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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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Budget May Impact Some Startups

  • Apr 25, 2017
  • Eric Feunekes

Startup founders should be aware of a subtle change coming to the Income Tax Act (Canada) based on wording revealed in the recent federal budget. It could impact their tax rate or ability to participate in programs like SR&ED.

The change centres

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Venture for Canada Launches in NB

  • Apr 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Venture for Canada, the program that matches leading Canadian graduates to jobs in the country’s startups, will announce its launch in New Brunswick on Tuesday.

The organization will hold a launch event, open to the public, at Planet Hatch in

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Fundy Monitoring Projects Funded

  • Apr 24, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Two Nova Scotian projects have been selected and received funding to develop environmental monitoring technologies for tidal energy applications.

The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia said last week that industry and academic

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Spark Zone Hits Its Stride

  • Apr 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

One snowy evening last month, the Spark Zone finally got a chance to show what it had been up to in the past year or two.

The entrepreneurship group hosted its New Product Competition finals at Saint Mary’s University, showcasing three student-led

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PocketPass Wins Collide Event

  • Apr 21, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

PocketPass, which plans to use blockchain technology to stop scalpers from jacking up ticket prices, won the $3000 first prize at Dalhousie University’s Collide pitching competition Thursday night.

Founded by Conor Daly and Kyle Gardiner,

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