Showing all articles in the startups category
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Two Waterloo entrepreneurs top 2,800 rivals to win Thiel Fellowships
05 June 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Founders of PiinPoint and Medella Health are two of the latest recipients of the Thiel Fellowship, a competitive and controversial program. Read more
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Tulip Retail and Voices.com take on NYC with a little help from their friends
29 May 2015 | By Chris Plunkett in: Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Canadian startups Tulip Retail and Voices.com hope to expand into the American market by breaking into New York City with help from the CDMN Soft Landing Program and the Canadian Technology Accelerator… Read more
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TLC 2015: Old ways of doing things aren’t getting any younger
28 May 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Enterprise, Event recaps, Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Highlights from Communitech's 2015 Tech Leadership Conference include a talk from Susan Cain about the roles of introverts and extroverts on teams, as well as talks from Matt Scobel, Ari Horie, David Schonthal,… Read more
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Local hiker joins Nepal’s long trek to recovery
27 May 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
Walter Huber, an accountant and CFO at both Sweet Tooth and P&P Optica in Waterloo Region, and a long distance hiker is raising funds for a humanitarian trip to Nepal in November. Read more
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Bootcamp showcases tech’s women to watch
20 May 2015 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Communitech News sat down with Communitech's Alayne Hynes to talk about the 2015 Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp. Read more
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Open Data Exchange set to 'unlock significant opportunities' for companies
19 May 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News, Startups
Major funding for the ODX program has been announced and it is set to create significant opportunities with open data. Read more
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Communitech Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp offers $100K in seed funding
19 May 2015 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Startups
Applications for Communitech's new cohort for the Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp is now open. Read more
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22 quotes: Sir Terry Matthews, Canada's tech titan
14 May 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Ecosystem, Enterprise, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Communitech News collected 22 quotes from the tech titan, Sir Terry Matthews. Read more
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Long walks, deep talks: The courtship of Fred Wilson and Ted Livingston
07 May 2015 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Opinion, Startups, View from the ‘Loo
Fred Wilson, Ted Livingston, and Mike Kirkup discussed many topics, including cultivating effective investor-investee relationship. Read more
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Communitech makes new friends from Saudi Arabia
27 April 2015 | By Christian Aagaard in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited Waterloo and Communitech got to make new connections. Read more