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Velocity Fund Chooses Seven Winners
The Velocity Fund on Thursday awarded $125,000 to seven startups based at the University of Waterloo to help them with their product development.
The Velocity Fund Finals are held three times a year to find and reward the best young companies
Teaching the Rewards of a Sales Career
Young Atlantic Canadians, and the region’s economy, are missing out because young people don’t understand the rewards of a career in sales, according to professionals at executive search firm Venor.
“Many youth are unaware of sales, and some are
UNB Summer Institute Presentations
The University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute will hold its graduation Friday night, with presentations by seven companies spanning the entrepreneurial spectrum.
Organized by the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management and
Remembering Neville Gilfoy
With the passing of Neville Gilfoy, Atlantic Canada has lost three types of people that are in short supply – journalists, salespeople and genuine wits.
Gilfoy was the founder and publisher of Progress Media, and I had the pleasure of writing for
Invest NS Backs Navigate, Propel ICT
The Invest Nova Scotia Fund on Tuesday announced a pair of grants totaling more than $1.5 million that will support the ecosystem for startups, especially in Cape Breton.
The fund — which aims to invest in the ecosystem rather than in individual
DMF Medical Preps for 2017 Launch
A Halifax medical technology company has a basic aim: to make anesthesia safer.
DMF Medical plans to release its signature product, Memsorb, in the next year and hopes it will improve the process of removing carbon dioxide from the system that puts
Briefs: Flixel, Medved, Hive Market
Flixel wins StartupFest Pitching Competition
A company with New Brunswick roots walked away from StartupFest on Friday with the $160,000 first prize at the Montreal festival’s pitching competition.
Toronto-based Flixel, which began life in
Celebrating Tech and Femininity
There can’t be many technology blogs that also offer reviews of summer shoes and proclaim a girl’s right to feel sexy, but Sage Franch is known for celebrating her love of tech and her femininity.
Franch, a.k.a. the Trendy Techie, is a computer
UNBSJ Offers Sales Course for MBAs
On July 20, a pilot project will begin at the University of New Brunswick Saint John that will advance the cause of teaching sales at Atlantic Canadian universities.
The MBA program offered at the Saint John campus will begin a new special topic
Briefs: STI-PopRx, Propel, Volta
STI Technologies partners with PopRX
PopRx, whose mobile pharmacy app helps people to manage their medication, has partnered with Halifax-based STI Technologies’ innoviCares program to offer Canadians a mobile solution to their healthcare needs.
Shaham Launches ‘EBay for Kids’
Halifax-based BuyMyLemonade.com, has unveiled a crowdfunding campaign with the aim of building sales for its product, which teaches young people entrepreneurship through online sales.
The company was founded by CEO Guy Shaham and chief IT Officer
Briefs: Navigate event, Startup Awards
Forum for business resources takes place next week
Aspiring and established business owners will converge on the Mount St. Vincent University campus next week to attend a reverse trade show focused on the business resources available in Nova
