Dash Hudson has an opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax, and this is the focus of Job of the Week today.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its corporate clients to create and distribute photos and video, then analyze their impact. The system is an integrated solution to predict, measure, and enhance engagement across all visual

Like many entrepreneurs, Alastair Trower recently told his member of Parliament of his outrage about the proposed tax reforms, which are being billed as an attempt to ensure fairness in the tax system.

A veteran of the startup world, Trower heads Cove Business Development, a consulting company that helps Nova Scotian startups bring products to the market. He has added his voice to the chorus of

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation released its 2016-17 annual report on Wednesday, revealing an active year, in which it invested in 29 different companies.

The report on the innovation agency’s operations in the 12 months to March 31, 2017, reveals that NBIF’s two funds invested a total of $4.6 million in the 29 companies. In the 2016 fiscal year, NBIF had invested a total of $3.8 million

The countdown is on for DemoCamp Halifax, which is set to take place Oct. 10 at Pier 21 in Halifax.

DemoCamp is an opportunity for early-stage startups to present their projects to an audience of fellow innovators and potential investors. The catch? No PowerPoint presentations.

DemoCamp, which was first held in Halifax in 2011, is about getting your product to work in front of an audience.

ScreenScape Networks, the Charlottetown-based digital signage company, has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing software companies in the country by Canadian Business magazine.

With 591 per cent revenue growth in the five years to 2016, the company gained a ranking of No. 34 in the magazine’s list of the fastest-growing software companies in the country. ScreenScape placed No. 118 overall

Ignite Fredericton announced Wednesday it has received two Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the Washington, D.C.-based International Economic Development Council.

The Fredericton economic development agency won Gold for the Fredericton Community Profile in the category of General Purpose Print Brochure, and Silver for Planet Hatch in the Entrepreneurship category.

The awards were

Sequence Bio has named American scientist Kathy Hudson, who held a senior role at the National Institutes of Health during the Obama administration, as Chair of its Scientific Advisory Board.

The St. John’s company, which is researching the genetic traits of Newfoundlanders for drug research, said Tuesday that Hudson will offer expertise in population genomics projects. The company aims to

As surely as it brings jack-o-lanterns and fresh apples, autumn is a season that brings us Startup Weekends. And this year, Startup Weekends – or events following a similar format – will be held across the region.

Springing from a Seattle-based organization, Startup Weekends are 54-hour events in which strangers come together on a Friday evening, pitch business ideas, and break into teams. On

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s startup accelerator, has announced the 28 companies that will make up its autumn 2017 cohort, more than one-third of them from Newfoundland and Labrador.

The organization today revealed its latest cohort, including the five companies that will enter the Build program, which helps companies with products in the market to scale their businesses. The Build cohort,

Four years after launching its first app for firefighters in Cape Breton, Breton SmarTek offers a suite of four products and is eyeing expansion into new sectors and jurisdictions.

The Sydney company came to light a few years ago when it was a prizewinner in the I-3 competition in 2013-14. At that time, it was marketing FireQ — a communications app that would allow for interaction between