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Extreme Ventures launched an incubator program in Toronto last month also. http://www.startupnorth.ca/2009/06/03/extreme-university/

It's good to see something in the Waterloo area, but I'm reserving judgment until I see what they're offering. They've been a bit quiet considering they are launching a pilot this fall -- perhaps they already have the first batch companies selected through their network.

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I run the ExtremeU program (http://bit.ly/WwgJR) and we are in our third week with 3 teams cranking away in our space at Yonge and King (Toronto). They can move fast because they are integrated with our agile development practices at http://www.xtremelabs.com (in the same space), they get expert onsite resources (dev, graphics, etc.), they get connected them with external gurus.

Our weekly speakers have been phenomenal (@ricksegal, @ryazwinski, @albertsupdates), they take questions and are available for help after their talks (which are recorded). I can't wait to bring in the remaining weekly speakers.

I think what Impact is trying to do is amazing. More power to them!

Farhan (@fnthawar)

Good to know. I should have been clearer in my original comment, but the second paragraph was referring to Impact, not Extreme. I know some people involved with Extreme VC/Xtreme Labs and I think what you guys are doing is great.

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