The following is the text of a press release we put out yesterday for CompCamp Halifax.

CompCamp, a technology camp for teenagers, is pleased to announce that several leading digital enterprises in Nova Scotia will fund scholarships to the camp

The latest issue of Progress Magazine is out, and it features my column on the MedTech sector in Halifax.

The column examines some of the factors that have led to the creation of so many companies that make medical or dental devices. It also

A Halifax businessman I respect recently told me there was no way the Nova Scotia government would ever extend equity tax credits (or a reasonable facsimile) to people living outside the province. It was a non-starter, he said, because the

Invest New Brunswick’s decision to contribute $3.8 million in payroll rebates to Radian6 created minor rumblings in the tweetosphere yesterday as tweeters debated the wisdom of government aid to businesses.

First the facts:  Economic Development

Rose Behar and Michael Johnston are the kind of entrepreneurs you want to cheer for, because society in the region will likely benefit from their venture.

I had the pleasure last week of meeting Behar and Johnston when I was invited by

When an old friend saw Rory Francis breakfasting at a Charlottetown restaurant recently and noted that the venerable civil-servant-turned-industry-mentor hadn’t retired yet, Francis just smiled. “I’m having too much fun,” said the Executive

A lot has happened to Patrick Hankinson’s company Compilr since he took it to SeedCamp New York last summer, and he’s now hoping other Atlantic Canadian tech entrepreneurs can relive that experience.

As I wrote in one of the first blogs in

I received an interesting blog Thursday from Peter Halpin, Executive Director of the Association of Atlantic Universities, extolling the impact the region’s post-secondary institutions have had on innovation and R&D in the region.

Yes, it’s been

Milan Vrekic, the CEO of TitanFile, is looking for IT startups to present their technology at the second annual DemoCamp Halifax at Dalhousie University on the evening of Sunday, September 23.

DemoCamp is an opportunity for the tech community to

In honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the team at Media Badger took a break from its $2 million fundraising effort to analyze Canadians’ sentiment toward the leading Royals, as revealed by online comments in Canada.

Her Majesty will no doubt

In the immortal words of the Bugs Bunny theme song, June 26 at the Dieppe Arts & Cultural Centre will be the “night of nights.”

Beginning at 5 p.m. at the suburban Moncton theatre, Propel ICT will raise the curtain on the 11 start-ups that have

The Wallace McCain Institute for Business Leadership at the University of New Brunswick on Friday announced the 17 participants in its fifth annual Entrepreneurial Leaders Program, including three from outside the province.

The program helps