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Entrevestor at 3 Events in St. John’s
I will be in St. John’s early next week and taking part in a few events Tuesday that will feature Entrevestor’s startup research and my own seminar on media relations.
The first event is the presentation of our Atlantic Canada Startup Data report,
Fuck Up Nights Come to Moncton
Years ago, Rivers Corbett made a major mistake as the owner of popular restaurant chain Relish Gourmet Burger that led to the demise of the company. In an effort to grow it, he jumped into a partnership with an investor that wasn’t a good fit.
Spark NS Awards $375K to 9 Teams
Spark Nova Scotia on Monday awarded $375,000 in prize money to nine companies located outside the metro Halifax area.
The organizers said 37 companies qualified for the competition, which aims to support startups based outside the province’s
Ring Rescue Sells Out in 3 Weeks
When Patrick Hennessey and his fellow Dalhousie mechanical engineering students presented their final project before graduation, they likely had no idea it would one day save a priceless Blue Jays championship ring.
But they developed their project
Leahy Revives 2 Zombie Startups
A Halifax entrepreneur is relaunching two “zombie startups” in a bid to revitalize the stalled businesses.
John Leahy is the co-founder of Imagine That and Patient Intelligence. Both were created several years ago, but failed to gain traction.
Biotech Segment Continues To Grow
One of the strongest developments in the Atlantic Canadian startup community in recent years is the development of the life sciences segment – both the biotech companies and the ecosystem that supports them.
Five years ago, these companies made up
BioNova Calls for Tax Credit Reforms
While applauding recent investment tax credit reforms in Nova Scotia, the province’s life sciences association wants further improvements, including offering the credits to investors outside the region.
BioNova, the group that supports the
Safa in Plug and Play with 1st Client
St. John’s-based Safa, which uses an artificial intelligence solution to help companies retain employees, has launched its product Safa Insight and is already working with its first enterprise client in the U.S.
The company issued a press release
Halifax Opens Innovation Outpost
The startup ecosystem in the region’s largest city got a boost Thursday with the launch of two initiatives overseen by the Halifax Partnership – the Halifax Innovation Outpost and the Halifax Innovation District.
Located at Volta, the Halifax
Jobs of the Week: Dal, Dash Hudson
A pair of openings at Halifax-based Dash Hudson and an opportunity at Dalhousie University’s Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship headline our Jobs of the Week column today.
The Newman Centre is Dalhousie’s hub for entrepreneurship, assisting
Remembering a Soldier through his Letters
One of the highlights of 2019 for me was transcribing a bunch of old family papers, including correspondence from the First World War when my grandfather and his brother were artillery officers.
Each Remembrance Day, I always think of my
Introhive Hits No. 10 in Tech Fast50
Relationship intelligence company Introhive has placed No. 10 in the 2019 Deloitte Technology Fast50, the first Atlantic Canadian company to break the top 10 in the prestigious pan-Canadian competition.
The global consultancy Deloitte on Thursday