The TME Conference’s Best Quotes

An enthusiastic crowd attended the UNB TME conference titled The Future of Innovation in Canada this weekend, learning about innovations in such fields as transportation, cybersecurity, and entrepreneurship.

The University of New Brunswick’s J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship – commonly known as UNB TME – held the conference to celebrate the program’s 30th

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3 NBers Win Startup Canada Awards

Lisa Williams, Founder of Unicare Home Health Care, has been named Startup Canada’s 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year, one of three New Brunswickers to capture national awards from the organization this year.

The umbrella organization for entrepreneurship in Canada held its national Startup Awards gala in Ottawa on Thursday, followed Friday with its Startup Canada Day on the Hill festival at the

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VidCruiter Eyes 100%+ Growth Again

Moncton-based VidCruiter is plotting to expand its marketing department in the coming year as CEO Sean Fahey is determined to improve the company’s revenue growth.

In an interview at the company’s headquarters on Wednesday, Fahey admitted the profitable provider of video interview software had a slowdown in revenue growth in the fiscal year ended June 30.

Sales growth decelerated, he said, to

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Sara Burns Fund Raises $136K

The Sara Burns Police Memorial Fund has raised $136,000 during a one-month donation-matching campaign supported by Fredericton IT and cybersecurity company, Bulletproof

All of the funds raised by the campaign will go to helping people in need in New Brunswick.

“We were really inspired to be a part of this effort to make a lasting impact on the community with a fund like this,” said

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Talem Health Eyes Paid Pilots in 2019

After two years of bootstrapping, Talem Health Analytics of Sydney is eyeing a paid pilot project early in the new year that would bring in revenue and hopefully pave the way to investment.

Founded two years ago by physiotherapists Paul Travis and Matthew Kay, Talem has developed software that can help auto insurers understand the time and costs of an individual recovering from a car accident.

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Atlantic Canada SMEs poor adopters of digital technologies

Small business in Canada has a problem with adopting digital technologies, and one of the worst offenders is Atlantic Canada.

That is the finding of a new report by the Business Development Bank of Canada that assesses the digital maturity of small and medium-sized businesses in this country. It found that 15 percent of SMEs in Atlantic Canada could be considered digitally mature. That ranks

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Patron Plans Marcato Expansion After Buying Sydney Company

Marcato Digital Solutions, the Sydney company that provides administrative software for music festivals, has been acquired by Pittsburgh-based Patron Technology for an undisclosed sum.

Patron, which announced the acquisition in a press release Monday, provides customer-facing software such as ticketing, marketing and fan engagement, to entertainment clients and others. The company will offer a

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Blank, Gresta Among Speakers at TME Event

A range of international speakers will converge on Fredericton this weekend for the Future of Innovation Conference, hosted by the University of New Brunswick’s TME program.

The conference at the Delta Fredericton Hotel on Friday and Saturday will feature such headline speakers as Afghan champion of female education Sakena Yacoobi and the father of the lean canvas, Steve Blank.

The conference

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