Dan
Donovan
graduated
from
Waterloo
with
a
BASc
in
computer
engineering
and
landed
a
job
as
a
machine
control
and
robotics
specialist.
He
liked
it
–
but
something
else
was
at
the
back
of
his
mind.
“Starting
a
company
really
appealed
to
me.
And
I
thought
I
should
do
it
now,
before
children
and
a
mortgage
came
along.”
So
Dan
enrolled
in
Waterloo’s
Master
of
Business,
Entrepreneurship
and
Technology
(MBET)
program.
“I
learned
a
lot
in
a
short
time,”
he
says.
“MBET
took
me
from
‘Hey,
I
think
I
might
want
to
start
a
company’
to
having
the
knowledge
and
tools
to
actually
do
it.“
Dan’s
company,
HealthSpoke,
provides
web-based
business
management
software
to
chiropractors,
massage
therapists,
nutritionists
and
other
health
professionals.
The
software
is
designed
to
help
them
manage
their
business
and
offer
clients
online
appointment
booking
and
progress
tracking.
At
the
moment,
HealthSpoke
is
a
one-person
operation
and
Dan
is
very
busy.
But
it’s
worth
it,
he
says.
“The
best
part
is
the
challenge.
You
have
a
big
goal
and
it
feels
so
good
when
you
achieve
it.”
Alumnus, Computer Engineering (‘02) & MBET (‘07)