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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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Shinydocs serves up an exciting solution to a boring problem
12 March 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Enterprise, Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Shinydrive, overcomes a big, boring and expensive problem: the reluctance of office workers to store and share documents on company systems, and their risky reliance on local desktops and cloud solutions… Read more
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Want meaningful innovation? Start kids early
05 March 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
It is important for youth to learn, but are they learning as effectively as they should? There is often a driving force behind entrepreneurship and career choice. Events from youths' lives can lead them… 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
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Eric Migicovsky: Walking tall as Pebble orders pile up
25 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Small to Mid Size, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Pebble started a Kickstarter and it has been a huge success with many preorders. Communitech News spoke with Eric Migicovsky about the great news. Read more
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Cold-weather policies need some red-hot innovation
25 February 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
There is an issue when we determine if things are safe and not safe. With cold temperatures in Canada sometimes reaching deadly levels, it is sometimes a matter of a degree or two between closing schools… Read more
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Leave the echo chamber, burst the bubble
19 February 2015 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion
What makes a tech idea boom? It is not like scientific research well peers will review your work and give you a strong idea if it is good or needs more work. In tech, there is a trial and error system… Read more
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Joseph Fung on why giving is as important as shipping
18 February 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Joseph Fung grew up volunteering. He brought this mindset to his company TribeHR and wanted to build it into the companies framework. After TribeHR was purchased by NetSuite he has continued on the push… Read more
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Beyond MTV: Microsoft opens space in Communitech Hub
12 February 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
The newest arrival to the Communitech Hub is Microsoft, the world’s largest software company, which has set up a post in the partners’ concourse at the Hub. Microsoft has recognized the value of proximity… Read more
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Donna Litt: One chapter of her career closes, another begins
11 February 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Tech About Town
Communitech News sat down with Donna Litt to reflect on her adult life and her next steps in her career. Read more