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WEnTech: SaaS for Green Energy
WEnTech Solutions’ increasing traction with customers is a sign of how far the waste-to-energy market has progressed in the past few years.
The Fredericton company has produced software that can assess a proposal to convert waste into energy and
Sydney Prominent in Propel Cohort
The next cohort of the Propel ICT tech accelerator will have a distinctly Celtic flavor.
The regional IT accelerator announced today the 23 companies that will participate in the first 12-week program of 2017, and almost one-third of the companies
Facilities Launch Regional Passport
Several Atlantic Canadian service providers and co-working spaces have banded together to create a passport program, which allows startups to tap the resources of facilities around the region.
Growing out of the partnership between Planet Hatch in
Jobs: VOX, EhEye, Dash Hudson
For our jobs column this week, we’re highlighting a pair of IT jobs in New Brunswick and a pair of postings on the business side at Halifax’s Dash Hudson.
In the Moncton area, VOX Interactif is looking for a web developer, while Saint John-based
Sales Institute Opens in Montreal
Canada finally has its first university-level sales program – something that Mariner Chairman Gerry Pond has been advocating in Atlantic Canada for several years.
HEC Montréal, a French-language business college in Montreal, announced last week the
Fostering a New Sales Culture
At a time when Atlantic Canadian business people are being urged to prioritize sales, Momentum Canada has been founded in Saint John, N.B. to help foster the region’s sales culture.
Momentum’s programs include one that matches people who want to
CVCA: Deal Values Triple in 2 Years
Recently published data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association shows just how far Atlantic Canada’s startup community has come in just two years.
And how far it has to go.
The annual statistics published by the
Bourgoin Shuts Down Squads
Katelyn Bourgoin has announced that Squads is closing its door.
Previously called Vendeve and Swapskis, Squads was a three-year-old company that evolved into a community of female entrepreneurs, offering peer-to-peer mentoring. Originally, Bourgoin
Calling All Second-Career Entrepreneurs
We need to ask a favour.
We’re researching “second-career entrepreneurship”, and are asking for feedback from mature people who are considering launching a business for the first time. We’ve prepared this survey and are asking people who are
Setting Up a Silicon Valley Outpost
Travis McDonough loves being able to leave his office, jump on his bike and pedal five minutes to Stanford University.
The founder and CEO of Halifax-based Kinduct Technologies moved to the San Francisco area last summer and is now staffing the
Jobs: HeyOrca, NOCland, CarbonCure
Our Jobs of the Week column today features a few recent postings in St. John’s and one in Halifax.
NOCLand and HeyOrca are both looking for technical staff for their growing businesses. And CarbonCure Technologies is looking for a Director of
Planet Hatch Partners with DMZ
Planet Hatch, Fredericton’s flagship business accelerator, has formed a partnership with the DMZ at Ryerson University in Toronto.
The partnership with the DMZ -- formerly known as the Digital Media Zone – allows members from both organizations
