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Paul Singh: The Guy with the Jet Fuel
Paul Singh spent half of his childhood in Ashburn, Va., better known as Cashburn, thanks to the AOL headquartering there until 2009. Though Singh did work at AOL—as well as a used car dealership—he gave Ashburn another reason for its nickname: he
Grasp Advances at Hax in China
To learn how to manufacture a keyless bicycle lock, the team from Grasp traveled 13,000 kilometres to the electronics manufacturing capital of the world.
Grasp is a Waterloo-based company that has prototyped a bike lock that opens by recognizing
I-3 Contest Draws 188 Submissions
Innovacorp’s I-3 Technology Start-Up Competition has received 188 submissions for its 2015-16 event. Though it was fewer applications than the last time the contest was held, the organizers said they’re pleased with the number – and especially the
Sequence, NL Govt Sign Agreement
Sequence Bio, the St. John’s company that analyzes genetic data to improve medical outcomes, has signed a partnership agreement with the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to conduct research in the province.
The parties last week announced
Please Get Out and Vote Today
Please, please, please, get out and vote today.
While all citizens should vote, we feel it’s especially important for members of the startup community to exercise their franchise for two main reasons.
First, there’s a movement afoot for the
Thriving in Place-Based Marketing
Just as consumers are purchasing streaming devices to control their home entertainment, businesses are turning to Internet technology to control screens inside their places of business.
Brand marketers and retail networks are among those using
SMU MTEI Lands $1.5M Donation
The Masters of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at St. Mary’s University has received a $1.5 million donation from Scotiabank and two Nova Scotian natives with strong ties to both the university and the bank.
Mike and Catherine
Feunekes Honoured by Startup Canada
In receiving the Adam Chowaniec Lifetime Achievement award from Startup Canada on Wednesday night, Andrea Feunekes noted that building Remsoft into a global leader in natural resources land management hasn’t always been easy.
Feunekes received
3 Takeaways from a Month in KW
A month immersed in the Kitchener-Waterloo tech community is an exhilarating and educational experience. Here are three things I learned from spending the last month among the greatest concentration of startups in the country.
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Spinzo Inks Deal with Arizona Coyotes
Spinzo, the Saint John-based developer of a crowdsourcing platform, has signed on the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League as its first professional sports client, and is in talks with other teams.
The Coyotes released a statement
LeadSift, RtTech, SkySquirrel in CIX
Three Atlantic Canadian companies – LeadSift, RtTech Software, and SkySquirrel Technologies– have been named to the prestigious Canadian Innovation Exchange Top 20 for 2015.
The CIX website says the selected companies are “the hottest, most
Dozr Eases Contractors’ Pain
Construction equipment is expensive, capital intensive and can sit idle much of the time, especially in a northern environment. But a fast-growing startup based in Guelph believes it has found a way to alleviate the financial pain of owning such
