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SMU Grad Chiang Dives Into Chatbots

  • Feb 09, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

When the chatbot-building company ChatFuel held a global competition for chatbot development recently, Halifax's Janet Chiang was delighted that her company, GoSky AI Digital Marketing, placed fourth. 

Taiwan-based GoSky is a global digital

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Curv’s Journey from Dal to Superbowl

  • Feb 08, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Shea Balish did at Super Bowl LII what Tom Brady couldn’t: he came away with a win.

Balish, who cut his entrepreneurial teeth at LaunchDal and Propel ICT, is now the Co-Founder and CEO of Toronto-based Curv, which uses artificial intelligence to

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Appili Raises $4.3M in Equity Funding

  • Feb 08, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax drug discovery company Appili Therapeutics Inc., has raised $4.3 million in equity financing to further its operations and add to its number of drug candidates.

The company said in a press release it raised the money through a private

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Startup Weekend for Social Ventures

  • Feb 08, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

The startup community in Fredericton is organizing Startup Weekend New Brunswick: Social Impact Edition, to take place Feb. 23 to 26.

Startup Weekends are part of a global movement in which people with an interest in starting a business come

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Prooflo Enhances Creatives’ Workflow

  • Feb 07, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Though his main goal is to help web designers collaborate more efficiently with their clients, Shane Long could provide a few lessons for entrepreneurs on bootstrapping.

Long is the Founder and CEO of Fredericton-based Prooflo, which is developing

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Stuart To Give Starting Point Keynote

  • Feb 06, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Sobey School of Business at St. Mary's University this month will host the 2018 Starting Point Student Entrepreneurship Conference, a three-day event that brings together student entrepreneurs for a series of classes, seminars, and

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Four Join NS Cleantech Program

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Four Halifax clean technology startups have been accepted into Innovacorp’s CleanTech Development Program.

The provincial venture capital and innovation agency established the program to help early-stage companies meet technical and business goals.

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SMU Places 2nd at VCIC in Boston

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A team from the Sobey School of Business had an exciting weekend at the Venture Capital Investment Competition in Boston, taking home the silver medal and beating teams from prestigious schools like Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and

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Ulnooweg Plots Tech-Ed for Natives

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The Ulnooweg Development Group, a non-profit organization that encourages economic development among the Mi’kmaq people, will lead an initiative to teach digital skills to First Nations children in Atlantic Canada.

Chris Googoo, the chief operating

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Here’s Why our Survey Matters

  • Feb 05, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Last week, we were able to introduce facts into an emotional debate. We want to be able to do that again in the future, but we need your help.

When columnist Diane Francis wrote recently about governments wasting money on “fake startups”, her

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Jobs: 7 Openings at Brilliant Labs

  • Feb 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Brilliant Labs, a New Brunswick-based non-profit organization that works with schools to teach students about robotics and coding, is looking to hire seven program specialists across the region.

The candidates will help facilitate Brilliant Lab’s

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Jobs: Dash Hudson Seeks a CSR

  • Feb 04, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Dash Hudson, a Halifax Software-as-a-Service company that helps corporate clients optimize and manage visual marketing strategies, hopes to hire a Customer Success Representative.

The CSR will help train and engage potential customers during a

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