Welcoming The Era of eCommerce

When 98 percent of Queen of Cups Lingerie’s revenue vanished in the Covid-19 crisis, owner Abbey Pond knew she had to move to online sales.

For the past few years, Pond had grown business from her studio in St. Stephen, NB, where clients could visit and be fitted for a custom-made bra. But that business model didn’t work in the world of Covid-19 so she had to pull the trigger on a long-standing

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Here’s Why You Should Fill In Our Anonymous Survey

We’ve been asked how our survey will help startups in Atlantic Canada. The answer is it will help policy-makers understand how the pandemic is impacting high-growth businesses in the region, which should result in better programs.

We launched our survey Monday, and are delighted with the dozens of responses we’ve received already. We’ve also received questions about why it’s important and how it

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Support Groups: Please Help with our Survey

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We have a favour to ask of all startup support organizations in Atlantic Canada: Can you please ask companies that you work with to complete our survey.

Entrevestor and Pivotal Coaching are partnering to conduct the survey, which will show how the Covid-19 crisis is affecting staffing and revenues, and reveal CEOs’ sentiments in coping with the effects of the crisis.

It’s 100

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TotaliQ Allows Sharing of Health Info

TotaliQ, a St. John’s IT company that allows businesses to share the expertise of their workforces, has launched a knowledge-sharing product to help organizations keep their employees safe during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Named safetyiQ, the product is a free, light version of the company’s enterprise expertise management platform. It has been designed with the goal of building a global

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Outcast Foods and Farms Lessen Waste

Dartmouth-based Outcast Foods is partnering with Nova Scotia farms to mitigate the massive food waste due to COVID-19’s decimation of the food service industry. Outcast will turn fresh produce into dried fruit and vegetables so it does not go to waste.

Farms are facing an unprecedented situation with millions of pounds of product remaining unsold because of the collapse of the food service

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Please Fill In our Covid-19 Survey

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We are launching a one-week survey to quickly gain an understanding of how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting Atlantic Canadian startups and scaleups.

We're asking founders and CEOs to take two minutes to complete eight questions. Responses are anonymous as respondents are not asked to identify themselves.

Entrevestor and Pivotal Coaching are partnering to conduct this work,

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PM Amends Wage Subsidy Criteria

The federal government has relaxed the criteria for its Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, or CEWS, but not enough to satisfy the organization representing Canadian innovators.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said the government wants to make it easier for fast-growing companies to take advantage of the program.

He had announced two weeks ago that the government would provide a 75

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Fundmetric Aiding Canadian Charities

Fundmetric, the Halifax software company that helps charities increase engagement with donors, is offering its “giving page” free to small charities across Canada to help them raise money during the pandemic.

The giving page is the online page that Fundmetric provides for charities so there’s a place where donors can go to make contributions, and it customizes messaging to resonate with the best

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