Thom Ryan
About: Previous to joining Communitech, I worked in international marketing and investment attraction, and continue to divide time between a web software venture and various community volunteer gigs close to my heart. ´Baden´s most dangerous citizen,´ I'm working on an MBA on weekends.
Discussions
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. Eri...
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 ...
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/co...
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 da...
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 litt...
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. G...
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 s...
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 pe...
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Communitech to work together with Microsoft to support BizSpark program
--Communitech recently announced it will work together with Microsoft to support the BizSpark Program - the software giant’s effort to h...
“People Levers” – Working with people generations apart
--Bob, 57, a senior sales director, prints out his client emails, annotates them, and files them in a banker’s box – he refuses to use the corporate ...
Tips for the new entrepreneur, courtesy of Miovision’s CEO
--Much celebrating at the Accelerator Centre yesterday, during “graduation ceremonies” for Miovision – the latest start-up to leave...
Government spending on startups at a peak … but future unclear
--I was surprised to see Suzie Dingwall Williams say that when it comes to government funding for startups in Canada “there is little, maybe no...
The Garage — what is it that makes for great bands & tech?
--Now this may sound like a strange comment to make about the conductor of a symphony, but I have to say that Edwin Outwater ‘rocks’! If you’ve not ...
SR&ED Changes-Are we having fun yet?
--Just when you thought that you finally had the SR&ED program figured out (yup, we all know what technical uncertainty means, right?), the power...
Thom's Network
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Michael Snyders (mutual) friend, fan |
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Kevin Thomason friend, fan |
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Karen Perry (mutual) friend, fan |