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SaaS Pricing: Free, Cheap or Full?

  • Jun 09, 2017
  • Kyle Racki, CEO of Proposify

[Kyle Racki, CEO of Halifax-based Proposify, published this fantastic blog on his website this week. You can see the original blog and Kyle's other blogs here.] 

If you‘re trying to grow a SaaS company, freemium and low cost plans will no doubt

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Masitek’s Sales Double in Past Year

  • Jun 08, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Tracy Clinch usually hesitates before revealing numbers about her company. The president and CEO of Masitek Instruments Inc. is careful about revealing too much about the Moncton-based company that helps manufacturers reduce container damage on

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Inversa Inks $2.5 Million Deal with NB

  • Jun 08, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Inversa Systems, whose technology assesses the soundness of physical structures, has signed a five-year contract worth as much as $2.5 million to inspect culverts in New Brunswick.

The provincial government on Wednesday announced the contract with

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Shoplaw Helps NB Find Lawyers

  • Jun 07, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Shoplaw has launched its web portal that helps people find a lawyer that meets their needs and budget, saying New Brunswick consumers are now the only Canadians that have access to such a service.

The Fredericton company was formed by law school

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AVF Showcases Health Technology

  • Jun 07, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum is introducing a health technology session into its program this year, featuring experts and investors in the field, and presentations by leading Atlantic Canadian health-related startups.

The AVF is a two-day conference

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NBIF Invests In 500 Startups Canada

  • Jun 06, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation has invested in 500 Startups Canada’s $30 million first fund, and has become a partner with the venture capital fund.

Last year, the Silicon Valley VC fund 500 Startups announced it would set up a Canadian

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3 Winners of DNS Diversity Awards

  • Jun 06, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

REDspace, the Bedford website development and interactive experience agency, has claimed the Diversity Champion of the Year award at Digital Nova Scotia’s second annual Digital Diversity Awards.

The organization, which announced the winners last

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Mindset Project on Founders’ Control

  • Jun 06, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

The latest report resulting from The Mindset Project survey looks at the third of the major issues shown in the mental health data: the impact of business stress on an entrepreneur’s sense of control. 

 Survey organizer Michael DeVenney said that

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Propel Seeks CEO, Assesses Future

  • Jun 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

As it assesses its strategy for the coming years, Propel ICT is launching a search for a new chief executive following the announcement that current CEO Anita Punamiya is stepping down.

The regional tech accelerator announced on Friday that

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Jobs: McInnes Cooper, Alongside

  • Jun 05, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Our jobs column this week showcases a couple of openings in New Brunswick – a Business Development Officer at the law firm McInnes Cooper, and a Web Developer at the recruiting software maker Alongside.

McInnes Cooper is among the 20 largest

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A Criterion for Founders: Story-Telling

  • Jun 04, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Steve Blank wrapped up his fireside chat at Dalhousie University last Tuesday with words that really resonated with me. 

The famed entreprenurial educator was in Halifax to receive an honorary degree from Dal, and brought his abundant wit and charm

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3 Charts That Kill the No-Funding Myth

  • Jun 02, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

An investor contacted me recently to take issue with a perpetual bee in the Atlantic Canadian bonnet — the perma-complaint that there’s no funding available to startups in the region.

I’ve heard it for years. So has this investor. As a result, he

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