Showing all articles in the startups category
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From salary to startup: Communitech’s Duncan McDowell goes all in
15 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Duncan McDowell, current manager of the startup services group at Communitech, and founder of Decisions.io prepares for his last week at Communitech and a new chapter with his startup. He discusses entrepreneurship… Read more
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High school boy meets world
10 January 2014 | By Communitech in: Startups
Zoom Challenge Days give high school students in Waterloo Region the chance to work with a local company for a day to help solve a current problem. Read more
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HYPERDRIVE grad makes Dandy debut at CES
06 January 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Niger Little-Poole, a second-year student at Columbia University, won the Dandy 60 Day Challenge for his app called PictureThis which he said is "like a scavenger hunt meets Instagram meets Reddit." Read more
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The Big Idea Labs helps turn concepts into companies
11 December 2013 | By Duncan McDowell in: Startups
The Big Idea Labs is a workshop open to entrepreneurs aged 18–39 across Southern Ontario to learn how to use entrepreneurial thinking to maximize feasibility and impact your business idea. Read more
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HYPERDRIVE companies shine brightly in New York City
10 December 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
New York City glittered last week. The Communitech HYPERDRIVE cohort, in town for meetings and events, sparkled while in New York City, but this was no holiday. The five companies were here to hustle.… Read more
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Get up close and personal with Google
05 December 2013 | By Sam Trieu in: Startups
Startups are invited to apply for a six-month residency, in the Google innovation space at the Communitech Hub. Access development tools and resources to help you get up and running. You’ll enjoy world-class… Read more
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Government launches Concierge Service to connect entrepreneurs to federal support
02 December 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Startups
The Canadian government has launched a new Concierge Service to help connect entrepreneurs with information, advice and support programs for small and mid-sized businesses. The service, will make it easier… Read more
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Four ways to start your day with bacon (and workshop seminars)
29 November 2013 | By Sam Trieu in: Small to Mid Size, Startups
Communitech is offering four breakfast workshops to help you kick your startup and small business. Find out more. Read more
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Winter is coming
27 November 2013 | By Briton Burgio in: Startups
Join the Waterloo Region’s hottest startups at Communitech’s UpStart Breakfast. Warm up at the Tannery Event Centre on Dec. 11 and hear from Sam MacDonald from Deep Trekker, Anil Mehta from LiveApp and… Read more
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M-Theory: I got a fever...for some meaningful technology
22 November 2013 | By Melanie Baker in: Featured, M-Theory, Opinion, Startups
With a lot going on in the world between exalted altruism and rank banality, Melanie still believes that the people who built the apps changed the world Read more