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DRIVE is a conference co-hosted by @Hockeystickco and @lazaridisInst about building scaleup ecosystems. In Waterloo, February 20-22, 2019. #DRIVE19

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#DRIVE19 photos are here! 📸🎉

Head to our Facebook page to see all the highlights from the inaugural conference on #scaleup ecosystems 👉 https://t.co/oy1yakVS28

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Right now 20% of VC investment is flowing into one market, according to @Richard_Florida. Thanks again to @hockeystickco and @LazaridisInst for bringing tech, gov't and academia together to help more #Cdn startups scale. https://t.co/lcwNaMWjAN cc: @DRIVE_Conf

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It's hard to believe it's been a whole week since #DRIVE19 officially kicked off in Waterloo.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make our inaugural conference on #scaleup ecosystems a success! 🎉

Read @EPTmagazine's recap of #DRIVE19 👉 https://t.co/XDI4bGfP3Z

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Quantum, accelerators, venture capital: surveying Canada’s tech landscape at @DRIVE_Conf https://t.co/COIWfe8UKX #Waterloo

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@TechAlliance @danisen Thanks for joining us! And see you at #DRIVE20

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A big THANK YOU to our #DRIVE19 steering committee!

What a talented and hardworking group of people! 🚙🙌🎉

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That’s a wrap on #DRIVE19! We’ve loved our time together!

Thank you to all our amazing speakers and attendees for sharing your insights and ideas.

See you at #DRIVE20!

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Our #DRIVE19 keynote sponsor Marnie Walker closing out our inaugural DRIVE conference on #scaleup ecosystems.

“I am thrilled at the way over the last three days we’ve started the conversation on how we can scale. Let’s continue that conversation” 🙌

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Our final panel of #DRIVE19: DRIVE co-chair @rayluk @hockeystickco, @EshipRules @UtrechtUni and @DLHinTO @munkschool discussing how #data can help remove barriers for entrepreneurs

@nicole_wlu @LazaridisInst is our moderator!

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Happening on the #DRIVE19 stage: Valérie Claude-Gaudrillat @audencia, @DaveJaworsky Mayor of Waterloo, @UWscidean @UWaterloo and Brydon Gilliss @HighlineBETA discussing how universities and corporates can work together.

Our moderator is Robert Crow @Communitech

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On the #DRIVE19 stage: @sunnanmark @nordicinno and Lewis Chen @TaiwanTechArena discuss their work across national boundaries to benefit local economies.

Our moderator is Sinéad Monaghan @tcddublin

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#DRIVE19 keynote speaker @danisen on #RealGrowth: bad news is that we have been misled on what it looks like, good news is that entrepreneurs, public officials, educators, media, bankers can all learn to see and talk #RealGrowth

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.@danisen: Don’t look for unicorns, because that means you accept inequalities. Look for workhorses instead. They are hard-working, results-driven, self-sustaining, they are REAL #DRIVE19

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Awesome recap of yesterday’s #DRIVE19 debate Innovators or Cookie Cutters: Do Accelerators Spur or Limit Growth? w/ Johan Wiklund @SyracuseU, Menno Van Dijk @ScaleUpNation & moderator @cplant @ImpactUofT

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NEW! Incubators and accelerators are only there to help #startups and #scaleups, but experts at the #DRIVE19 conference suggest they might actually get in the way of success: https://t.co/dkvvFi11cq

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#DRIVE19 keynote speaker @danisen sharing how he is building #scaleup ecosystems and fostering entrepreneurship in places like Milwaukee and Manizales

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#Scaleup entrepreneurship ecosystem pioneer and #DRIVE19 keynote speaker @danisen will be taking the stage shortly! 🎉

In a world of #startups, Isenberg is taking a different approach to economic growth.

Read more on his vision for scaleup ecosystems 👉 https://t.co/rzm6W8IzJb

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What can we do to have a more digital conversation between business and government? @DRIVE_Conf @audreyt

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@TechAlliance @NewLab @NGen_Canada @ReMAP6 @AISupplyChain @Shop_Soko @ScaleUpNation @ImpactUofT @LSPARKGlobal @LazaridisInst @hockeystickco It was a full day of tech ecosystem insight and discussion! Thanks for joining us! #DRIVE19

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@OfficeOccupier Thank you for all your support, Jim! We’ve got another great day of programming ahead of us!