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Entrevestor at 3 Events in St. John’s

  • Nov 19, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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,

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Fuck Up Nights Come to Moncton

  • Nov 18, 2019
  • Inda Intiar

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.

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Spark NS Awards $375K to 9 Teams

  • Nov 18, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Ring Rescue Sells Out in 3 Weeks

  • Nov 18, 2019
  • David H. Caldwell

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

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Leahy Revives 2 Zombie Startups

  • Nov 15, 2019
  • Avery Mullen

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.

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Biotech Segment Continues To Grow

  • Nov 14, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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BioNova Calls for Tax Credit Reforms

  • Nov 13, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Safa in Plug and Play with 1st Client

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Halifax Opens Innovation Outpost

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Jobs of the Week: Dal, Dash Hudson

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Remembering a Soldier through his Letters

  • Nov 11, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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Introhive Hits No. 10 in Tech Fast50

  • Nov 07, 2019
  • Peter Moreira

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

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