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Startup District
#31
(07-13-2015, 03:54 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote:
(07-13-2015, 09:38 AM)plam Wrote: Thing is, are you going to negotiate the EULA?

Negotiate, no, but understand before signing, it could be helpful. I hate to use an episode of South Park as an example, and yet... (Human CentiPad, NSFW)

Realistically, anything unusual in a EULA would not be enforceable anyway.
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#32
Interesting article in the Globe and Mail called Startup City.  


Startup city: The high-tech fever reshaping Kitchener-Waterloo


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technolog...e25558263/
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#33
Very interesting article, sounds like D2L will be taking over the lion's share of Google's space when they move to their new office.
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#34
(07-18-2015, 11:15 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Very interesting article, sounds like D2L will be taking over the lion's share of Google's space when they move to their new office.

Which is very promising for their growth.
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#35
New government funding for local startups.
http://betakit.com/caip-invests-9-7-mill...ecosystem/
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#36
Pervasive Dynamics

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/580563...e-recovery
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#37
SSimwave founder wins Emmy award

http://m.therecord.com/news-story/595243...ve-founder
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#38
is this thread supposed to be news about any random startup? just wondering...

btw... there may be news about the actual startup district sometime soon.
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#39
COM DEV for sale?

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/d...rm-com-dev
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#40
Local startup first in Canada to win Dyson international award
Waterloo Region Record
By Terry Pender

KITCHENER — Voltera, a local startup that's created a special 3D printer for quickly making circuit boards, has won the top international prize of $54,000 in the James Dyson Award.

It is the first time a Canadian team has won the international design and engineering competition, which is named for and funded by the man who invented the Dyson vacuum cleaners. As part of the award, the University of Waterloo gets an additional $9,000.

Voltera was founded in June 2013 by four University of Waterloo graduates — Alroy Almeida, Jesús Zozaya, Katarina Illic and James Pickard. ...

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6108...nal-award/
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#41
Interesting piece in today's Mop & Pail about local start-up FunnelCake (  http://getfunnelcake.com/  ).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on...e27069776/
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#42
For a brief second I thought we were getting a Funnel Cake restaurant here. The disappointment that filled my soul shortly after will be hard to forget.
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#43
A lot of startups like to name themselves after food...
There's an image I've seen on the internet of a similarly named startup office in SF where there's a piece of paper taped on the front door telling passers-by that there is no actual food for sale on the premises.
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#44
Still haven't forgotten...
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#45
Meet the University of Waterloo dropouts living the digital dream 

Quote:Young entrepreneurs in the bustling Kitchener-Waterloo tech hub — including two recipients of the coveted Thiel Fellowship — are pursuing startup success on their own terms...

During the past five years, more than 2,200 startups have been launched in Kitchener-Waterloo, raising nearly $850 million in investment. Innovation is the area’s forte, spurred by an alchemy of university-fuelled research, government investment, eager young minds and the presence of tech giants such as Google and BlackBerry...

Tips for success from a 24-year-old veteran
Lots of people have good ideas, but not everyone can turn them into reality. Hongwei Liu, co-founder and CEO of MappedIn, offers some tips for startup success:...
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