Genesis, the St. John’s startup house affiliated with Memorial University, has been on a mission to increase diversity among the companies it supports. And it’s generating some data that highlight its success.

For a few years, CEO Michelle Simms and her staff have been working on ways to nurture more startups either founded by women and newcomers, or with such people in senior positions. The

The Atlantic Institute for Resilience is going digital.

AIR, as it’s known, was founded by Halifax psychiatrist Jackie Kinley in 2014 as a private enterprise that would help workers overcome stress and other mental health challenges. Kinley is now getting traction from major corporations and organizations in the region, so she is working on a digital product to enhance her work.

When she

When Tukan Das asked at a 2015 board meeting how he could improve staff morale, he didn’t think the answer would lead to the complete reboot of his company.

But the CEO of Halifax-based data analytics company LeadSift was soon leading his team through a pivot that resulted in a new business model. LeadSift is now focused on helping small and medium-sized technology companies in the

Keith McIntosh has been an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember. Now, he’s won national recognition for using his skills to help Indigenous people find work.

Growing up on a farm, meant McIntosh used the same valuable business skills that he uses today as CEO and founder of Professional Quality Assurance (PQA), and PLATO Testing. Arguably, one of the best skills McIntosh has developed

If you’re not doing anything next Wednesday evening, please come out and join us for the Halifax launch of The Haight at the Dalhousie University Faculty Club.

As many of you may know, Poplar Press of New Jersey recently published my first crime novel, which I plan to turn into a series of murder mysteries set in the 1960s. I’ve been meaning to hold a celebration to introduce it in Halifax, and

Entrepreneurs and mentors from across Atlantic Canada came together Tuesday to learn winning methods to ramp up their sales from global (and local) leaders in the field.

They were in Halifax to attend the second annual Amplify event, organized by Propel, the regional IT accelerator.

The highlight was undoubtedly the international experts brought in to explain best practices in sales and growth

Fifteen Atlantic Canadian startups will pitch at Volta Cohort’s fall pitch event on Nov. 28 in Halifax, and as many as five of them will receive $25,000 each in investment, mentorship and resources.

The event at Pier 21 marks the third intake to Volta Cohort, which is a funding and mentorship program that provides investment and resources for early-stage Atlantic Canadian technology startups. In

Educational groups First Mobile Education of Fredericton and Binogi of Stockholm have announced the signing of an international partnership.

In a statement, the companies said the partnership will help create a multi-linguistic, multi-year, educational curriculum delivered via 2D animated digital video, to be offered across Canada and world-wide.

Gary Stairs, First Mobile’s CEO, said the

After a few years of ups and downs, Halifax-based DeCell Technologies Inc. has struck an agreement that should result in its natural skin grafts reaching the Canadian market in April or May.

Last week, the company struck a deal with RegenMed of Thunder Bay to manufacture and distribute the DeCell product DermGen. RegenMed is the largest tissue bank in Ontario and has deals with other tissue

I had a whirlwind visit to St. John’s last week, touring the new Genesis facility and delivering my presentation on Entrevestor’s 2017 startup data. Here are three things I observed during the trip:

1. There are a LOT of new companies.

The St. John’s ecosystem is accelerating its production of new companies. The Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship, or MCE, has now been going for a couple of