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Dash Hudson Releases Vision Product
Dash Hudson has added a new product — which it says is a doozy — to its suite of products to help brands and publishers link with their audience.
The Halifax company -- which is profitable and growing revenues strongly -- so far has been best known
Embracing Changes in Healthcare
Delegates to BioPort 2017 on Wednesday were told of the impact of recent life sciences innovation in Atlantic Canada and encouraged to embrace further change.
The impact so far is found in the fact that $1 billion has flowed into Atlantic Canada in
QRA To Attend 48 Hours in the Valley
Halifax-based QRA Corp. has been accepted into the next cohort of 48 Hours in the Valley, the program offered by C100 to introduce leading Canadian companies to the network of investors and mentors in Silicon Valley.
C100 was formed by Canadian
Harbr Commits to Gender Parity
Though it is rooted in the male-dominated industries of technology and construction, Harbr has set a target to have an equal balance of men and women on its staff.
The Halifax company released a statement on Tuesday saying that it has almost
TD Donates $500K to Futurpreneur
TD Bank Group has donated $500,000 to the Atlantic chapter of Futurpreneur Canada to support its efforts to support and educate young entrepreneurs in the region over the next three years.
The contribution will allow more Atlantic Canadian
NSBI Launches US Export Program
Nova Scotia Business Inc. is seeking applications for its new Scale-up Hub Cambridge program, which aims to help companies from the province increase sales in the U.S. and other countries.
The province's business development agency has posted a
Deshpande’s Lesson in Creating Impact
A giant in the field of entrepreneurship came to Halifax last Friday to give educators some schooling on how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Entrepreneur, philanthropist and University of New Brunswick grad Gururaj Deshpande was the keynote
Accreon, ABM, iTacit Win Contract
A consortium of three Atlantic Canadian tech companies has won a $10.1 million contract to build a new apprenticeship-management system for five provinces.
Accreon of Fredericton, ABM Integrated Solutions of Dartmouth, and iTacit of Fredericton
Jobs: Dash Hudson, Swept, MCE
Dash Hudson, the fast-growing Halifax company that provides analytics for such social media tools as Instagram, is looking for a Director of Marketing.
The Dash Hudson position is featured in our Jobs of the Week column today, which also showcases
ACOA Funds FAN, Venn, Afred
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced funding of $1.4 million to three organizations to improve the ecosystem for startups in Atlantic Canada.
ACOA is providing a grant of $948,000 over three years to the First Angel Network to
Shad Program Coming to UPEI
The University of Prince Edward Island is joining Shad, an award-winning national enrichment program which brings top high school students to 16 university campuses across the country every July.
Founded in 1980, Shad has become known as a leading
Dal Seeks More Female CS Students
As part of Dalhousie University’s bicentennial celebration in 2018, the Faculty of Computer Science is launching a campaign to double the percentage of female students enrolling in the next academic year.
Like universities around the world, Dal’s
