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ImmediaC Addresses Pandemic
Halifax-based website developer ImmediaC is building websites that allow clients to maximize online sales during the economic downturn and is also cutting costs for non-profits.
ImmediaC began in 1998 and builds websites, mobile apps and
CCI’s Slack Channel for Founders
The Council of Canadian Innovators, a national association of high-growth, Canadian-based technology companies, has set up a slack channel for startups and scaleups across the country to help each other through the current crisis.
The organization
SMEs Demand More Flexibility from Government
Small and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada want governments to tweak recent support programs to help these companies avoid bankruptcy in the current pandemic.
Spokespeople for organizations representing the owners of SMEs applaud the
LeadSift, Innovacorp Aid IT Startups
Halifax-based LeadSift, whose software helps customers find sales leads, has reached an agreement with Innovacorp to let Nova Scotian tech startups use its software free.
LeadSift has developed software that helps business-to-business companies
Lab2Market-Health Seeks Applicants
The first cohort of Lab2Market, the Canadian organization that helps researchers form businesses, will be a Dalhousie University program dedicated to healthcare innovation in light of the current pandemic.
The Covid-19 crisis has forced the
SimplyCast Covid-19 Communication
Dartmouth-based automated marketing company SimplyCast has retooled its communication software in order to support organizations during the pandemic.
In a statement, the company said its software can be used by municipalities, health-care clinics,
En Point Reworks Mentoring Solution
After two years of incremental changes, mentorship software firm En Point is launching the first comprehensive rework of its online platform.
En Point’s software helps universities, companies, non-profits and professional associations to manage
NB Fund for Pandemic Challenges
A new funding program to address public health challenges created by the pandemic has been announced by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF).
The fund will support research efforts
NS Unveils SME, Worker Supports
The Nova Scotia government on Friday announced $40 million in supports for workers and small businesses coping with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government issued a statement saying it is launching a $20 million Worker Emergency Bridge
Jobs: New Opening at CloudKettle
For the second week in a row, Halifax-based CloudKettle has braved the economic headwinds to post an opening on the Entrevestor Job Board. Our Job of the Week column today features its need for an Intermediate Salesforce Administrator.
Tenera Poised To Aid Seniors’ Homes
A Halifax company is poised to install technology that could help seniors’ homes protect their staff and residents in the current pandemic, but the work has to wait for the crisis to pass for the installations to begin.
Tenera has developed
Marketing in the ‘New Normal’
Marketing specialist Katelyn Bourgoin and her CustomerCamp team are launching a new online community called Marketing Mastermind to help marketers and entrepreneurs navigate the new business environment.
Marketing Mastermind is a free pop-up