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Singh: Founders Are Economic Leaders

  • Mar 12, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

A group of high-growth entrepreneurs heard last night that the economic development of their city, region and country depends on their own success because tech is the engine for modern growth.

Paul Singh, the founder and CEO of Washington,

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Smart Castle: Cyber-Security for Kids

  • Mar 11, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

When a group of graduate computer science students in Fredericton sat around discussing cyber-security last year, two voices that carried the most weight were those belonging to the parents of young children.

The group understood the dangers the

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Spot Interactive’s Sales Explosion

  • Mar 10, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Less than a year after Spot Interactive took on the Discovery Centre in Halifax as its first client, the video-based e-commerce company has quickly amassed a customer base of 600.

The young Charlottetown and Montreal company’s growth is seen in

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Glitch Wizard Eyes Greater Usage

  • Mar 09, 2015
  • Sabina Wex

After wowing the audience at DemoCamp last autumn, Halifax-based Glitch Wizard is now hoping users upload more images on to social media using the app.  

Founded by developers Connor Bell and Allan Lavell, Glitch Wizard is an app that uses

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Conlon Brings Nautel Touch to LED

  • Mar 06, 2015
  • Carol Moreira

Peter Conlon, CEO of LED Roadway Lighting, had just received the greatest compliment of his career.

“Yesterday, I bumped into a former colleague from the days when I was CEO of Nautel,” he said.

“She told me that everything is fine at Nautel.

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Dragons Vet Sage, Hold Auditions

  • Mar 05, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

The CBC’s Dragons' Den is looking for Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs just as it airs a pitch from a team that  cut their teeth in the region.

Auditions for The Dragon’s Den are being held around the region this week, and Sage Mixology, a

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Briefs: Densitas, RtTech, Smart Skin

  • Mar 05, 2015

Vienna, Austria , March 4 – A new research technology was profiled today during scientific sessions at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria. Densitas Research Edition assesses mammographic breast density using ‘for

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After Pivot, Dash Hudson Raises $1M

  • Mar 04, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson, a Halifax company that helps shoppers purchase clothes they see on Instagram ads, has raised $1 million, including funding from two of the province’s leading tech entrepreneurs, Jevon MacDonald and Gavin Uhma.

While the money is

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Press Release: Teen Event in Sydney

  • Mar 04, 2015

The UIT program at Cape Breton University issued the following press release:

High School Hackathon hosted by UIT Startup Immersion

UIT Startup Immersion at Cape Breton University is hosting a free, day-long hackathon for high school students.

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AutoPulse Plans Launch in 2016

  • Mar 03, 2015
  • Peter Moreira

A few months after musing with his father about new technologies for the automotive industry, Sam Jesso is one step away from capturing more than $200,000 in seed funding and services to develop such a product.

Jesso heads AutoPulse, a

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Press Release: Local Prosperity Event

  • Mar 02, 2015

The Centre for Local Prosperity has issued the following press release:

Regional Economics Conference planned for April 2015

(Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) March 2, 2015.    It is widely known that small rural communities in Atlantic Canada

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Press Release: Next Propel Cohort

  • Mar 02, 2015

Propel ICT, Atlantic Canada’s startup accelerator, has issued the following press release:

Propel ICT Opens Up Applications For Next Round of Startup Programs

Programs Offered for New Startups or Established Early-Stage Companies.

St.

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