Young Atlantic Canadians, and the region’s economy, are missing out because young people don’t understand the rewards of a career in sales, according to professionals at executive search firm Venor.

“Many youth are unaware of sales, and some are intimidated by it. Negative stereotypes, such as the used car salesman, persist,” said Chantal Brine, Vice President, Youth Employment at the

The University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute will hold its graduation Friday night, with presentations by seven companies spanning the entrepreneurial spectrum.

Organized by the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship, the Summer Institute is a three-month program that teaches a range of businesses the human element of entrepreneurship. While other mentoring

With the passing of Neville Gilfoy, Atlantic Canada has lost three types of people that are in short supply – journalists, salespeople and genuine wits.

Gilfoy was the founder and publisher of Progress Media, and I had the pleasure of writing for his publication for more than a decade. “Pleasure” is the operative word in that sentence, because it was fun to be in Gilfoy’s presence. He had a

The Invest Nova Scotia Fund on Tuesday announced a pair of grants totaling more than $1.5 million that will support the ecosystem for startups, especially in Cape Breton.

The fund — which aims to invest in the ecosystem rather than in individual companies — issued a statement saying it would provide $1.2 million in funding to Propel ICT, the regional tech accelerator. It also said it would give

A Halifax medical technology company has a basic aim: to make anesthesia safer.

DMF Medical plans to release its signature product, Memsorb, in the next year and hopes it will improve the process of removing carbon dioxide from the system that puts patients to sleep during operations. Memsorb is a membrane-based device that replaces the collection of chemicals that is now used to remove CO2 from

Flixel wins StartupFest Pitching Competition

A company with New Brunswick roots walked away from StartupFest on Friday with the $160,000 first prize at the Montreal festival’s pitching competition.

Toronto-based Flixel, which began life in Moncton, captured first place on Friday for the competition of three-minute pitches.

Flixel’s app lets users construct cinemagraphs -- still photos that

There can’t be many technology blogs that also offer reviews of summer shoes and proclaim a girl’s right to feel sexy, but Sage Franch is known for celebrating her love of tech and her femininity.

Franch, a.k.a. the Trendy Techie, is a computer programmer at Microsoft who volunteers her time to encourage other youth. Despite having only just graduated with her degree in computer science from

On July 20, a pilot project will begin at the University of New Brunswick Saint John that will advance the cause of teaching sales at Atlantic Canadian universities.

The MBA program offered at the Saint John campus will begin a new special topic course called sales. If students rate it highly, it will probably be offered again. The nine-week course will draw heavily on mentorship from the

STI Technologies partners with PopRX

PopRx, whose mobile pharmacy app helps people to manage their medication, has partnered with Halifax-based STI Technologies’ innoviCares program to offer Canadians a mobile solution to their healthcare needs.

The companies said in a statement Tuesday that Toronto-based PopRx has an app for iOS or Android systems that connects the user to a pharmacist to

Halifax-based BuyMyLemonade.com, has unveiled a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of building sales for its product, which teaches young people entrepreneurship through online sales.

The company was founded by CEO Guy Shaham and chief IT Officer Isaak Moscovich to teach entrepreneurship through the same model as the neighbourhood lemonade stand. The idea is to give students with the target ages