Amber French

Common's own @Amber_Catalyst on the Waterloo tech ecosystem, working with @kurtismcbride and the synergy of parallel entrepreneurship. Watch the full Member Spotlight here: youtube.com/watch?v=rdqf11…

At Catalyst Commons, a 65,000-square-foot coworking space in Kitchener, French has seen more early-stage companies increasing, rather than scaling back, their headcounts. Commons is a microcosm of what’s happening in the greater Waterloo Region... @Amber_Catalyst

This one is for all you romantics out there, courtesy of my 7 y.o son. We expect Hallmark to call any time now.

@JamesDEJ @Google You. Never. Know.

You know you’re Canadian when you ask @Google Home to “please” do something. My kids are still making fun of me. That shit is ingrained.

Excited to share a New Year's narrative of our journey at @ArchangelFunds Adrenaline Fund on completing our first full investment year in 2021. Find out more here: rjh.to/a2 #AngelInvesting #FundingInnovation

@Catalyst137kw is hosting “12 Days of Food Bank” from Dec. 2nd-17th. Each day will be a food item that we are collecting for the Food Bank of Waterloo. Items can be brought to the main Event Centre located within C137. #foodbank #kwawesome #holidayseason

When quantity > quality: Told my kids they can have ONE halloween treat. They’re currently sorting by weight.

My kids wanted me to dress up for Halloween - I went as a tired, middle-aged mom.

Anyone know this fine upstanding citizen? He walked out of @workatcommons at @Catalyst137kw with 2 iPad's and 15 minutes of fame.

100% - Bolstering homegrown companies with a strong reference customer and additional revenue will help them attract more customers and private investment. Tax credits and direct funding are appreciated, but Canada adopting more Canadian-made technologies would be more impactful.

I’m making dinner and listening to music. My 9 y.o. comes into the kitchen and proceeds to ask me why ALL of the music I listen to sucks. I’m listening to OLP, so will chalk it up to him being hangry and forgive his ignorance.

I spoke at today's Manufacturing Summit (tl;dr): Canada needs to change policy to reduce red tape for Canadian Innovation. We need to own our standards, own our IP and the government needs to become bigger buyers to help drive commercialization and sustainability.

@wealthy_barber His leisure wear is impeccable.

King Rico is contemplating becoming a senior-dog model.

@wealthy_barber @ODementev As a time-occupier, I told my l Kids that Olga hid 5 differences in the painting vs the original photo and that I’d give them a treat if they could find them all. It’s been 30 minutes and I’m starting to feel bad...

An amazing young woman in my office painted this (@ODementev)! Incredible. It took her 1,000 hours and in the same room, you'd swear it's a photograph. Two-year anniversary!

Huge shout out to my insanely talented friend @ODementev - this is what 1000+ hours of hard work and perseverance look like! Can’t believe this is a painting. #Raptors #TorontoRaptors #photorealism @Catalyst137kw

@wealthy_barber @ODementev Woo @ODementev! Are you in shock that it’s done? Withdrawal? Huge congrats, it looks amazing! 👏 👏 👏

Covid + working + home schooling + deciding what-to-watch-on-Netflix:

Schools may be closed, but I’m convinced my children are now feral enough to justify sendimg them to doggy daycare.