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Let’s Make Customer Research Sexy

  • Nov 01, 2018
  • Katelyn Bourgoin

Every marketer or product manager worth their salt is looking for ways to do more with less.

If you’re anything like me, you’re always hunting for new channels, tactics or experiments to try. You want to create the maximum amount of impact for the

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Canndeloo’s Cannabis Rating System

  • Nov 01, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The madness of the reefer market has left many consumers dazed and confused, so Canndeloo aims to help sort it out by giving cannabis brands ratings.

Based in Halifax, Canndeloo is an online platform that lets people rate their cannabis and the

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Propel Names 21 Startups to Incite

  • Oct 31, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Propel, the Atlantic Canadian IT accelerator, has named the 21 teams accepted into the first cohort of Incite, its new digital program.

Incite is a virtual program that startup founders can take for up to a year regardless of where they are based

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Armoyan Spans New, Old Economy

  • Oct 31, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

George Armoyan feels like he’s gone back to school every time he attends a Creative Destruction Lab session.

Armoyan was trained as an engineer and has made his fortune in real estate development. Yet he is now one of the fellows at CDL-Atlantic

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Croda Opens Marine Biotech Centre

  • Oct 31, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Charlottetown-based Nautilus Biosciences, a subsidiary of U.K. specialty chemical-maker Croda Intl., has marked its official opening as the new Centre of Innovation for Marine Biotechnology.

The announcement on Wednesday comes about nine months

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STEMfest Industry Day Set for Nov. 7

  • Oct 30, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The STEMFest Industry Day will be held next Wednesday in Halifax, with the goal of helping companies from all sectors thrive in a digital world.

The one-day event will feature keynote speakers and panelists who will share their vision of the

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Sapien Helps You Stay Off Phone

  • Oct 30, 2018
  • Inda Intiar, Huddle

If you’ve ever had a hard time staying off of your phone, Sapien’s Lightdogs app might help.

Cam Crain, the founder of technology startup Sapien, said the app is like “Pokémon Go meets with Focus Timer.”

“Basically you earn points [called

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Founder Asks: Can Sales be Taught?

  • Oct 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

An interesting young New Brunswicker posed an interesting question on the Headspace for Entrepreneurs Facebook page over the weekend, sparking an interesting discussion.

The subject was a topic dear to the heart of all entrepreneurs – sales.

“What

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One Week Till St. John’s Data Event

  • Oct 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

I’m really looking forward to meeting with members of the St. John’s startup community next Tuesday for a presentation of our data report.

I’ll deliver the presentation at the Emera Innovation Exchange on Nov. 6 at 10:30 am. We’d love you to join

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Williams Reflects on Startup Canada Win

  • Oct 28, 2018
  • Dominyka Taylor

Inspired by her Scottish grandmother's determination to live at home, Lisa Williams says that she wants to give every senior the same opportunity.

That was the reason she started Unicare Home Health Care in Miramichi, NB, 10 years ago. The business

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Jobs: Aurea, Cribcut, Dash Hudson

  • Oct 28, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

We have three Halifax-based postings in our Jobs of the Week column today, spread across a range of industries.

Aurea, which has an opening for a Mechanical Engineer, develops wind turbine technologies for applications where other renewables are

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The Evolution of Pre-Seed Funding

  • Oct 25, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

One reason that Atlantic Canada will boast record funding in startups this year is the evolution of the pre-seed investment groups in the region.

A back-of-the-envelope estimate of funding by venture capital funds and angel investors so far this

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