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Solace Power Unveils Equus35

  • Jan 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Solace Power Inc. has released the latest version of its wireless recharging technology, creating a “workhorse” product that customers can install easily.

Based in Mount Pearl, NL, Solace launched Equus35, the first in a family of complete wireless

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Jobs: Outshine Seeks a Marketer

  • Jan 29, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

An opening at Outshine, an online marketing company in Halifax, is featured in our Jobs of the Week column today. 

The company is looking to hire a marketing consultant to guide Outshine’s advertising practices, while reporting directly to the

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Black Arcs: Digital Tool for Land Use

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Jake Arsenault and Lori Clair wanted to solve a relevant problem. So, for 18 months, they considered options before creating The Black Arcs, a company that is developing an online tool for exploring the inter-relatedness of land use issues.

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UNB Competition To Award $19,000

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Students from three provinces are competing for more than $19,000 in cash and prizes in a business plan contest at University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus.

UNB’s International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre is hosting the BMO

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Lovett Launches EO Accelerator

  • Jan 26, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

A year after exiting his security company , Ron Lovett is giving back to the Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurial community.

Lovett, who sold Source Security and Investigations in late 2016, has founded an accelerator for entrepreneurs under the

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Six Win Halifax Business Awards

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Six entrepreneurs captured first-place prizes at the 18th annual Halifax Business Awards at the newly opened Halifax Convention Centre on Thursday night.

The sold-out event, hosted by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, featured 30 finalists, who were

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Battling Scalpers with Blockchain

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

A year after coming up with the idea of using blockchain to battle outrageous ticket prices, Conor Daly and Kyle Gardiner are well on their way to having a basic product to sell to ticketing agencies.

The two Halifax-based founders of UpFront

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MTI Forms Partnership with Artemis

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • Carol Moreira

Dartmouth-based Metamaterial Technologies Inc, a smart materials and photonics company, has signed a three-year business development and technology partnership with U.K.-based Artemis Optical to develop a hybrid coating for the defence industry.

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SimplyCast Launches Agent Program

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Customers of SimplyCast can now promote and sell the company's many services to their clients with the help of the new SimplyCast Agent Program. 

Dartmouth-based SimplyCast, a communication automation company known for its customer-flow application

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A Digital Aid for Home-Care Providers

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Lisa Williams employs about 200 home-care specialists working with about 250 seniors in New Brunswick, and she needs a digital solution that will help her communicate with them. She expects to have one soon – one that her company Unicare Home Health

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Lunneys Become Founders at Jedi

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

One perk of the region’s startup community is its close-knit environment makes it feel like one big family. That’s especially the case for Melissa and Katie Lunney.

Melissa, 30, and Katie, 27, are sisters and members of the Elsipogtog First Nation,

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Venn, YEC Strike Partnership

  • Jan 24, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Venn Innovation and the Youth Entrepreneurship Competition, or YEC, have announced a new multi-year partnership to create entrepreneurship opportunities for youth.

Under the agreement unveiled Tuesday, YEC will have a stronger presence in the Venn

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