Entrevestor’s column on startup founders’ debt last week sparked an interesting discussion on social media, especially in New Brunswick. And today, we’d like to share some of the insights brought out in the online exchange.

The participants dove deeper than we had into the issue, to discuss how student debt can impact the economics of starting a business, and whether a universal minimum income

An Engage Talk on smart cities will be held in Fredericton on the evening of Sept. 6 and will feature a keynote by Srini Srinivasan, President of the United Nations-affiliated World Design Organization.

Presented by Fredericton entrepreneur Mark Taylor, Engage Talks are public sessions that highlight a specific topic, usually one that concerns the innovation or entrepreneurship community. Smart

Launch Dal at Dalhousie University is seeking applicants for its revamped Collide program for the 2018-2019 school year. This will be the fifth cohort of the Halifax-based entrepreneurial workshops and programming that aims to grow early-stage, high-potential startups.

Collide is open to anyone and it’s free to apply. And Launch Dal is doing something different with its application process for

The New Brunswick government has announced a new 135,000-square-foot building in Fredericton’s Knowledge Park to house office space and labs for the province's growing cybersecurity industry.

The $37-million dollar project, called Cyber Park, is set to be constructed by Greater Fredericton Knowledge Park Inc., a Fredericton property management company. To support this, Knowledge Park Inc. is

There are two postings in our Jobs of the Week Column today. One from Dash Hudson in Halifax and the other from Alongside in Moncton.

Alongside is an HR tech company that improves online job recruiting. It aims to help qualified candidates find the right company and in May, Alongside partnered with CareerBeacon to launch an updated recruitment tool for mobile devices.

Today it seeks a Marketing

Three Nova Scotian companies have booked more than $1 million in new sales already this year through the Scale-up Hub: Cambridge – enough that its organizers are looking at repeating the program in 2019.

Launched and overseen by Nova Scotia Business Inc., Scale-up Hub: Cambridge is a new program that establishes a sales base in the Boston area for a few Nova Scotian tech companies. The idea is

St. John’s-based Sequence Bio, which uses genomic data to improve drug discovery, announced this week the approval of the NB Genome Project Pilot in partnership with three doctors in Moncton.

The main thrust of Sequence Bio’s mission so far has been to lead a large-scale genetic research project in Newfoundland and Labrador, to be called the NL Genome Project. This community-based initiative

Applications to become a Network Member at Volta Labs are now open. This is an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to access the events, working space and networking opportunities the incubator has to offer.

The Halifax startup hub is nearing the grand opening of its new 60,000 square foot space in the Maritime Centre on Barrington Street. The opening, which is scheduled for September, will

Innovators and entrepreneurs often say, “Don’t try and reinvent the wheel,” but Craig McCloskey of Bluefield Seeding Solutions in Prince Edward Island did just that.

His invention, the press wheel, makes planting potatoes faster and more efficient. He's created an attachment that can be fitted onto an existing piece of machinery, which is called a planter and which ensures that potato crops are

Katelyn Bourgoin knew she had a problem when her debt topped $100,000. She had to take drastic action – not just with her personal finances but with the company she’d founded. 

As the CEO of Vendeve, a female-focused networking platform, Bourgoin had racked up heaps of personal credit to launch her business, which had once been called “the next LinkedIn”. But she had been logging 100 hours a