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Showcasing The Region’s Startup Jobs

  • Dec 09, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Today we’re wrapping up our first week of highlighting the jobs available on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this job board, which helps to match job openings and candidates in

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Explaining the Buzz Around Velocity

  • Dec 08, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

About 500 students and faculty packed the Student Life Centre at the University of Waterloo last month and saw why their school is often called Canada’s MIT.

The space resembled a food court at any mall, but there was a rare buzz in the air Nov.

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This Week’s Leading Jobs in Halifax

  • Dec 08, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

This week, we are kicking off our Jobs of the Week feature to highlight Atlantic Canadian tech and startup openings that have been posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this

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GSEA Seeks Student Entrepreneurs

  • Dec 08, 2015

The organizers of the first Atlantic Canadian version of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards are looking for entries from undergrads in the region who run their own businesses.

Organized by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, the GSEA program is

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CarbonCure’s New Ready-Mix Product

  • Dec 07, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

CarbonCure Technologies will enter the ready-mixed concrete market due to its recent partnership with Vulcan Materials Company, the largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of construction materials.

Five to 10

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This Week’s Leading Jobs in Moncton

  • Dec 07, 2015

Today, for the first time, we will post Jobs of the Week, to highlight Atlantic Canadian tech and startup openings that have been posted on the Entrevestor Job Board, which is powered by Qimple.

Entrevestor and Qimple last month launched this

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Weisenburger: A Corporate Psychologist

  • Dec 03, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

As Joni Mitchell sang, ‘you don’t know what you got till it’s gone’. In Christian Weisenburger’s case, it wasn’t until he was on the brink of changing career and moving to Europe that he realized that, after all, he wanted to stay in Halifax and

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Knowledgehook Nears New Funding

  • Dec 03, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

As it begins its tenure in the Communitech’s Rev accelerator, educational technology company Knowledgehook is preparing to close a $200,000 strategic investment from a major European corporation.

The funding and the entry into Rev are the latest

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Startup Canada Hails Aboriginals, Gillis

  • Dec 03, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

The Startup Canada Awards ceremony at the CN Tower on Tuesday focused foursquare on the country’s future, paying special attention to the potential of the native community and on one young entrepreneur, 17-year-old Alex Gillis of Halifax.

The

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Canada Loses Ground in Innovation

  • Dec 03, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Having spent decades promoting innovation in the economy of Canada and its eastern provinces, Jacquelyn Thayer Scott is frustrated that the country is actually regressing compared with its peers.

Scott is the Past President and professor of

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Rogers Buys Halifax’s IAI

  • Dec 02, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Rogers Communications said Tuesday it has bought Halifax-based Internetworking Atlantic Inc. for an undisclosed price to gain a data centre and provide enhanced tech solutions to its Atlantic Canada clients.

The Toronto communications company

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Densitas Gets Approval for Canada, EU

  • Dec 02, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Weeks after announcing a $250,000 equity investment, Halifax-based Densitas has received regulatory clearance in the European Union and Canada to sell its first product, DM-Density.

When the company revealed its $250,000 funding from Innovacorp

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