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Entrepreneur Sarah Prevette launches innovative camp for kids in Waterloo
Sarah Prevette is a familiar face in the Canadian tech scene. She is a serial entrepreneur and former venture capitalist. Prevette is best known as the founder of Sprouter.com, a website that let...
View ArticleCommunitech pumped for #RedDayFriday fight against heart disease
This weekend promises to be a glorious one to go watch world-class athletes on the fairways at Whistle Bear Golf Club for the third annual Manulife LPGA Classic. My family loves golf, and while I’m not...
View ArticleVenture capital world clicks for former online-shopping exec
Janet Bannister is likely the woman behind your shopping addiction in Canada. If you’ve compulsively bid on a favourite record on eBay, sold that old couch on Kijiji, or (like me) drooled over...
View ArticleSundown shutdown? Not at this summer festival in Kitchener
Last summer, I wandered around downtown Kitchener one balmy night in June. I listened to a poetry slam on Queen St., hung out on a rooftop patio at Vidyard and drank some great local beer, and wandered...
View ArticleDon’t blink, and other lessons from Pebble’s Eric Migicovsky
When a giant competitor licks its chops to eat the lunch of a much smaller one, you’d think that might cause a bit of a panic. But, no, at least not at Pebble Technology Corp. last September. Quite the...
View ArticleCoding adds new twist to balloon artist’s craft
You may have made a new friend at the Communitech Hub last week. Harris, the 10-foot tall balloon-sculpture goat moved in on Thursday. On Saturday, she was carefully walked up the street to...
View ArticleP&P Optica goes where no spectrometer has gone before
As Canadians, we talk a lot about the importance of exporting our business expertise around the world. Well, Olga Pawluczyk, CEO of P&P Optica, is taking her business a step further. She’s taking...
View ArticleP&P Optica remains optimistic about space mission despite rocket disaster
The Falcon did not land Sunday morning. Just three short days after P&P Optica announced that their spectrometer would be hitching a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space...
View ArticleYear of Code project seeks to demystify our digital lives
My almost-85-year-old Gramma sends me iMessages (normally about her cat or my kitties). She plays Candy Crush and reads e-books on her iPad. She connects her iPod to her Bose speakers using Bluetooth....
View ArticleHe built, he settled (and then he threw a party)
Craig Beattie, a founding partner at Perimeter Development Corporation (Perimeter), has a B.A from the University of Waterloo. It wasn’t until he returned to the city with First Gulf, a commercial...
View ArticleDoors Open Waterloo Region highlights sports spaces and businesses
It’s that time of year for one of my favourite events in the region. Doors Open Waterloo Region (Doors Open) is a one-day chance to get inside architecturally and historically significant buildings you...
View ArticleHockey lovers play with all-stars for a good cause
Sports stars often get a bad rap. They make a lot of money playing a game. Get injured or benched. Land in scandals. And then retire young. Stu Siegel, the former CEO and owner of the NHL Florida...
View ArticleGemütlich-tech: Miss Oktoberfest has Hub connection
I can’t say the Miss Oktoberfest Gala was ever a huge event on Communitech’s radar. Communitech is a big supporter, and our staff actively attend a variety of Oktoberfest events. But the Miss O gala...
View ArticleUW Warriors hockey gets assist from local tech company
HockeyTech and the University of Waterloo have teamed up to create a new annual awards program for the university’s varsity hockey players. The program was announced Thursday (OCT. 8) by HockeyTech CEO...
View ArticleAu revoir, Montréal; bonjour, Kitchener: A moving story
Growing up in Kitchener, I watched many of my friends move out of the city to Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver. Some left for school. Others for jobs. Many never came back. Over the last few...
View ArticleNew scholarships strengthen Dematic’s ties to region
Talk about an early adopter. Dematic has been helping industries innovate in the shipping-and-receiving business since 1819, when its founding company created the first steam-powered crane. Today, the...
View ArticleRotary Dream Home more than just a pretty house to Craig Haney
Craig Haney is excited about a built-in automatic home clothing steamer. The high-end specialty appliance is the only one in North America, and it’s in the 2015 Kitchener-Conestoga Rotary Dream Home....
View ArticleJamieson Cox: Sometimes a remote worker just likes a little noise
Tech About Town pays a homage to Ways We Work and scours the knobby corners of Waterloo Region to bring you stories of tech professionals who work remotely. Jamieson Cox is an entertainment reporter at...
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Moving testimony: Five things I learned relocating Communitech
Moving is one of life’s great stressors, right up there with divorce and death. This year, I’ll be moving into a new home. While I love change, I despise moving. I hate packing. I hate unpacking. I...
View ArticleMindful Makers has designs on summer fun
One summer when I was still in university, I was a camp instructor at Chicopee Ski Club. I taught the fundamentals of mountain biking, tennis, dodgeball and low ropes. Fun fact: the only black eye I’ve...
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