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Job of the Week: Resson Developer

  • Jan 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

In our Job of the Week column today, we’re showcasing an opening for software developers (Computer Vision) with one of the regions hottest startups, Resson.

Fredericton-based Resson launched four years ago to create software that would assess data

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MPs Meeting East Coast Innovators

  • Jan 23, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

A four-member group of Atlantic Canadian members of Parliament has wrapped up a tour of the region to hear the concern of innovators and entrepreneurs from the oceans, tech, clean tech, and social innovation sectors.

Andy Fillmore (Halifax), Matt

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Bringing Tech to Mink Farming

  • Jan 20, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Mathias Nielsen is like a one-man diversity project. Born in Denmark, Nielsen once developed an app in China that gauged the authenticity of expensive alcohol. Now he’s based in St. John’s where he’s launched technology that helps mink farmers

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Propel ICT’s Build Program Schedule

  • Jan 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Propel ICT, the regional accelerator, has released a tentative schedule for the Build Program in its coming cohort.

Build is the program for scaling companies, those with revenues and looking to grow their businesses. The next 12-week program will

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Digital NS Partners With WCT

  • Jan 20, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Digital Nova Scotia and Women in Communications and Technology are pleased to announce a partnership agreement.

Under the partnership, the two non-profit organizations will collaborate on a number of initiatives, including their respective awards

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BlueLight, 3M Form US Partnership

  • Jan 19, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

BlueLight Analytics Inc., a Halifax company that helps ensure the proper curing of dental fillings, has partnered with industrial giant 3M Corp. to greatly expand the startup’s sales power in the U.S.

The two companies announced the partnership on

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Fundica Roadshow in Halifax April 6

  • Jan 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Fundica Roadshow, now in its fifth year, has launched its $1 million pitching competition, and will have a session in Halifax on April 6.

The Halifax pitching event will be held at the Innovacorp Enterprise Centre. You can apply to pitch here.

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Don’t Get Nagged! Fill in our Survey

  • Jan 18, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

There’s something I hate about this time of the year – even more than shoveling.

I have to pester people about filling in our survey. So this post is a not-so-subtle request to fill our survey in before I start contacting people and asking them

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East Coast SME Optimism Rebounds

  • Jan 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Business Development Bank of Canada is seeing growing optimism among Canada’s small- and medium-sized businesses, with particular strength in the national technology sector and across Atlantic Canada.

The BDC, the business-focused financial

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Cybersecurity Institute Opens at UNB

  • Jan 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The University of New Brunswick on Monday opened the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, a hub for research, training and industry collaboration that has been backed by more than $4.5 million in funding .

The institute, which has signed on IBM as

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Startup Halifax Event on Finances

  • Jan 17, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Startup Canada Halifax will hold a seminar titled “What Startups Need To Know about Financial Information” at 4 pm on Jan. 24 at Volta Labs in Halifax.

The event is free and you can register here.

John Hamblin, the head of Startup Canada Halifax,

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Job of the Week: Sentinel Alert’s CTO

  • Jan 15, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

In our Job of the Week column today, we’re highlighting an opening for  Chief Technology Officer at Sentinel Alert of St. John’s. The successful candidate could choose to work in St. John’s or Halifax.

Sentinel produces software that can detect

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