Showing all articles in the startups category
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Tech About Town: The Wek effect
15 October 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Michael Wekerle may be known as the newest dragon on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, but the ex-trader is more than just a showman. Passionate about entrepreneurship, Wekerle founded Difference Capital in Toronto,… Read more
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Tech About Town: Surviving Bootcamp
01 October 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Startups, Tech About Town
The Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp spent three days talking about financing, venture capital, and data analytics. 10 women pitched their ideas that were ambitious, competitive, and intelligent. Suncayr,… Read more
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Tactic Hive gives amateur gamers a professional experience
29 September 2014 | By Emmett O'Kane in: Featured, News, Startups
Leo Zhao, CEO and co-founder of Tactic Hive is an engineering student at the University of Waterloo that is tackling a competitive gaming problem. He created a league that would give amateur players an… Read more
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Tech About Town: There's a new creative space in town
24 September 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
Alexander Marshall, founder of George Briggs Media is settling into a new studio space, called The GB Collective, down the road from Communitech. Marshall wants to stay Waterloo Region, but working in… Read more
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Australian accelerator inspired by Waterloo ecosystem
23 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Wollongong University’s iAccelerate program has announced a 5-year partnership with the University of Waterloo’s Accelerator Centre. The Accelerator Centre will provide best practices and its methods to… Read more
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HYPERDRIVE Cohort 4 grads own spotlight at Centre Stage
22 September 2014 | By Samantha Clark in: Featured, Startups
Communitech HYPERDRIVE Cohort 4 startups celebrated graduating from the accelerator program last Thursday at Centre Stage. The sold-out event at the Tannery Event Centre provided a different take on the… Read more
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Hack the North: A massive success built on community effort
21 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, News, Startups
Hack the North was a great hit with over 200 projects being created over the weekend. Read more
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Y Combinator’s Sam Altman ‘super impressed’ with Waterloo Region
20 September 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Ecosystem, Featured, Startups
Communitech News sat down with Sam Altman of Y Combinator to discuss Waterloo Region. Read more
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Tech About Town: Square's Jesse Wilson feels right at home
17 September 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Ecosystem, Opinion, Startups, Tech About Town
began writing and sharing his open-source code online, when a fellow UW grad at Nike eventually noticed his work. The grad and his team were using Wilson’s code and were impressed with his talent. He quickly… Read more
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Startups to pitch to students at Talent Collision Day
17 September 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Announcements, Ecosystem, Startups
Communitech Talent Collision Day will feature Alaunus, FunRaisers, Happenate, Homefed, SalesWedge, Skywatch, Statflo, Structur3d Printing, Thalmic Labs and TicketFi and will give entrepreneurial students… Read more