Showing all articles in the startups category
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Lend an ear: Blues or indie, Thursday event shows off what’s happening in local music scene
12 July 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
The tech ecosystem and the arts community in Waterloo Region have a date. Tech Sessions is having an event to introduce the two. Read more
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Hunger games: A push button solution to an empty stomach
09 July 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Startups
Food at the Hub is an easy button created by entrepreneur Matin Esfahani of Lumotune. The concept is simple: when extra food is delivered to the Hub kitchen, reception presses an Easy Button… the iconic… Read more
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Threat to Opportunity: Tulip aims to leave no retailer behind
03 July 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Former Well.ca CEO, Ali Asaria went into the e-commerce industry and looked at traditional retailers as the competition. After learning about the challenges retailers face, his view completely changed.… Read more
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A game within a game: Axonify seeks to reward the best brain-teasers with new contest
27 June 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups
Waterloo-based Axonify is looking to not only raise awareness about the solution it provides to corporate learning but to support grassroots game developers. What better way than a contest with incentives.… Read more
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Out with the old, in with the new. communitech.ca gets a makeover!
23 June 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Communitech.ca has a new look! We’ve had a makeover, a nip and tuck, and merged style with function. We’ve designed a website that focuses on Communitech’s reason for being: helping tech companies start,… Read more
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6 Steps to Get Started with Social Selling on LinkedIn
17 June 2013 | By Communitech in: Small to Mid Size, Startups
You know that your prospects are out there and using the social network, but because LinkedIn has so many great functions and features, it can be a little overwhelming. Here are 6 easy and free steps I… Read more
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Vidyard invites people to come to camp (no tent required)
12 June 2013 | By Communitech in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Vidyard, a company that formed two years ago and grew in the VeloCity space of the Communitech Hub, plans to push that point June 26 when it holds a day-long workshop on the power of video. The Space Camp… Read more
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Thalmic Labs, after Series A news: Work now, celebrate later
07 June 2013 | By Christian Aagaard in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Startups dream of the kind of spring enjoyed this year by Thalmic Labs, maker of the buzz-worthy MYO arm band. The company announced June 5 that it had closed a venture-capital deal worth $14.5 million,… Read more
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Uptown finds its way and gets MappedIn
06 June 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Small to Mid Size, Startups
Uptown Waterloo has done a lot in the past few years to revitalize itself and make it one of the top retailing spaces in the region. This morning MappedIn officially launched their free mobile wayfinding… Read more
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Vouchr launches global gift-giving app
06 June 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Vouchr, a user-generated, personalized gift-certificate company, is celebrating their global launch just in time for Father’s Day. Vouchr was founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Robert Balahura and… Read more