Sherri McFarland is working for a day when certain dental patients can improve their oral health with a sort of illuminated mouthguard smeared with compounds extracted from common Nova Scotia plants.

McFarland is the co-founder and CEO of Fenol

An added feature of this year’s Big Data Congress will be the Research and Development Connector, which aims to link businesses with university researchers.

The event takes place Monday from 1 to 4 pm at the Saint John Convention Centre. It is

The Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Economy, which filed its report last week, took note of the accomplishments of the startup community, and asked me to produce a few recommendations on how to enhance the performance.

The Commission,

While the Ivany commission’s 243-page report makes for interesting reading, it’s not quite as interesting as people’s responses to the tome.

After all, the commission on the Nova Scotian economy last week called for a change in Nova Scotians’

One week from today, the second Big Data Congress will kick off in Saint John with a host of internationally renowned thinkers and, very likely, a huge turnout from the startup community.

Last year, about 600 people braved the cold to attend the

We want to thanks the well over 100 entrepreneurs that that have responded to our survey of the Atlantic Canadian startup community, and remind others to please get the surveys in.  

We’re delighted with the response we’ve got so far. We just

Paul LeBlanc says he suffers from “a serious case of corporate ADD,” so it’s no surprise the entrepreneur juggles several ventures and is always on the lookout for more. Any idea offering a unique product can catch LeBlanc’s attention and

Heimdall Networks of Sydney on Wednesday captured $225,000 in prizes by winning the I-3 Technology Start-up Competition, Innovacorp’s event that aims to find the best new startups in Nova Scotia.

Founded by Jim DeLeskie, Heimdall Networks is

Applications are now open for Canada's Business Model Competition, the Halifax event that will allow a team of university students the right to attend the International Business Model Competition at Brigham Young University.

Teams interested in

No one could accuse Simon Gauvin, the founder of Agora Mobile, of lacking ambition.

With the help of 200 early adopters, the Moncton startup is conducting closed beta tests of its own social network, which serves as a platform on which users can

Ara Labs Security Solutions, whose cloud-based software detects and battles malware in real time, has raised $500,000 in seed financing, part of which will  pay for a full-time CEO.

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Moncton-based

The Community Demo Day in Fredericton on Saturday night highlighted how startups can help even the world’s poorest people.

Eight of the 10 companies that pitched at the event were typical startups that aimed to launch a business based on