The Cora Group
The developer and landlord of office buildings in the UW R&T Park in Waterloo, with Cora GRID, private coworking suites for startups and small teams in its evolv1 building.
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Conestoga Entrepreneurship Collective
Accelerator and incubator · Waterloo · research.conestogac.on.ca
Conestoga College's startup programs, run from a coworking space on University Avenue in Waterloo, for Conestoga students and alumni starting a company or a freelance business.
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About
The Conestoga Entrepreneurship Collective helps Conestoga students and alumni start ventures, launch freelance businesses and get ready for sales careers. It says it has supported more than 300 startups and launched more than 200 freelancers.
Its labs run for 15 weeks, three times a year: fall, winter and spring. Venture Lab for Tech is for software, hardware and middleware ideas, and is offered with Communitech. Each founder works through a roadmap with an industry coach.
Current students, full-time or part-time, and Conestoga graduates can apply. Each program has its own form on the Collective's site.
What it offers
Venture Lab for Tech: 15 weeks with an industry coach, with Communitech
Venture Lab: 15 weeks for a startup in any industry, with one-on-one coaching and mentors
Gig Lab: 15 weeks to start a freelance business
Co-op in the Collective: a co-op term spent building your own venture
Sales Lab for Founders: hands-on sales work with a sales coach
A coworking space in Waterloo, workshops and boot camps
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