If you’re ambitious, daring, and always land on your feet – you could be a ninja. Maybe it’s time for you to work for a start-up!

As we mentioned earlier in an earlier post, Impact Connect is hosting Start-OP, an event where you can learn all about working at or starting a new company!

At Impact Start-OP, you will be given the chance to talk to and connect with research institutions, start-ups, and venture capitalists from the Kitchener-Waterloo region and Toronto, who will be able to share their experiences in entrepreneurship.  This is also a great chance to network with local businesses, so don’t forget your business cards!

DETAILS

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Time: 5:30PM – 7:30PM

Location: Tatham Center Main Hall, University of Waterloo

Price: Free

Companies attending include:

• Allerta
• My IT Guy
• Centre for Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology
• NexJ Systems
• Desire2Learn Incorporated
• ThinkPanda
• Assetize Inc.
• FreshBooks
• SocialDeck

Everyone is invited to this event, so spread the word!  Registration is at startop.impact.org.

If you’re ambitious, daring, and always land on your feet – you could be a ninja. Maybe it’s time for you to work for a start-up!

Have you ever thought about working at, or starting your own new company? Come out to Start-OP, and find out what it takes!

The event aims to bring together start-ups, venture capitalists and research institutions from the Kitchener-Waterloo region to chat with University of Waterloo students and demystify the exciting and adventurous world of entrepreneurship. Students will get  to connect with some of the most successful Canadian-born companies and some newer up-and-coming companies. This program will emphasize entrepreneurship as a co-op option for students and give a chance to start-up companies in Waterloo to market their profile and name. Don’t forget your business cards!

• When: Wednesday March 24th, 2010 at 5:30pm to 7:30pm
• Where: Tatham Centre, University of Waterloo (200 University Ave. W.)
• Remember: The event is free and refreshments will be served!
  Companies and Keynote will be announced in the coming days so stay tuned!

Everyone is encouraged to come to this exciting event, so please register at: startop.impact.org!

The Impact social that Impact Connect held on February 2nd at the University of Waterloo was a huge success, leaving Waterloo students and Impact members alike to be motivated and excited!

The session was very successful, with over 50 Waterloo students in attendance. A number of  Impact members were also there to share their experiences of being part of Impact, as well as to outline Impact’s plans for the upcoming year.

At the end of the session, many students stuck around to network and mingle with the Impact members, and many expressed interest in becoming involved with Impact’s programs in 2010!

If you were unable to attend Tuesday’s Impact social but are still interested in becoming a part of Impact team, please feel free to contact laura.chelaru (at) impact.org.

To see more photos from the Impact Social, click here.

2008 Waterloo HackU winner Addy Cameron-Huff (in red shirt) is also the winner of the 2009 Yahoo HackU finals in New York City. Photo: Rasmus Lerdorf

As many already know, Impact Connect and Yahoo! had ran the Hack U competition at the University of Waterloo in both 2008 and 2009.  For those who don’t know, HackU is a week-long coding festival challenging the  brightest of the University of Waterloo’s programming community.  The HackU competition is held across Canada and the U.S. and challenges students to develop a web application that solves a problem in 24 hours or less.

In the 2008 HackU competition run by Impact Connect, Waterloo graduate Addy Cameron-Huff won with his application that tracks speeches made by Canadian politicians, allowing constituents to follow the progress of their MPs.

One year later, Cameron-Huff moved on to the HackU finals held in New York City, competing against teams from universities such as Berkeley, Cornell, and the University of Washington. Approximately 40 teams had just two minutes to present their hack.

In New York, Cameron-Huff blew away his competition with his application that sent out instant alerts about insider trades for various stocks.

With these key victories, Impact Connect is proud to have helped Mr. Cameron-Huff on his path to success.

EDIT:  Thanks to Addy Cameron-Huff for posting the link to his presentation!  You can watch it here.

If you are a student at the University of Waterloo, or happen to be passing by in town tomorrow on January 14th, you need to make sure to come and check out the Impact booth! We will be there to share our story, answer any questions you may have, and tell you more about how to join and get involved!

DETAILS

Date: Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Time: 9am – 4pm

Where: Great Hall, Student Life Centre @ University of Waterloo

Why: To meet our execs & chance to win some cool Impact Swag!

Make sure to follow us on @ImpactOrg and our Facebook Fan Page tomorrow as we will be periodically giving out prizes. We can’t wait to see you all there!

Cheers,

2010 Impact team