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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6 Mar 2019
#DRIVE19 photos are here! 📸🎉 Head to our Facebook page to see all the highlights from the inaugural conference on #scaleup ecosystems 👉 bit.ly/2SMKA1E
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27 Feb 2019
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 👉 bit.ly/2H5NQTB

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22 Feb 2019
Quantum, accelerators, venture capital: surveying Canada’s tech landscape at @DRIVE_Conf betakit.com/quantum-accelera… #Waterloo
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22 Feb 2019
A big THANK YOU to our #DRIVE19 steering committee! What a talented and hardworking group of people! 🚙🙌🎉
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22 Feb 2019
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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22 Feb 2019
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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22 Feb 2019
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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22 Feb 2019
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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22 Feb 2019
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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22 Feb 2019
#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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22 Feb 2019
.@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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22 Feb 2019
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
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: b2bnn.co/zbDzWnx
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22 Feb 2019
#DRIVE19 keynote speaker @danisen sharing how he is building #scaleup ecosystems and fostering entrepreneurship in places like Milwaukee and Manizales
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22 Feb 2019
#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 👉 bit.ly/2UoPsLx

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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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22 Feb 2019
Taiwan's digital minister and civic hacker @audreyt will be presenting Let Hackers Build the Ecosystem shortly! 🙌 Minister Tang will share how she is breaking down barriers between government and business and helping entrepreneurs solve pressing social issues #DRIVE19
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22 Feb 2019
Good morning, DRIVERS! It's #DRIVE19 Day 3. We've got a full morning and afternoon ahead of us, but first let's talk breakfast. Breakfast begins at 7:45 am in Lazaridis Hall ☕️
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22 Feb 2019
We’re here at the HARD DRIVE Networking Party hosted by @Shopify! Whiskey tasting in progress! 🥃🎉 #DRIVE19
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