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Invest Atlantic Seeks PitchCamp Entries

  • Aug 22, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Invest Atlantic, the regional startup conference, is looking for applicants for its PitchCamp workshop and competition next month, as well as entrepreneurs and students to attend the event.

Now in its ninth year, Invest Atlantic is a conference

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Our Debt Article Sparked Discussion

  • Aug 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Entrevestor’s column on startup founders’ debt last week sparked an interesting discussion on social media, especially in New Brunswick. And today, we’d like to share some of the insights brought out in the online exchange.

The participants dove

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Smart Cities Event Set for Sept. 6

  • Aug 21, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

An Engage Talk on smart cities will be held in Fredericton on the evening of Sept. 6 and will feature a keynote by Srini Srinivasan, President of the United Nations-affiliated World Design Organization.

Presented by Fredericton entrepreneur Mark

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LaunchDal seeks Applicants for Fall Collide Program

  • Aug 20, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Launch Dal at Dalhousie University is seeking applicants for its revamped Collide program for the 2018-2019 school year. This will be the fifth cohort of the Halifax-based entrepreneurial workshops and programming that aims to grow early-stage,

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Cyber Park Slated for Fredericton

  • Aug 20, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

The New Brunswick government has announced a new 135,000-square-foot building in Fredericton’s Knowledge Park to house office space and labs for the province's growing cybersecurity industry.

The $37-million dollar project, called Cyber Park, is

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Jobs: Dash Hudson and Alongside

  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

There are two postings in our Jobs of the Week Column today. One from Dash Hudson in Halifax and the other from Alongside in Moncton.

Alongside is an HR tech company that improves online job recruiting. It aims to help qualified candidates find the

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NSBI Plots Cohort 2 in Boston Project

  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

Three Nova Scotian companies have booked more than $1 million in new sales already this year through the Scale-up Hub: Cambridge – enough that its organizers are looking at repeating the program in 2019.

Launched and overseen by Nova Scotia

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Sequence Bio Unveils NB Pilot

  • Aug 17, 2018
  • Peter Moreira

St. John’s-based Sequence Bio, which uses genomic data to improve drug discovery, announced this week the approval of the NB Genome Project Pilot in partnership with three doctors in Moncton.

The main thrust of Sequence Bio’s mission so far has

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Join Volta’s Network

  • Aug 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Applications to become a Network Member at Volta Labs are now open. This is an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to access the events, working space and networking opportunities the incubator has to offer.

The Halifax startup hub is nearing the

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ICP Funds Potato Press Maker

  • Aug 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Innovators and entrepreneurs often say, “Don’t try and reinvent the wheel,” but Craig McCloskey of Bluefield Seeding Solutions in Prince Edward Island did just that.

His invention, the press wheel, makes planting potatoes faster and more efficient.

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Debt: The Massive Problem that Founders Rarely Discuss

  • Aug 16, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Katelyn Bourgoin knew she had a problem when her debt topped $100,000. She had to take drastic action – not just with her personal finances but with the company she’d founded. 

As the CEO of Vendeve, a female-focused networking platform, Bourgoin

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VFC Expands to NFLD and PEI

  • Aug 15, 2018
  • Jennifer Lee

Undergraduates from Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island can now take part in Venture for Canada’s fellowship program.

VFC is a national organization that places recent university graduates in small and medium-sized startups for a

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