Profile: John Rowe Moves Upmarket

Back in 2011, John Rowe, president and CEO of Island Abbey Foods, received one of the largest offers ever made by the investors of CBC’s Dragons’ Den — $600,000, plus a $400,000 line of credit — to help develop his Honibe Honey Drop.

Charlottetown-based Rowe initially accepted the offer, but turned it down when it became clear that the business he had started with his…

McKenzie Accelerator Seeks Startups

The McKenzie Accelerator, based in Moncton, is seeking applicants for its third cohort, which will include five new startups.

The McKenzie Accelerator is a 14-week program which provides business training, affordable workspace, mentoring and funding. At the end of the program, a Demo Day will be scheduled in which the startups will pitch their product idea to potential investors.

The deadline for submitting applications…

Focusing on the Later Stages

Perhaps the problem is with the word “startup.”

There’s an impressive support system developing for Atlantic Canadian startups, but the problem is that most of the support is focused on the startup phase. There’s less support for maturing tech, biotech and clean-tech companies.

At Entrevestor in the past year, we’ve written about five different accelerators and entrepreneurship courses offered by at least four universities.

There are other…

EMSAT Focuses on Revenue Growth

As it moves on from the Genesis Centre at Memorial University, environmental monitoring startup EMSAT Corp. is also moving on from the product development phase of its growth to focus on sales, marketing and business development.

Last week, the startup graduated from the Genesis Centre, Memorial’s incubation facility for high-growth, technology-based ventures,…

Press Release: TEDxNovaScotia

They all require a visionary. Someone to take a leap into the unknown and take the chance that can change our lives. Dalhousie Student Union is excited to present TEDxNovaScotia "Chances Worth Taking: Innovation in a Time of Indifference!" The event will take place on Sunday, March 9th from 11am to 5pm in the McInnes Room of the Dalhousie Student Union Building.

TEDxNovaScotia prides itself on uniting community members from across Nova Scotia and bringing together bold and inspirational…