Showing all articles in the startups category
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Rebellion Media acquires HYPERDRIVE startup Incentivibe
16 April 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Startups
Waterloo-based Rebellion Media has acquired Incentivibe, marking the first acquisition from Communitech’s year-old HYPERDRIVE startup accelerator program. The news comes as HYPERDRIVE opens applications… Read more
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New York, Day 3: Adding some star power
12 April 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Startups
On Thursday in New York City, the companies of HYPERDRIVE’s Cohort 2 were treated to another great day of startup inspiration from pros who know, including Joanne Wilson of Gotham Gal Ventures and Alexis… Read more
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New York, Day 2: Leveraging Canadian connections
11 April 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Startups
The Communitech contingent of HYPERDRIVE Cohort 2 companies continued to feel the love from New York City on Wednesday, as they moved about some of the hottest of Manhattan’s tech hot spots. GA provides… Read more
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New York welcomes HYPERDRIVE companies
10 April 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Startups
The second cohort of Communitech's HYPERDRIVE took a trip to New York City to meet with potential partners and learn about New York's tech ecosystem. Read more
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Start a company in one weekend: the Startup Weekend Kitchener-Waterloo experience
09 April 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
Entrepreneurs filled the Communitech Hub to participate in Startup Weekend Kitchener-Waterloo in which teams pitch ideas, participate in challenges, and finally demo a prototype on Sunday night. Read more
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Startup Weekend: A 54-hour taste of the startup world
04 April 2013 | By Trish Crompton in: Startups
Co-founders of Waterloo Region startup Groupnotes, Jason Moore and Matt Gardner offer advice to those participating in Communitech's Startup Weekend. Read more
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How to build a successful sales organization
02 April 2013 | By Communitech in: Startups
At Communitech's last Business Development and Senior Sales Peer2Peer event, Mike Stankowitsch, a sales leader at Opentext presented "How to Build a Successful Sales Organization." Read more
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Vidyard raises $6M Series A round from Canadian, U.S. investors
21 March 2013 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Startups
The Waterloo Region based video hosting and analytics company Vidyard has raised a $6-million funding round from a slate of four Canadian and American investors. Read more
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Live from downtown Kitchener. It's Mic Nite!
19 March 2013 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Startups
This week Communitech will host Mic Nite in downtown Kitchener where there will be a night of music and drinks as startups battle for your vote in an audience-choice pitch competition. Read more
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B2B Sales Lessons from the Big Screen
18 March 2013 | By Communitech in: Startups
The films Glengarry Glen Ross, Boiler Room, and Tommy Boy are all examples of movies where sales is a central theme. There are lessons to be learned from the things that went right and wrong in the sales-focused… Read more