
Entrepreneurial Magic in the Waterloo Region
Entrepreneurial Magic in the Waterloo Region
Excerpt from Cool Companies www.coolcompanies.ca Edited by Irene DimopoulosRead PDF version that appeared in the Cool Companies industry guide [PDF]The Waterloo Region is a hive of entrepreneurial activity. What is the source of this entrepreneurial productivity? We took our question to entrepreneurs who live and run companies in the area. They told us it’s their recent successes in the tech sector, a collaborative culture and world-class educational institutions. In the past 10 to 15 years, the Waterloo Region—made up of the cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge—has become home to some of Canada’s newest innovation rockstars. They are companies like RIM, Open Text, DALSA and Descartes. Many internationally known c...