebook. Read more
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Tech Jam: How a Syrian developer found happiness — and a job — in Waterloo Region
25 January 2017 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Mahfouz Al-Sheikh was able to tap into the Waterloo Region tech community thanks to Communitech and the Tech Jam event. Read more
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Aeryon Labs takes wraps off $3M testing complex
16 November 2016 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Aeryon Labs has unveiled their $3M testing complex. Read more
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Waterloo Innovation Summit 2016: Day 1 highlights
15 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
The first day of the Waterloo Innovation Summit, co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Communitech included speakers such as Navdeep Bains, David Fransen, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Amanda Lang, Walter… Read more
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Real traction: Three years in, Tulip Retail kicks into growth mode
14 September 2016 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Tulip Retail creates mobile technology that connects sales associates with their company and their customer. Tulip has offices in Kitchener, Toronto, and New York and is seeing significant growth. 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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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