CareerBeacon Readies Live Event

Moncton-based online recruitment and talent management website CareerBeacon has announced that it will present a live event in Halifax in May called MoveFwd, which will focus on leadership and management strategy.

Slated to be held at Pier 21 on the waterfront, the day-long conference will be headlined by HRU Technical Resources President Tim Sackett, whose Missouri-based recruiting company

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Hollo, PragmaClin Headed to Entrepreneurship World Cup

Halifax-based Hollo Medical and PragmaClin Research of St. John’s will represent Canada at the global finals of the Entrepreneurship World Cup in the early stage and ideation stage categories, respectively.

Three of the seven Canadian finalists were from the Atlantic provinces, with MOC Biotechnologies, also headquartered in Halifax, the only one of the trio not to advance to the international

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Clean Leadership Seeks Summer Employers

Halifax-based Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program is seeking employers to offer summer employment to youth interested in a career in the green economy.

The group’s summer program matches employers with interns (age 15-30) for 9 to 15-week work placements. Organizations located across Nova Scotia who focus on climate change mitigation, conservation, waste management, clean tech, active

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Memorial Students to Consult for Startups

Memorial University’s Research Innovation Office is accepting applications from startups for its Insight Business Consulting Program, which will see its master of business administration students consult for early-stage technology companies.

The program represents a broader rollout of a model first tried by the university last year in the form of a $278,000 pilot project. The pilot and the

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Trade Accelerator Coming Jan. 16

Invest Nova Scotia and the Halifax Chamber of Commerce are looking for applicants to its Atlantic Trade Accelerator Program, or TAP, designed to help young businesses tap international markets.

The program includes workshops, peer-to-peer activities and mentorship from domain experts. According to the chamber of commerce, about 70 percent of its participants go on to successfully export their

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Invest Nova Scotia Names Accelerate Cohort

Invest Nova Scotia, the new provincial Crown corporation formed from the amalgamation of Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc., has announced 10 startups joining its Accelerate program.

Previously operated by Innovacorp, the Accelerate program offers participating companies 5 months of business and technical training. Participants in the previous cohort earlier this year were eligible for up

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Black Start-Up Project Pitch Competition Now Dec. 13

Tribe Network has extended the application deadline for its Black Start-Up Project's pitch competition and rescheduled the pitching event itself.

The original application deadline was Nov. 18. Now, applications close today, Dec. 2 at noon, and entrepreneurs will deliver their pitches Dec. 13 as part of Tribe’s AYA Day celebrating Black entrepreneurs.

The first 50 applicants to the competition

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Launching our 2022 Bluetech Survey

At Entrevestor, we’re launching our second annual survey for oceantech startups across Canada, and we’re looking for founders willing to take a few minutes to complete it.

We produce two major reports each year. Early in 2023 we will release our Canadian Oceantech Data Report, with our 10th Atlantic Canadian Startup Data Report to follow in the summer. Entrevestor has partnered with the Ocean

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