An insane young startup guy handed me a cheque for $1 million USD and…
…life in Waterloo just got a lot more interesting. StartupNorth calls Ted insane in the best sort of way and I agree. He managed to build a great little startup, attracting some top tier VCs and then...
View ArticleDirector of Student Innovation and VeloCity at the University of Waterloo
It is now official, I can drop the “interim” part of my job and take on a new and exciting title of Director of Student Innovation at the University of Waterloo. I am really excited about all the...
View ArticleWhy I think Higher Education should experiment with an incubator model
In Canada the rise of the incubator choices is quite noticeable. The success of the Y-Combinator (YC) model is hard to ignore, it seems to be the accepted way to grow young tech companies at the...
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The Daily Bulletin Editor that changed the University of Waterloo web
On Tuesday November 8th, 2011, Chris Redmond let everyone know (at the bottom) he is no longer the editor of the University of Waterloo’s daily news publication — the Daily Bulletin. He covers some the...
View ArticleKitchener-Waterloo Turkey drive: Every family deserves a Christmas dinner
The following is my public service post of the season… The Kitchener Conestoga Rotary Club believes every family should have a special Christmas Dinner, including a turkey. Five years ago, the Club...
View ArticleThe 7cubed project at the Hub
During this week in November a team of seven University of Waterloo students (six live in VeloCity) are hacking away at building seven applications in seven days. They call themselves the...
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Startup thinking featuring the 7cubedproject
Tomorrow is the University of Waterloo IT conference, WatItis. I had planned on doing a talk on Startup thinking and how it relates to higher education using examples out of VeloCity but I had a...
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What is the hot topic in Canadian Higher Education?
I have the pleasure of working with Melissa on her amazing PSEWEB conference in the roll of being an email instigator. Recently a discussion has been going around the advisory group on the keynote and...
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What happened to the new co-op system at uwaterloo?
On Friday the University of Waterloo made public the cancellation of the project that was working on the replacement to a PeopleSoft based system the University uses for co-operative education job...
View ArticleThe road trip: San Francisco and Austin (sxswi) notes
For a week in March I did my first big road trip in many years and headed to San Francisco on my way to Austin for SXSWi. With only 3 days in SF and 4 days in Austin I was expecting a pretty intense...
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