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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 👉 bit.ly/2SMKA1E

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. coursecompare.ca/richard-florid… cc: @DRIVE_Conf

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

Quantum, accelerators, venture capital: surveying Canada’s tech landscape at @DRIVE_Conf betakit.com/quantum-accele… #Waterloo

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

Top-notch roster of speakers to wrap up our time at #DRIVE19. Particularly inspired by @danisen's keynote on fostering #realgrowth in #scaleupecosystems. “We don’t need to grow more and more new firms, we need to help more local firms get new growth!” @DRIVE_Conf

A big THANK YOU to our #DRIVE19 steering committee! What a talented and hardworking group of people! 🚙🙌🎉

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!

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” 🙌

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!

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

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

#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

.@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

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

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

#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

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

@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

Onto the final day of #DRIVE19. Yesterday, we enjoyed thoughtful discussions by speakers from @NewLab, @NGen_Canada, @ReMAP6, @AISupplyChain, @Shop_Soko, @ScaleUpNation, @ImpactUofT, @LSPARKGlobal & many more! Thanks, @DRIVE_Conf, @LazaridisInst & @hockeystickco!

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

I am very pleased to be a sponsor of .@DRIVE_Conf and look forward to hearing today's speakers. #DRIVE19 .@OfficeOccupier