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Kinley’s AIR Eyes Digital Product
The Atlantic Institute for Resilience is going digital.
AIR, as it’s known, was founded by Halifax psychiatrist Jackie Kinley in 2014 as a private enterprise that would help workers overcome stress and other mental health challenges. Kinley is now
LeadSift Sales Rise After Pivot
When Tukan Das asked at a 2015 board meeting how he could improve staff morale, he didn’t think the answer would lead to the complete reboot of his company.
But the CEO of Halifax-based data analytics company LeadSift was soon leading his team
McIntosh Recognized for Plato
Keith McIntosh has been an entrepreneur for as long as he can remember. Now, he’s won national recognition for using his skills to help Indigenous people find work.
Growing up on a farm, meant McIntosh used the same valuable business skills that he
Launch of The Haight Set for Nov. 21
If you’re not doing anything next Wednesday evening, please come out and join us for the Halifax launch of The Haight at the Dalhousie University Faculty Club.
As many of you may know, Poplar Press of New Jersey recently published my first crime
Amplify Reveals Best Sales Practices
Entrepreneurs and mentors from across Atlantic Canada came together Tuesday to learn winning methods to ramp up their sales from global (and local) leaders in the field.
They were in Halifax to attend the second annual Amplify event, organized by
Volta Cohort To Hold Pitches Nov. 28
Fifteen Atlantic Canadian startups will pitch at Volta Cohort’s fall pitch event on Nov. 28 in Halifax, and as many as five of them will receive $25,000 each in investment, mentorship and resources.
The event at Pier 21 marks the third intake to
First Mobile Teams Up with Binogi
Educational groups First Mobile Education of Fredericton and Binogi of Stockholm have announced the signing of an international partnership.
In a statement, the companies said the partnership will help create a multi-linguistic, multi-year,
DeCell’s Deal To Produce DermGen
After a few years of ups and downs, Halifax-based DeCell Technologies Inc. has struck an agreement that should result in its natural skin grafts reaching the Canadian market in April or May.
Last week, the company struck a deal with RegenMed of
3 Takeaways from Trip to St. John’s
I had a whirlwind visit to St. John’s last week, touring the new Genesis facility and delivering my presentation on Entrevestor’s 2017 startup data. Here are three things I observed during the trip:
1. There are a LOT of new companies.
The St.
FDA Clears HBI Tool Used by GE
Halifax Biomedical Inc. has received U.S. regulatory clearance to use its latest advanced imaging technology with x-ray equipment produced by GE Healthcare.
HBI, which is based in Mabou, Cape Breton, issued a press release Friday saying it has been
Remembering Cousins I Never Met
I’m thinking today of two distant cousins I never met because they sacrificed their lives in battle more than 40 years before I was born.
William and Nigel Boyd grew up Edinburgh, the only sons of William Boyd and Pictou, NS-native Laura (Crerar)
Picomole Wins $65K Biotech Event
Picomole of Moncton won the $65,000 first prize at the BioInnovation Challenge on Thursday, the money will help the company conduct clinical trials on its device that detects cancer through breath samples.
Held during the BioPort Atlantic
