While Waterloo has been a talent poaching ground for Microsoft and RIM for a while, and more recently for Google, Facebook and the likes. The thing i think that

While Waterloo has been a talent poaching ground for Microsoft and RIM for a while, and more recently for Google, Facebook and the likes. The thing i think that really gets overlooked is the startup community in the area. With an incubator residence on campus (http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca/ http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca/) Another new incubator in the region (http://hyperdrive.communitech.ca/#applyNow http://hyperdrive.communitech.ca/#applyNow) An organization dedicated to helping startups in the are (https://www.communitech.ca/ https://www.communitech.ca/) The recent successes of companies like BufferBox and Kik, have showed that startups can succeed and thrive in the area.