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Pluses & Minuses of Strategic Deals

  • Oct 01, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The plain facts about strategic investments bubbled to the surface at Invest Atlantic on Tuesday during a no-sugar-coating discussion on whether strategic or venture capital investments are better.

It’s difficult to write a conclusion on the

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Nicole LeBlanc Joins BDC in Toronto

  • Oct 01, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Nicole LeBlanc, until recently the CFO of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, is moving to a new role in Toronto.

Speaking from Montreal, where she is training ahead of beginning her new job with the Strategic Investments & Partnership

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Using IT to Revolutionize Cleaning

  • Sep 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

In February, Michael Brown and Matt Cooper tried an experiment that would indicate whether their idea for an online cleaning service would work.

They wanted to know whether complete strangers would go online to book cleaners, leave their credit

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Vish Solutions Wins PitchCamp

  • Sep 30, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Vish Solutions, a St. John`s startup that helps to improve the efficiency of hair salons, captured first place at the PitchCamp competition that kicked off Invest Atlantic last night.

Vish addresses an unlikely but potentially lucrative pain

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Are Startups Still Launching Weekly?

  • Sep 29, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

We’re starting to see tweets about the coming Breakthru competition in New Brunswick. Dalhousie University just hosted a Startup Weekend. And PtichCamp, the pitching competition affiliated with Invest Atlantic will take place this afternoon.

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Bonfire’s Minimum Viable Marketing

  • Sep 26, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

Atlantic Canada may seem an unlikely place to establish a marketing and PR agency with a focus on startups, but entrepreneurship is growing fast in this region and Allan Gates, partner at Bonfire Communications, sees an opportunity.

Saint

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Contestants at PitchCamp Named

  • Sep 26, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Bob Williamson, the organizer of Invest Atlantic, has almost finalized the list of 16 contestants to compete in PitchCamp next week.

Invest Atlantic will host PitchCamp the night before the main conference as a showcase for young companies in

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Local Startups Shine at Startup Empire

  • Sep 25, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Highlighting the progress being made by local startups, Halifax e-commerce company Dash Hudson used the Startup Empire conference Tuesday to unveil a new feature that will make it easier for people to buy appealing clothes online.

Founder and

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Peter Hickey: Let’s Reform Tax Credits

  • Sep 25, 2014
  • Peter Hickey, CEO of Oris4

Ever since Radian6 and GoInstant were sold to salesforce.com, there has been a lot of talk about the entrepreneurial ecosystem here in Atlantic Canada. How can we keep churning out great, innovative companies that attract world class companies to

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Press Release: SimplyCast’s Fund

  • Sep 25, 2014

SimplyCast, the Dartmouth multi-channel martking company, has issued the following press release:

SimplyCast Announces $2.3 Million Marketing Automation Integration Fund

The fund enables organizations to integrate and automate their internal

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Detailing the Harsh Realities of Exits

  • Sep 24, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

After a day of impressive presentations, the second-last session of the Startup Empire conference in Halifax on Tuesday made people sit up because it detailed the harsh realities of the holy grail of the startup world – the exit.

Jeff Thompson,

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PropelICT Unveils 20-team Cohort

  • Sep 24, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Doubling its previous capacity, PropelICT has named 20 companies from around the region to its next cohort, which will take place in Moncton, Fredericton and Halifax over the next three month.

The regional accelerator program refers its new

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