Ten With Ken (audio)

Ten with Ken goes onsite at the University of Waterloo, home to the world's largest free business incubator, Velocity. The program's facilities include a campus Residence, Science facility, Start lounge, and the downtown Garage. In this extended episode, director Jay Shah gives us a tour of the Velocity Garage, explains the 3-stage model of business incubation, and introduces us to some exciting new companies: Maluuba, an artificial intelligence company recently acquired by Microsoft. Innovative Protein Technologies, which makes FrostArmour spray foam to protect crops from frost damage. Alchemy, which is creating nanotechnology films to protect windshields from impact damage. Vitameter, whose desktop device provides realtime analysis of the vitamins in your blood. Qidni Labs, which is developing an implantable artificial kidney, which could make dialysis obsolete. We learn about the tight connection between Velocity and Waterloo's longstanding co-op program, and the critical importance of mentorship and peer