Having been a scientist for more than 15 years, I’ve seen my fair share of science-based startups come and go.

Those that succeed tend to do so through a combination of good products, good business sense and good fortune. Often a good enough product or idea can compensate for a lack of business sense, and some companies succeed through sheer luck alone.

But many others fall by the wayside

Applications to join the Startup Yard’s first cohort at the Center for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship are now open.

COVE is looking for early-stage ocean companies in sectors such as energy, aquaculture, and marine transportation to join its incubation facility during its six- to nine-month program. Entrants have to be pre-revenue or with sales less than $1 million per year.

The program

Nova Scotia's Department of Seniors and the Halifax Chamber of Commerce are wrapping up their fourth annual Silver Economy Summit, called AdvantAGE: Embrace the Boom, at the new Halifax Convention Centre today.

The two-day conference brought together governments, businesses, and entrepreneurs to discuss the needs and interests of the aging population and find new ways to tap into the growing

If the Pokémon GO craze of summer 2016 has shown us anything, it’s the impact that augmented reality has on connecting consumers with the physical world around them. And Kara Holm, the CEO of Play the Field is piloting a project that will bring that same experience into the casino industry. 

The Halifax company has developed a demo for an app that can gamify the experience of visiting casino

BioNB, the umbrella organization for life sciences in New Brunswick, has published its first annual report, showing a rapid increase in the number of biotech companies in the province and highlighting several achievements.

Last week, the Fredericton-based group issued the 44-page report, which says that the number of bioscience startups operating in the province has doubled in the past four

Curtis Kennedy, a mechanical engineering student at the University of New Brunswick, was the winner at the sixth annual Canada's Business Model Competition this weekend.

Kennedy took home $15,000 for Vertiball, a wall-mounted roller ball for back-pain relief. His design has a suction cup so users can mount the ball to any height on a wall and roll out hard-to-reach muscle knots. He’s going to

A team of four MBA students from the University of New Brunswick won first place at the Venture Capital Investment Competition, at St. Mary’s University on Friday.

Six teams from Canadian universities took part in the competition, where they assumed the role of venture capital investors with an imaginary $100 million to sink into one of the startups that volunteered to pitch.

“It was great

We have a CEO position in our Jobs of the Week column today.

TechImpact, an Atlantic Canada-based group of private tech companies, is looking for a leader to drive its success in the region. Our job board also has two openings for Customer Success Representatives at Dash Hudson and a Business Development Associate internship with Masitek Instruments.

TechImpact’s mission is to tap into the

Days after it announced it had received regulatory approval in Australia, Halifax-based Densitas Inc. has announced it gained access to the world’s largest medical device market.

The company said Thursday its flagship DM-Density product had received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration, which means it can now distribute its software for assessing breast density in the U.S.

The

Nova Scotia’s social enterprises want to grow but need more support in such tasks as getting their products to customers, says a new report by the Social Enterprise Network of Nova Scotia, or SENNS.

The network, which represents Nova Scotian companies and organizations that aim to benefit society, wildlife or the environment, just released its tri-annual report that assessed the health of its