When Kelly Lawson wanted to know if other Canadian women shared her problem of not knowing to do with closets full of clothes, she started a Facebook Group to discuss the matter. Within a few weeks, 4,400 women had joined the group.

It now only

Most startups on the East Coast and around the world view raising capital as a top priority. And with good reason, you can only boot-strap your startup so far. Cash is almost always the fuel for growth.

But it is important to be strategic in

Spotful, the ecommerce augmentation company that began life as the Maritime startup Spot Interactive, took a major leap forward on Friday when it went live on the budding ecommerce giant Shopify.

Based in Montreal and Halifax, Spotful allows

One the eve of its graduation from the Waterloo Accelerator Centre, Sober Steering has learned that it has been named one of the top 10 automotive startups at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show.

The Waterloo-based company is building momentum as

The Next 36, a national entrepreneurship program for Canadian university students, has issued the following press release:

The Next 36 Launches National Campus Tour in Search of Canada’s Top Young Entrepreneurs

Events Scheduled from Coast to

As summer winds to a close, the Kitchener-Waterloo startup community is preparing for a myriad events for this fall. Highlighting the busy schedule will be Communitech’s annual tech conference, Techtoberfest.

Aligning with North America’s

People who can’t travel to Moncton this month for the Propel ICT Demo Day will still be able to watch the festivities live, thanks to Startup Kitchen.

The Fredericton-based venture that produces TV shows about Atlantic Canadian startups will

SimpTek Technologies, a Fredericton maker of energy monitoring software, announced Thursday that it will undergo a three-month pilot project with 150 NB Power customers with the aim of validating its product.

Founded by University of New

When Scott Moffitt returned to Atlantic Canada after 12 years away, the life sciences specialist wrote a note to himself that “Atlantic Canadians must do a better job of understanding the meaning of the word ‘urgency.’”

Moffitt, the managing

The Rounds, the social network for Canadian doctors, on Wednesday launched The Clerks, a parallel community for the country’s medical students.

With 13,000 active members, The Rounds has established itself in just four years as the main online

Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator, has named six companies from its Launch program to present alongside members of the more advanced Build cohort at its Demo Day on Sept. 22 in Moncton.

The current Propel cohort consists of 33 teams, and

The Moncton area economic development agency 3+ Corporation is kicking off a day of startup festivities on Sept. 22 with a lunch featuring two renowned experts in startups.

The Billion Dollar Lunch will be highlighted by talks by American