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Jobs: Dash Hudson’s Sales Dev Rep

  • Oct 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson has an opening for a Sales Development Representative in Halifax, and this is the focus of Job of the Week today.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its corporate clients to create and

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How Would Reforms Affect Startups?

  • Sep 29, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Like many entrepreneurs, Alastair Trower recently told his member of Parliament of his outrage about the proposed tax reforms, which are being billed as an attempt to ensure fairness in the tax system.

A veteran of the startup world, Trower heads

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NBIF Backed 29 Startups in 2016-17

  • Sep 29, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation released its 2016-17 annual report on Wednesday, revealing an active year, in which it invested in 29 different companies.

The report on the innovation agency’s operations in the 12 months to March 31, 2017,

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DemoCamp Set for Halifax Oct. 10

  • Sep 29, 2017
  • Jennifer Lee

The countdown is on for DemoCamp Halifax, which is set to take place Oct. 10 at Pier 21 in Halifax.

DemoCamp is an opportunity for early-stage startups to present their projects to an audience of fellow innovators and potential investors. The

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ScreenScape Cited for Sales Growth

  • Sep 28, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

ScreenScape Networks, the Charlottetown-based digital signage company, has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing software companies in the country by Canadian Business magazine.

With 591 per cent revenue growth in the five years to 2016, the

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Ignite Fredericton Nabs 2 IEDC Awards

  • Sep 28, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Ignite Fredericton announced Wednesday it has received two Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the Washington, D.C.-based International Economic Development Council.

The Fredericton economic development agency won Gold for the

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Hudson To Lead Sequence Bio’s SAB

  • Sep 27, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Sequence Bio has named American scientist Kathy Hudson, who held a senior role at the National Institutes of Health during the Obama administration, as Chair of its Scientific Advisory Board.

The St. John’s company, which is researching the genetic

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Startup Weekends Set Across Region

  • Sep 27, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As surely as it brings jack-o-lanterns and fresh apples, autumn is a season that brings us Startup Weekends. And this year, Startup Weekends – or events following a similar format – will be held across the region.

Springing from a Seattle-based

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Propel Names 28 to Fall 2017 Cohort

  • Sep 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s startup accelerator, has announced the 28 companies that will make up its autumn 2017 cohort, more than one-third of them from Newfoundland and Labrador.

The organization today revealed its latest cohort, including the

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Breton SmarTek Extends its Reach

  • Sep 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Four years after launching its first app for firefighters in Cape Breton, Breton SmarTek offers a suite of four products and is eyeing expansion into new sectors and jurisdictions.

The Sydney company came to light a few years ago when it was a

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McCrae Back in the Mentorship Game

  • Sep 26, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Returning to a task she loves, Gillian McCrae is once again working in the accelerator world, serving as Venture Manager at Creative Destruction Lab-Atlantic.

The former entrepreneur-in-residence of Propel ICT is now hard at work fielding interest

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32 Finalists in EY Atlantic Competition

  • Sep 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The global business service consultancy EY will name the Atlantic winners of its Entrepreneur of the Year competition next Thursday in Moncton.

EY has selected 32 finalists in eight categories, who will be showcased at a gala at the Delta

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