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Gallant Focuses on Cybersecurity

  • Mar 03, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

New Brunswick Premier Brian Gallant has outlined plans to establish a centre of excellence for cybersecurity in New Brunswick.

The premier attended the RSA Conference 2016 in San Francisco this week to promote the province to information technology

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Solace Wins Sikorsky Competition

  • Mar 02, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Solace Power has won Sikorsky Innovations’ 2016 Entrepreneurial Challenge, allowing the Newfoundland and Labrador company to work more closely with the U.S. Aerospace company.

Based in Mount Pearl, NL, Solace Power specializes in wireless power –

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Dal Hosts CBMC this Weekend

  • Mar 02, 2016
  • Sabina Wex

With a goal of helping young entrepreneurs avoid failure, Canada’s Business Model Competition will take place this Friday and Saturday at Dalhousie University.

Now in its fourth year, CBMC judges student teams from across the country based on their

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Castaway Selling Through 1,400 Stores

  • Mar 01, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

A year on from winning New Brunswick’s Breakthru competition, Castaway Golf Technologies has exceeded its annual sales targets and is selling its second-hand golf balls in 1,400 stores in Canada and the U.S.

The Fredericton company last year won

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We Want to Hear from NB Startups

  • Feb 29, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

As we build a list of Atlantic Canadian startups, we’re putting out a special request for young innovative companies based in New Brunswick to let us know they’re in business.

Why New Brunswick?

We believe that the province has been a hotbed of

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Jobs of the Week: Halifax

  • Feb 29, 2016
  • Scott Moreira

This week in Jobs of the Week, we’re focussing on the Halifax area, including a new posting on the Entrevestor Job Board from Hacket’s Cove, N.S.-based transmitter developer Nautel.

Nautel is a manufacturer of high powered radio frequency products

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An Update on Rev Cohort 2

  • Feb 29, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

There is a massive display screen above Marylin Ma’s desk in the Communitech Hub and all day, every day, it flashes the weekly sales goals of each team in the Rev accelerator.

It is a constant, Orwellian reminder that the cohort members have to get

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Peer-to-Peer Mentorship in Propel

  • Feb 26, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT’s recent announcement of its latest cohort of tech startups illustrates just how quickly Atlantic Canada is developing a huge pool of expertise in launching and scaling high-growth companies.

The regional accelerator this month announced

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Briefs: Kinduct, Venn, Qimple

  • Feb 26, 2016

Minnesota Twins become Kinduct Client

Kinduct Technologies has announced that the Minnesota Twins are the newest addition to their growing list of high-profile sports clients. The two-time World Series champions, now gearing up for spring training,

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Jackson: We Must Unite on Transport

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • Ellyn Winters-Robinson

Like many in the Waterloo Region, tech executive Tim Jackson knows that the commute to or from Toronto is not just a massive inconvenience.

It’s a deterrent to economic growth.

Back in 2007, when he was CFO of Pixstream, Jackson commuted daily

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HeyOrca! Adds Staff After Funding

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

Having finally secured seed funding of $650,000, Newfoundland startup HeyOrca! is looking to take on more staff and increase the sales of its marketing collaboration platform.

Until recently, the company had just three people on staff Co-Founders

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Conference to Focus on Wood Tech

  • Feb 25, 2016
  • Peter Moreira

The University of New Brunswick Wood Science and Technology Centre is hosting a conference on March 1 and 2 titled Looking Ahead: Opportunities in Value-Added Wood.

The conference will look at the rapid innovation in the design and manufacturing of

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