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Tom Slee critiques the sharing economy
22 December 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Podcast
Tom Slee joins the Communitech podcast to discuss the risks of the ever-growing economy that companies burden others with. Read more
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Ben Roberts on virality
16 December 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Podcast
Ben Roberts joins the Communitech Podcast to discuss the success of Animal Robot, a video studio that was founded after one of Roberts' videos went viral. Read more
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A conversation with Larry Smith
09 December 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Podcast
University of Waterloo instructor Larry Smith joins the Communitech Podcast to discuss the Waterloo Region tech ecosystem over his 35 years of advising entrepreneurs. Read more
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Bridgit takes top prize at Google for Entrepreneurs' inaugural women's demo day
09 December 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured
Out of 450 applicants, Waterloo Region's Brigit was among 11 applications to be invited to the pitch in Silicon Valley. Read more
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Magnet Forensics strengthens ties with U.S. intelligence community, lands investment
08 December 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Featured, Small to Mid Size
Magnetic Forensics joins forces with In-Q-Tel, Inc. (IQT) to help them better understand the nature of crime and the digital evidence associated with it. Read more
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Jim Estill leads effort to welcome 50 families of Syrian refugees
25 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
Communitech sits down Jim Estill to discuss his efforts to help bring 300 refugees to Canada. Read more
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Jim Estill's Sales Secrets
23 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Multimedia, Podcast
Jim Estill joins the Communitech Podcast to discuss the decades of disruptive innovation that he has witnessed in the Waterloo Region. Read more
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The middle 1,000: Where winners and losers are made
19 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Opinion, View from the ‘Loo
In a rowing competition the first and last 500 metres are the easiest, and the middle 1,000 is hard work, and often determines who wins and who loses. The Waterloo region tech ecosystem is mirroring that… Read more
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Ted Livingston on growth
16 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Podcast
The first episode of the Communitech Podcast features a conversation between Mike Kirkup, Director of University of Waterloo's Velocity program, and Ted Livingston, co-founder and CEO of Kik Interactive. Read more
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Remembrance Day: O2 Canada's pollution mask inspired by the past
11 November 2015 | By Phil Froklage in: Featured, Videos
Peter Whitby, CEO of O2 Canada shares his perspective on wartime technology, focusing on the people who make shelters, shields and masks. Read more