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Businesses Must Be Welcoming
Imagine a house. All your life, you're told you don't belong in that house, and the doors are locked. In order to enter the house, you have to look, act, and talk like the people who live there.
Imagine one day they open up the doors and windows
Technow Named BioAlliance Chair
Oliver Technow, CEO of Charlottetown-based BioVectra, was named the new chair of the PEI BioAlliance’s board of directors on Monday.
Technow has been a member of the board of the life sciences industry association since 2017. BioVectra, which
AVSS Lands Funding from Japan VC
New Brunswick drone parachute manufacturer Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions announced Monday that it had inked an investment deal with Japanese specialty venture capital firm Drone Fund.
The agreement, which took less than three months to negotiate
Women’s Fund Fights Racism
The Atlantic Women’s Venture Fund will serve as the East Coast representative for the newly formed Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism, a national group that announced its formation Monday.
The coalition’s mandate is to advance the
What Awaits #Startupeast in the 2nd Half?
It seems ironic that the term “2020” is a synonym for perfect vision. As we reach the halfway point of the year 2020, I couldn’t imagine a foggier view of things.
As the Atlantic Canadian startup community looks to the second half of the year,
Data Shows Blacks, First Nations Under-Represented in Startups
When Ross Simmonds wrote an opinion piece for Entrevestor this month, he called for data on inclusivity in the Atlantic Canada startup community – a demand we’re now trying to meet.
An examination of the Entrevestor Databank indicates that Black
Jobs: Developer at Dash Hudson
Halifax-based social media analytics company Dash Hudson is hiring a Full Stack Developer, which is our Job of the Week posting this week.
Dash Hudson is a visual marketing Software-as-a-Service company that helps its clients increase engagement on
Startup Genome Omits Region from Emerging Ecosystem List
Startup Genome, the Silicon Valley group that assesses startup ecosystems around the world, has ranked the 100 top emerging ecosystems in its 2020 report, and Atlantic Canada failed to make the list.
The organization last year ranked Atlantic
Broadening our Entrepreneurial Circles
Minority and newcomer entrepreneurs bring incredible ideas and innovations to our society and economy but face significant barriers to reaching the same level as other members of this ecosystem. Atlantic Canada prides itself on close-knit
Sobey Centre Offers Post-COVID Retail Course
Saint Mary’s University is offering a course via its David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retailing and Services to help local sales businesses navigate the challenges of COVID-19.
The centre’s RISE Again Retail program is a spin-off of its “Retail
Tenera Accepted into CDL Recovery
Halifax senior monitoring startup Tenera Care is among the companies accepted into the Creative Destruction Lab’s Recovery accelerator program.
The COVID-19 inspired course is a joint project with Montreal-based artificial intelligence hub Scale
Catalyst Launched for NB Companies
The University of New Brunswick and Ignite Fredericton have announced a partnership to provide local businesses with free consulting services for COVID-19-related projects.
The Catalyst program will see companies submit proposals, and UNB students,
