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2 East Coast Firms in Fashion Awards

  • Feb 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

When the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards are handed out in April, two Atlantic Canadian companies will be among the finalists.

Halifax-based Dash Hudson has been nominated for the Joe Fresh Fashion Innovation Award, which will be presented to a

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SimplyCast Names Brien as Chair

  • Feb 01, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

SimplyCast, a Dartmouth-based leader in marketing automation, has named Michael Brien as its new Board Chair, replacing J. William Ritchie, who will remain as a board member.

With clients in 175 countries, SimplyCast is a leading provider of

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Demone, StFX Back Eosense

  • Jan 31, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Cleantech startup Eosense has found new backing from former High Liner Foods CEO Henry Demone and from St. Francis Xavier University, the institution where Eosense was born.

The Dartmouth-based company has spent seven years developing and marketing

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This VC Is a Bootstapping Evangelist

  • Jan 31, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

It’s not uncommon for a tech specialist to advocate bootstrapping. But if that specialist is a VC investor from Silicon Valley, people tend to pay attention.

A roomful of tech enthusiasts certainly paid attention Thursday night in Halifax when Eric

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Open Letter Opposes US Travel Ban

  • Jan 29, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The Canadian tech community has come together to oppose the entry restrictions in the U.S. imposed on people from some majority-Muslim countries.

More than 150 people (as of late Sunday) signed an open letter to the world opposing the move by the

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Precise Messaging at Breakthru Event

  • Jan 29, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation did something on Saturday it’s never done before – it held a second bootcamp for the participants of its Breakthru competition.

The 12 semifinalists for the startup competition – which will award $1 million

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Job of the Week: MASITEK

  • Jan 29, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

An opening for a product development engineer at Moncton-based MASITEK Instruments Inc. is the focus of our Job of the Week column today.

MASITEK is a six-year-old company that produces hardware to help food and beverage producers prevent damage to

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Gifford Advises Focusing on the Basics

  • Jan 27, 2017
  • Carol Moreira

Entrepreneurs believe they can change the world, but Peter Gifford advises the founders he mentors that their optimism needs to be grounded in reality.

Gifford is entrepreneur-in-residence with regional accelerator Propel ICT in St. John’s. Propel

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ACOA Awards $9.2M to Springboard

  • Jan 27, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

The federal government announced Thursday that it will contribute $9.2 million to Springboard Atlantic, the organization that supports the commercialization of research at Atlantic Canadian universities and colleges.

Navdeep Bains, the Minister of

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B4checkin Partners With Agilysys

  • Jan 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

B4checkin Inc., the company that provides cloud-based software to the hospitality industry, has announced that its payment solution, b4easypost, is now being offered by the American company Agilysys.

Halifax-based b4checkin said this week that

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March Break Tech Camp in Halifax

  • Jan 26, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Digital Nova Scotia and the Discovery Centre have opened registration for their Digital Discovery Camp,  which offers STEAM programs to nine- to 14-year-olds during March Break in Halifax.

The camp is a curiously interactive camp featuring the

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Envenio Eyes $500K After SaaS Launch

  • Jan 25, 2017
  • Peter Moreira

Having launched the SaaS version of its product in October, Fredericton’s Envenio is on the hunt for $500,000 in equity funding to help finance the development of its fluid analysis software and push into new markets.

Growing out of intellectual

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