The Task of Finding a Co-Founder

Finding the right co-founders to grow a startup is often a challenge. Just ask entrepreneur Randy Campbell, who has launched ShopLaw, an online platform that helps people find a lawyer to meet their needs and budget.

The serial entrepreneur has spent two years researching the market for his Fredericton-based business and trying to bring consumers and lawyers onto ShopLaw’s platform.

Now he is

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Growing as Social Ventures Increase

As the social entrepreneurship movement gains momentum, Common Good Solutions of Halifax is keeping pace and growing its business locally and internationally.

The company is dedicated to working with a range of stakeholders to nurture businesses that are committed to a triple bottom line, or what’s known as the three Ps — people, planet and profit. The idea is spreading that modern capitalism

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PEI Launches Early-Stage Fund

Island Capital Partners, a new $4-million-plus investment fund, has launched to fund startups and add some investment power to the deepening startup ecosystem on Prince Edward Island,.

The new early-stage investment fund will be managed by a committee of four business people, most with international business experience. They have received commitments of $2 million from the P.E.I. government and

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V4C Partners with McInnes Cooper

Venture for Canada, a not-for-profit organization that recruits, trains and supports recent graduates to work at leading Canadian startups, has announced a partnership with McInnes Cooper.

Through this new partnership, McInnes Cooper will provide legal training to Venture for Canada fellows on employment issues and matters related to launching their own businesses. In addition, McInnes Cooper

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Jobs of the week: Dash Hudson

Halifax-based Dash Hudson just keeps on hiring.

Today, our Jobs of the Week column is featuring three Dash Hudson openings – for a front-end web developer, sales development representative and an account executive.

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

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Muise Turns Anxiety Battle into Startup

Entrepreneur Joel Muise’s struggles with mental illness motivated him to found his startup, Tranquility Online. Now Muise is seeking participants to test his online service for treating anxiety.

Muise is looking for 48 people who suffer from anxiety to help him test whether cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) delivered online by a team of coaches is effective.

Muise wants to use coaches rather

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FAN Focuses on Biotech, Follow-Ons

As it continues to fund young companies, the First Angel Network has developed an investment niche for the biomedical space and is showing an eagerness for repeat investments.

FAN, as it is known, has been investing in Atlantic Canadian startups for 12 years, making it the dean of active investment groups. Its portfolio has included a couple of exits and a few failures. The group has sometimes

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Easing the Stress of Credit Cards

Credit cards are scary.

Not just when you have a large balance on them, but even the process of choosing one can bring overwhelming confusion to the point where stuffing all your money under a mattress doesn’t seem like such a bad idea after all. With so many options and with financial institutions pushing their own products, it’s easy to just take what you’re offered and deal with.

But a new

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Pilot Project Aims to Attract Investors

Springboard Atlantic and Invest Atlantic have teamed up to launch a pilot project aimed at bringing more investment to Atlantic Canadian startups.

The two organizations issued a statement on Tuesday saying they hope the pilot project called the Investment Opportunities Program will attract $500,000 in angel investment to four startups, with an average of $125,000 each.  The goal will then be to

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