Entrepreneurship

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey told students at the University of Waterloo on Thursday that his most recent venture, Square, is about “building a company of entrepreneurs.”

“Everybody in our company is an entrepreneur,” said Dorsey of Square. “Twitter was not a startup. It started within another company.”

An innovative rechargeable battery invented by a Waterloo nanotechnology researcher could create a greener future by storing power from a smart grid or driving the next generation of electric cars.

Three recent graduates of Waterloo’s nanotechnology engineering program are at work developing a product that, with a couple of key strokes on a smartphone or laptop, can transform any window or wall into an ever-changing display.

Jeffrey Azzolin has a plan to give Canada's grand old game a bit of a lift and he’s got at least two former NHL players behind him.

A recent University of Waterloo graduate in mechanical engineering, Azzolin has invented a spring-loaded hockey skate. He says it should improve both speed and acceleration while also reducing knee injuries.

An undergraduate student of English and history might not be the first person to pop into your mind when you hear the word:  entrepreneur.

But Lindsay Kroes, a third-year co-op student in Waterloo’s Faculty of Arts took a recent work term to start her own business and write a local history book called Gather by the Avon.

An electronic device that will help seniors get around better has given flight to a new business started by recent engineering graduates.

“We’re developing smart devices to help the aging population,” says Wilfrid Ngo, the president and co-founder of Sentry Scientific. “We have developed a walker that will help seniors live longer and healthier and it will reduce the country’s health care costs.”

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, July 24, 2013) – The University of Waterloo is pleased to announce that Thalmic Labs has launched from the VeloCity startup program.

Thalmic Labs is the brainchild of University of Waterloo graduates Stephen Lake, Aaron Grant, and Matthew Bailey who conceived of the idea of the MYO gesture control armband during their time in the VeloCity business startup program. 

The ten teams pitching for one of four $25,000 grants at the VeloCity Venture Fund Finals this week are a diverse group but they all have one thing in common: They all want to make your life easier.

One team is developing a wristband that will track your exercise, diet and sleep. Another hopes to help teachers plan their classes and assess students. There is a startup that will help you create your own music even if you can’t play an instrument, and another one that helps you write.

While still a business student at the University of Waterloo, Douglas Lusted is launching new technology this week that will change the way we interact with digital screens.

The company he co-founded during a Waterloo co-op term, WestonExpressions (now known as LINKETT), is accepting pre-orders for Linkett, a device that lets consumers take content from digital promotions by tapping their smartphones on display screens.