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Minutes of November 25, 2015 Meeting
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Benton Street, Kitchener
Announcements:
Meeting change- December 21st is SPIRIT OF GIVING Gift Distribution.
Meeting Cancelled- December 23rd.
The club presented Helmut Kruschat of the Concordia Club Choir with a cheque to support the Choir.
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50/50- $505.50 pot Neil Aitchison, Stephen Sweeney and Brad Enns tried but were unsuccessful.
Guest Speaker
Dr. Paul Salvine- Accelerator Centre, Waterloo
-Founded in 2006
-Dedicated to developing and commercializing technology start-ups
-Provide combination of in-house mentorship, networking, resources, educational programing and access to funding
-have developed and nurtured numerous early stage start-ups, creating 1200 new jobs and generating $350 million in revenue and funding
-companies remain in the region after going through the AC
-Clearpath Robotics, Magnet Forensics, Miovision and KIK are a few of the AC grads
-companies are successful when they understand the needs of consumers
Great to see longtime Rotarian and Honorary member Glen Machan at the meeting!
