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WINstorm Lands NAGC as Partner
WINstorm presents Inc., a Dartmouth-based sales communications company, has been selected as the digital marketing partner for the National Association of Government Communicators, or NAGC.
WINstorm, which started in 2002, licenses marketing and
Fullsail to Showcase Crowdfunding
The Finance and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick will host a Fullsail conference in Fredericton on Wednesday to discuss various forms of crowdfunding.
The FCSC, a regulatory body whose duties include securities regulations, hosts
A Good Year for Follow-on Funding
One of the noticeable highlights of the Atlantic Canadian innovation community in 2015 is the number of multimillion-dollar funding rounds from venture capital investors based outside the region.
There have been at least four companies that have
Explaining Equity Tax Credits
Growth startups have one thing in common: they need injections of cash to drive that growth. Without money, startups may be able to grow, just not as fast. So, if rapid growth is the goal, and investment helps them get there, how do we get as much
Benjamin Calls for More Audacity
Be audacious.
That was the message Yobie Benjamin had for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs when he delivered the keynote address at the Engage 2015 Conference in Halifax this week. The celebrated entrepreneur and funder called on East Coast
GM Partners with Communitech
GM Canada announced on Tuesday that it has formed an innovation research outpost at Communitech among other research initiatives in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.
In a speech at the Canadian Club in Toronto, GM Canada president and managing
The White Cross, By H.P. MacKeen
My grandfather, artillery officer H.P. MacKeen, shown on the left, wrote this poem in Ypres in September 1917, two months before the Battle of Passchendaele.
The White Cross
It isn’t a medal or order,
It carries no ribbon or braid
But
Rev Names 4 Startups to Cohort 2
Communitech has named four startups to the second cohort of its Rev accelerator, which is designed to help companies with traction accelerate revenue growth.
The Kitchener-based startup hub earlier this year launched the six-month accelerator to
Planet Hatch, Sally Ng Part Ways
As it charts a new course, Frederiction business incubator Planet Hatch has parted ways with Sally Ng, who has been its executive director since it opened more than two years ago.
Ignite Fredericton Chief Executive Officer Larry Shaw confirmed
OneNS Report Focuses on Tech
Days after leaving his job with Salesforce.com, Jevon MacDonald wanted to discuss the prominent place the tech community holds in the recently released One Nova Scotia Coalition report rather than his own plans.
MacDonald is best known as the
Chalk Reaches 120,000 Teachers
Chalk.com began when William Zhou decided he wanted to do something to help his former teachers. And three or four years later, about 120,000 other teachers are using the product he created.
Zhou, 23, is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Kitchener
VidSnippets Prepares for 30-Day Trial
VidSnippets, a video searching and editing tool, is gathering names of individuals and organizations interested in participating in a free 30-day trial. The company will select the participants in the trials, which will begin later this month and
