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Blog Posts

Best seller Patrick Lencioni At LEVEL UP

May 16, 2012 by Terre Chartrand
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As a part of our Level Up events, we are proud to bring another heavy hitting speaker to talk about growing your business. Register here. Patrick Lencioni (pronounced Len-CHO-knee) is the author of ten best-selling business books with over three million copies sold. After ten years in print, his book The Five Dysfunctions of a [...]

VeloCity Garage Open House

May 15, 2012 by Jeremy Reed
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VeloCity is excited to invite everyone to its first official Open House, on Thursday May 31st from 3:00-6:00 pm, in the Garage Space located at the Tannery in downtown Kitchener, 151 Charles Street West. The event promises to be an opportunity for startup teams, investors, and notable evangelists of the start up community to network, and [...]

Communitech Golf Registration Extension

May 10, 2012 by Terre Chartrand
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It’s that time again! Our golf tournament is one of the most sought after events in our networking and social calendar. This year, due mail migration to our new email server, we have decided to extend the registration for the lottery to the 18th of May to ensure all participants get an opportunity to join. [...]

Expert Blog

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Back in early 2010 Steve Gruber did a blog around developing an “elevator pitch” and its importance when you are a startup.  I think having a short, concise and simple to understand elevator pitch is an absolute necessity to any company and even more so if you are a startup.  Why?  Most people will only give you [...]