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Skyline Aims for Automated Shops

  • May 02, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

To illustrate how his company, Skyline, is helping bricks-and-mortar retailers defend their market, CEO Hu Hai likes to use simple Lego building blocks as a metaphor.

Skyline won some attention last year when Innovacorp attracted the company to

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Retrievium Founder Upbeat After CDL

  • May 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Jason Pearson is having a busy spring.

The CEO of Charlottetown-based Retrievium is now piloting the company’s product – which produces predictive analytics for drug companies producing new compounds. As he proceeds with this work with  a drug

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Job of the Week: Dash Hudson

  • Apr 30, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Dash Hudson is continuing to expand its staff, and today we’re highlighting an opening at the social media analytics company for a product marketing manager.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has created a “visual intelligence platform” that helps its

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Gogii Games Opens Halifax Studio

  • Apr 28, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Moncton-based Gogii Games announced today it is opening a new office to downtown Halifax, where it plans to hire more than 20 employees in the next 18 months.

The company, which has been developing online games since 2006, released a statement this

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Smith Fights for Neuro-Diversity

  • Apr 28, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Waiting 30 years to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, did not help Shawn Smith get off to a strong start in life. But the counsellor and entrepreneur is now using his experience to help others.

Fredericton-based

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Dal Showcases Creator Series

  • Apr 28, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Graduates of Dalhousie University’s new Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students interested in producing hardware, showcased their work Wednesday evening. The new program is intended to give students the basic skills they need to

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Velo Launches Messaging Service

  • Apr 27, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A team of serial entrepreneurs backed by one of the region’s wealthiest investors has launched Velo, a new messaging service targeting small and medium-sized businesses.

Velo Industries Inc. is a Bedford- and Toronto-based company that until

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Lor, Hoey To Be Keynotes at AVF 2017

  • Apr 27, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Venture Forum, which will take place June 27 and 28 in Halifax, has announced many of the speakers to be showcased at the event.

The keynote speakers will be: Patrick Lor, the managing partner of 500 Startups Canada, who has previously

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Big Data Congress Set for Nov. 6-8

  • Apr 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The fifth annual Big Data Congress, one of North America’s premier conferences on data analytics, will be held in Halifax on November 6-8 and will focus on oceans and agriculture. The congress organizers have announced that the keynote address will

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Stress Can Hurt Founder Confidence

  • Apr 26, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

The fourth report resulting from The Mindset Project survey examines the impact of business stress on the confidence of entrepreneurs. 

Halifax-based Michael DeVenney, said the data showed that entrepreneurs’ self-confidence is often eroded by

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Creators Showcase Today at Dal

  • Apr 26, 2017

The Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students interested in producing hardware, will showcase its six teams and their products today at 4:30 pm at Dalhousie University.

The program has taught six student teams from Launch Dal’s

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Q1 Labs Exit Still Paying Dividends

  • Apr 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

If any exit can demonstrate how the economy benefits when a young company is bought by a larger company, it was IBM’s purchase of Q1 Labs of Fredericton in early 2012.

That purchase, reportedly worth more than $600 million, did more than just

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