We can’t count the great speakers we heard during Atlantic Innovation Week, but we did jot down a few of their more interesting quotes. Here’s a selection of our favourites:

“Traction is the new IP.”

-- Boris Wertz, Angel Tech Investor

“Ideas are social things and from what I’ve seen here in Halifax you people get this.”

-- Thor Muller, Best-Selling Author

“The international mentors coming in here – [it’s] impactful. I mean I’m a different person today than I was two days ago.”

-- David Baxter, Chairman of PropelICT

“The thing I love about recruitment is it’s probably the only time both parties are buying and selling.

-- Julia Law, Former VP in charge of Global HR at Nike

“The only think that an investor will back is management. The reason is that the company will not grow without execution by the management.”

-- Gerry Pond, East Valley Ventures

“We all talk about job creation, job creation, job creation. And the lightbulb finally came on, a little too late in my view. It’s really about business creation.”

-- Jeff Amerine, University of Arkansas

“You guys have an incredible support network, and it starts at the top, with the government. They’ve got some great programs.”

-- April Seggebruch, VP Merchant View LLC

"My name’s Jevon MacDonald and I’m a middle manager of a publicly traded company.”

-- Jevon MacDonald, CEO of GoInstant