On the TechWaterloo stage ×1
First seen on the TechWaterloo stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Kurtis ↗
In their words
if I was ever going to go do another company I would actually start with this before I called my first customer before I thought about what product I even want to build
who would have thought that if you just ask people what we should do to make the company better and then you do those things and you do that over and over again people will like the company better
Around the web ×1
Quick answers
What is Kurtis McBride known for?
Founding Miovision in 2005 and building it into a mobility company working in more than 60 countries. Its cameras and traffic-signal hardware give cities data on how their intersections actually behave.
How did Miovision start?
McBride founded it in 2005 while completing a master's in applied science at the University of Waterloo, out of the idea that intersections should respond to what a community actually needs.
Which stage did Kurtis McBride speak on?
TechWaterloo, in a 2016 talk called 'No Shit Sherlock' about the things that only look obvious in hindsight.