It seems I can’t escape a “Best of 2015” or “Trends for 2016” post, so I guess if I can’t beat them, I might as well join them… even if I am a little late to the party.

Here are five predications for startup growth and marketing in 2016.

1. We’ll see less reliance on paid channels.

Paid channels are a go-to acquisition method for many startups.  They fuel quick wins, can easily be adjusted,

The story of Clockwork Fox is the story of a film company that wanted a digital product and ended up with an educational technology startup backed by a $1 million equity investment.

St. John’s-based Clockwork Fox made headlines in business circles last month when it closed a million-dollar round of funding, led by Killick Capital and Venture Newfoundland and Labrador.

It was the latest chapter

The federal government has provided $500,000 to the Halifax startup house Volta Labs as part of a round of funding for growth companies and their ecosystem in Nova Scotia.

As well as a grant to Volta, the government also announced it is lending $244,000 to b4checkin, a Halifax company that provides reservation systems to hotel chains, through the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Business

Applications for The Next Founders, a growth stage program offered by The Next 36, are now open until March 3.  The Next Founders is a three-month development program looking for 20 founders of scalable, high-growth ventures seeking the business know-how necessary to scale their startup.

Participants in the course are chosen from across the U.S. and Canada, and receive cost-free mentoring from a

Anita Punamiya has been named the new CEO of Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s regional tech accelerator.

Propel Chair Dave Grebenc confirmed Friday that Punamiya is taking the helm of the pan-regional organization, which is gearing up to announce its next cohort.

Punamiya has a long association with Propel dating back to 2005, and previously sat on the Propel board. Based in Saint John, she is a tech enthusiast who has served as a co-founder of Shaping Purpose and CEO of CompreCultures Ltd. She officially takes up her position today.

“She has a rich background coming from India and working in

This week in Jobs of the Week, we’re focusing on multiple opportunities in Fredericton, from Resson Aerospace Corp. and BioNB, as well as a position in Halifax at 4Deep Inwater Imaging.

Resson Aerospace specializes in precision agriculture solutions for large corporate clients. Using data-processing, analytics and swarm robotics, the Resson Agricultural Management and Analytics System , or

The great and the good gathered at the Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax Wednesday evening to witness a substantial exercise in seed funding.

Officially, they were at the awards gala for the I-3 Technology Startup Competition, watching Sustane Technologies of Chester win $225,000 for several awards, including the grand prize.

But on a pragmatic level, what they saw was the culmination of a

Toronto-based CareGuide, which owns several websites that help people find care-givers, has made a strategic investment in Moncton-based recruitment technology company Qimple.

Qimple Founder and CEO Yves Boudreau confirmed the investment in an email on Thursday. The companies did not reveal the value of the investment.

Qimple, which is a graduate of the 500 Startups program in Silicon Valley, makes the hiring process easier for recruiters and applicants due to its applicant tracking system and proprietary candidate-scoring tool. The company also operates a range of job boards and hiring

Sustane Technologies Inc., a Chester-based cleantech company, was named the winner Wednesday of the biennial I-3 Technology Start-up Competition, which recognizes the best new innovative business in Nova Scotia.

The company, which received a total of $225,000 in the competition, developed a system that completely recycles municipal solid waste streams, eliminating the need for landfills.

Pablo Asiron, the former CEO of award-winning Industrial Internet of Things company RtTech Software of Moncton, has joined another Moncton-based business-to-business enterprise Masitek Instruments Inc. as executive vice-president of global business development.

Asiron was the founding CEO of RtTech, whose software helps industrial plants operate more efficiently.

During his tenure, the company