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If You Need Us, We’ll Be at the Beach
As we have done every year, we're taking a brief holiday from Entrevestor in the last week of August.
So unless there's big, big news new week, you won't be hearing from us until the Tuesday after Labour Day. Then we'll dive into a busy, busy
Telling the B Corp Story Through Film
A New Brunswick-made documentary that explains the benefits of starting a social venture and gaining B Corp (Benefit Corporation) certification will soon be available for public viewing.
A social venture is a business that aims to solve a social or
Beauceron Moves Past Adopter Stage
Chatting with David Shipley on Monday, I was curious to know how a guy goes from being a business journalist to CEO of an up-and-coming cybersecurity startup. It happens when the guy works in-between the two for an organization that receives half a
Irvings Donate $2.2m to Dal’s IDEA
Irving Oil has donated $2.2 million to Dalhousie University’s upcoming Innovation and Design in Engineering and Architecture project, more commonly known as the IDEA project.
According to a post in Dal News, the Saint John oil and gas company has
Propel Applications Close Friday
There are just two days left to apply for the next cohort of Propel ICT, the regional IT accelerator.
The organization, whose goal is to find and support the first $1 billion tech company in Atlantic Canada, has been holding information sessions
HelpMeOrder Expands Into Toronto
A year after a launching in Atlantic Canada, HelpMeOrder has just expanded its dish-rating service into the Greater Toronto Area, hoping to capture clients in Canada’s culinary capital.
Based in St. John’s and Mississauga, HelpMeOrder is a
Should Startups Become B Corps?
WoodsCamp Technologies seems like a natural candidate to become a B Corp, but its CEO isn’t rushing to gain certification.
The Mahone Bay, N.S., startup has developed an online tool to help manage private woodlots, identifying the inventory of
The Task of Finding a Co-Founder
Finding the right co-founders to grow a startup is often a challenge. Just ask entrepreneur Randy Campbell, who has launched ShopLaw, an online platform that helps people find a lawyer to meet their needs and budget.
The serial entrepreneur has
Growing as Social Ventures Increase
As the social entrepreneurship movement gains momentum, Common Good Solutions of Halifax is keeping pace and growing its business locally and internationally.
The company is dedicated to working with a range of stakeholders to nurture businesses
PEI Launches Early-Stage Fund
Island Capital Partners, a new $4-million-plus investment fund, has launched to fund startups and add some investment power to the deepening startup ecosystem on Prince Edward Island,.
The new early-stage investment fund will be managed by a
V4C Partners with McInnes Cooper
Venture for Canada, a not-for-profit organization that recruits, trains and supports recent graduates to work at leading Canadian startups, has announced a partnership with McInnes Cooper.
Through this new partnership, McInnes Cooper will provide
CarbonCure in California Rail Project
Halifax-based CarbonCure Technologies has been selected to help produce environmentally friendly construction materials for the California High-Speed Rail project.
The startup issued a press release Sunday saying that it has partnered with Outback