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Meet Waterloo's emerging young entrepreneurs
On Jan. 19, 2012, the team from Report on Small Business invited dozens of startup owners to attend a networking event at the Communitech office in Kitchener, Ont. We hosted a live photo blog and shot video as a way to introduce our audience to these up-and-comers, all of whom have big ideas and grand ambitions.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Small Business Section
By Katherine Scarrow
January 30, 2012
Accelerator Program Client: JADsoftware releases a new version of its Internet Evidence Finder (IEF)
Version 5 of JADsoftware's Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) Recovers 45% More Evidence and is 20% Faster Than Its Predecessor
JADsoftware today announced the introduction of its industry leading computer forensics solution, Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) v5 live from the United States Department of Defense's Cybercrime Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Trusted by thousands of law enforcement agencies, government departments and corporations in over 90 countries, Internet Evidence Finder (IEF) is a data recovery product used in the field of computer forensics. IEF is the industry standard to recover data and retrieve…
Online registry aims to end gift-giving disappointment
Shortly after the 2010 Christmas season ended, Randy Bird's mind started mulling over the disappointments of annual gift exchanges.
"I was reflecting on the disappointed faces I saw when I gave some gifts and how many times I faked a smile," he says.
He's not the only one. Anyone who has stood in gift exchange lines after Christmas knows how widespread the disappointments are. It is estimated that across the United States, more than $40 billion worth of holiday season gifts are returned…
Waterloo tech startup Sortable a ‘threat’ to Google
Forget frustrating searches through dozens of websites - Waterloo tech startup Sortable helps consumers to make decisions in one place.
The seven engineering geeks behind the "decision engine" are hoping to threaten Google's search business and its ad revenue because they have eliminated the need to click on multiple pages, said co-founder Christopher Reid from the Accelerator Centre in Waterloo.
Sortable.com, which launched last week, uses complex algorithms to help people filter through…
Young entrepreneurs share tenacity, passion and energy
In the fall of 2011, KPMG Enterprise interviewed several FuEL Award winners to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities that they face as young entrepreneurs.
The discussions revealed that these bright and ambitious businesspeople have taken many different trajectories in their paths to entrepreneurial success.
There are those who found their calling straight out of the gate, and those with a history of false starts before hitting their stride. Some started their entrepreneurial…
Accelerator Centre and Communitech Hub: High-tech startups now have their own magazine
The growing community of technology startups in this region and around southern Ontario now has a magazine dedicated to that dynamic sector.
Pivotr is based in Kitchener; the second issue will be released in early February.
The number of startups in this region is now estimated at more than 800 and the list grows by three to five new ones each week, says Communitech, the association representing the technology sector.
Robert Bruski, Marius Piatek, Michael Grabowski and Patryk Laskowski…
Former cop now busts bad guys digitally
Before RCMP Sergeant Jeff Cameron left his Edmonton office on Friday, Dec. 16, he took a laptop seized in a drug bust, hooked it up to his computer and clicked "run" on digital forensics software created in Waterloo, Ont.
While Sgt. Cameron enjoyed his weekend, the software combed the laptop for digital traces of more than 30 types of instant messaging chat logs and then sorted them in a detailed report. On Monday morning, he strolled into the office to find more than 14,000 instant message…
Grads’ businesses impact Kitchener
It sounded more like they were leaving home than graduating, as four new technology start-ups made the move from Waterloo's Accelerator Program last Thursday to becoming fully formed businesses out on their own.
The graduation of Enflick, Clearpath Robotics, CrossChasm Technologies and LoyaltyMatch Inc. brought the grand total of companies fostered by the Accelerator Program since it opened in 2006 to 19.
The centre has significantly added to the area's reputation as a world-class hot spot…
AP Client: Bufferbox launches first kiosk at University of Waterloo
X marks the spot for BufferBox
A company that grew from a fourth-year design project has set up shop in the Student Life Centre with a bright green box.
This box is the solution to a problem that many of us can relate to - ordering an item online and somehow missing its delivery, or worse, having the item stolen off our front porch.
BufferBox's first parcel kiosk, launched on campus exclusively for Waterloo students and staff, allows users to ship parcels directly to the kiosk as an alternative mailing address, rather than…
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