SageCrowd, Dal to Study E-Learning

SageCrowd, the Halifax startup that enhances corporate training, has partnered with the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University to research the effects of training methods on online learning.

​This study, funded by an engage grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, or NSERC, will test how different variables impact learning. These variables

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Eosense Launches 3 New Products

Eosense, the Dartmouth company that makes instruments to detect gases escaping from the ground, is appearing at the American Geophysical Union this week with three new products on display.

The company, formerly called Forerunner Research, is dedicated to making rugged, low-power devices that can detect carbon dioxide and other gases escaping from the ground. These products help scientists

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Jobs of the Week: St. John’s

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched the Entrevestor Job Board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the Atlantic Canadian tech and startup communities.

Today we’re featuring posts on the board from companies based in St. John’s. This is part of our Jobs of the Week feature, which appears on Entrevestor each Monday morning.

Until Jan. 31, you can post job openings on

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First Nation Entrepreneurs Recognized

When former prime minister Paul Martin spoke at the Startup Canada awards in Toronto last week, he called for a national prize to recognize entrepreneurship among First Nations people.

Martin told the audience of business innovators that aboriginal people have a strong history of entrepreneurship, which is not always recognized by the wider population.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston recently

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Javorek Heads to The Next 36

Justin Javorek, a fixture in the Dalhousie University entrepreneurship community for the past few years, has been named to the 2016 cohort of The Next 36.

The program aims to select the best university entrepreneurs from across Canada, who develop businesses over eight months and receive instruction from leading academics and business people. This year, The Next 36 accepted 38 participants,

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Closing the Startup-Corporate Gap

If there was one task Atlantic Canadian businesses should focus on in 2016, what should it be?

Opinions would vary, but my answer would be stronger links between established businesses and government on the one hand and the startup community on the other.

This should be a priority because it would, in theory at least, help solve two problems: the uneven quality of startups in the region and

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Luckett, Jamieson Invest in TruLeaf

TruLeaf, the Truro-based indoor agriculture company, announced Wednesday that it has received new investment from two prominent businessmen and strengthened its executive team.

The company, which recently raised more than $1.7 million by crowdfunding in the U.S., issued a press release saying it received an undisclosed amount of funding from Martin Jamieson and Pete Luckett. Both will become

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Eigen Places 3rd at Cisco Event

Eigen Innovations is returning to Fredericton with a US$25,000 cash prize from placing third at the second annual Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge, but the money may be the least of the benefits.

The New Brunswick Industrial Internet of Things, or IIoT, startup was named one of six finalists last month in the pitching competition at the IoT World Forum in Dubai. On Tuesday, Eigen was named

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Showcasing The Region’s Startup Jobs

Today we’re wrapping up our first week of highlighting the jobs available on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this job board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in the Atlantic Canadian tech and startup communities. Until Jan. 31, you can post job openings on the site for only $25 each.

We highlighted jobs in

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Explaining the Buzz Around Velocity

About 500 students and faculty packed the Student Life Centre at the University of Waterloo last month and saw why their school is often called Canada’s MIT.

The space resembled a food court at any mall, but there was a rare buzz in the air Nov. 26 as 10 companies competed to grab a share of more than $100,000 in prize money being awarded that day by the Velocity Fund. Velocity is the

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