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Congrats to Eric Migicovsky, Info Pulse
Big kudoes to Eric Migicovsky, Info Pulse, was voted the best pitch by popular demand at the Launchpad Kickoff $1k Pitch Competition today.
Eric's plan is to stop the rude pervasiveness of PDAs rin... [read more]
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Pitch Competitors Confirmed!
We've confirmed our six competitors for tomorrow's pitch event...
#1 Lee Ing, Howling Moon Games
#2 Jackey Wong, SemiDe Technologies Inc
#3 Eric Migicousky, Info Pulse
#4 Mike Morrice, Sustaina... [read more]
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Photos of the 2008 Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Gala
Check out the Flickr slideshow of selected photos from Tuesday's Gala event. Photos by Tom Adamski (thanks Tom!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/communitech/sets/72157607889796371/show/
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RIM, Google, MS, Yahoo and Sun partnership sites
The partnering event was awesome. Where else do startups get the opportunity to pitch to Google, RIM, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Sun Micro all in one day!!! You got it, it all happens at Entrepreneur Week.... [read more]
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Jeff Taylor’s four most important
By Thom Ryan, Communitech blog posted Oct 7 http://www.communitechblog.ca/
In a room of 200 entrepreneurs and experts, Taylor’s style is a little different. No notes. No presentation slides. No sch... [read more]
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Slides from IMPACT Expo(se)
A number of people asked me to post the slides from my talk at Saturday's Impact Expo(se) event. They are now available from my blog here;
http://siliconisland.ca/2008/10/06/impact-expose/
Thanks... [read more]
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Review: The Call of the Entrepreneur
What do a farmer from rural Michigan, a merchant banker from Wall Street, and a retail & media magnate from China have in common? Well, to begin with, they've each made a ton of money and are highly s... [read more]
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Don McMillan at the BBQ Kickoff huge fun
The kickoff BBQ to Entrepreneur Week was a big success again this year -- thanks to more than twice the people showing up than we were expecting. Good thing Lisa had enough food around, eh?
Don McMi... [read more]
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Speed Dating on Monday
Your chance to access over 40 top execs -- CEOs, VCs, EIRs, lawyers, financiers, etc -- if you're doing a startup, you need to get registered. Be there at 11:30.
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Director Business Development
I'm on the networking panel Monday, October 6th.
I've been networking my entire life and will share some of my experiences.
I need to know what challenges and barriers people face when wanting to network.
Let me know!
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SEE YOU ON MONDAY!!!
I am really looking forward to the Speed Dating session on Monday. It is always an inspiration to talk to all the new talented entreprenuers with their ideas and this sounds like a dynamic session to h... [read more]
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Hints on Partnering from an ex-Googler
Thanks to Jacqui Murphy to pointing me to a blog written by Chris Sacca, a former Google business development top gun. If you recall, Chris was a guest speaker at our Tech Leadership Conference this y... [read more]
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StartupCamp Waterloo, 6pm October 8 at the AC!
If you haven't already registered at http://barcamp.org/StartupC... and you are an entrepreneur, funder, founder looking for talent or just interested in Entrepreneurship come on out!
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kick-off this friday
Four days until E-Week kick-off event and I wanted to thank the team and our sponsors for pulling together the best E-Week ever! Don't miss the Friday opening!
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What does your company need in order to grow?
We would appreciate it if you would be willing to complete a one-question survey related to business growth. Serious takers only please :)
We will post the results here during Entrepreneur Week.
h... [read more]
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I Have a Great Product; Who Should I Ask for Money?
I've heard this unanswerable question in one form or another for at least thirty years, but it came up again last week, hence this article.
There are several reasons that it's a difficult question. Th... [read more]
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Registration for Founders & Funders Event is Closed
Due to an AMAZING response to our first (hopefully annual) Founders & Funders event, we have closed registration. For those who would like to be added to the waiting list in case we have cancellations, just send an email to Kevin@communitech.ca.
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What I'm looking forward to at E-Week
Every E-Week event has something to offer, but there are only so many hours in a week and so many events you can attend. Here are three events that I think will be particularly valuable for startup ent... [read more]
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Lessons Learned
Recently we were asked to contribute a list of our top 4 lessons learned. I thought it was appropriate to share these on this discussion:
1. Build a technology for a “real customer need”, not just... [read more]
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Impact Expo Event
Hello I am interested in coming to the Impact Expo Event on Saturday the 4th. However I will have to travel quite a bit for just the one day. I was wondering if someone would give me a more detailed de... [read more]
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**Reminder-Strategic Partnering Day
A friendly reminder that 5:00PM Wednesday September 24th (yes, this Wednesday) is the deadline for submitting proposals to meet with RIM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Sun Microsystems and Google on Strategic Par... [read more]
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Communitech Membership
If you are a Technology based new company, and would like to be more involved with Communitech, please talk to me.
Communitech wants to help to grow and support your technology company, and offer your... [read more]
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**Strategic Partnering Day Update**
Google has also agreed to participate in Strategic Partnering Day! To recap, we have RIM, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Sun Microsystems and Google.
Same rules apply. If you would like to meet with Google, ... [read more]
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Strategic Partnering Day Call for Proposals
Canada has long been recognized as a world leader in research and innovation. In the highly competitive and quickly changing high tech industry, time is of the essence and Canadian entrepreneurs need ... [read more]
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Succeeding Without Investors
USE CUSTOMERS’ CASH - Without the luxury of investors’ money to burn through a bootstrapping company has to look at financing its operations in a different way. Part of that involves selling to the ri... [read more]
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Mistakes to Avoid in Investor Presentations
Here are mistakes people make when presenting their projects. Avoid these mistakes and your presentation will be more effective and improve your chances of raising money.
(a) FIELD OF DREAMS - Just... [read more]
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Jeff Taylor, Founder of Monster.com and GOD of social corporate networking to headline...
He totally wowed us at Tech Leadership in May this year, so we've invited God's gift to social networking back to Waterloo Region to headline our session on "Strategic Networking."
Anyone who was... [read more]
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What's the most important thing you want to achieve out of eweek?
I want to know why people come to a big deal like Entrepreneur Week... what is it they hope to accomplish?
It is all about meeting the right people, or are you seeking tactical information about ho... [read more]
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